Today in History: August 1, America gets its MTV

Today is Saturday, Aug. 1, the 213th day of 2026. There are 152 days left in the year.Today in history:On August 1, 1981, MTV began its American broadcast; the first music video aired on the new cable TV network was “Video Killed the Radio Star,” by The Buggles.Also on this date:In 1876, Colorado was admitted as the 38th state in the Union, less than a month after the US Centennial (earning it the nickname “the Centennial State”).In 1907, a week-long boys’ camping event began on Brownsea Island in southern England, organized by Robert Baden-Powell; the event is now marked as the beginning of the Scout Movement.In 1936, Adolf Hitler presided over the opening ceremonies of the Summer Olympics in Berlin .In 1944, an uprising broke out in Warsaw, Poland, against Nazi occupation; the revolt las