Topic: Yves St. Laurent

Actor Jason Momoa turns 39 and rapper Coolio turns 55, among the famous birthdays for August 1.

On August 1, 1994, Lisa Marie Presley confirmed rumors that she had married pop star Michael Jackson May 26 in the Dominican Republic.

On August 1, 2007, an eight-lane bridge across the Mississippi River at Minneapolis collapsed during the evening rush hour, killing 13 people.

On Aug. 1, 1977, Francis Gary Powers, pilot of a U-2 spy plane shot down over the Soviet Union in 1960, was killed in the crash of his weather helicopter in Los Angeles.

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Biographical writer Axel Madsen, who mostly worked with celebrities, has died of pancreatic cancer at age 76 at his home in Los Angeles.

The fashion world had a scare this week when design icon Yves St. Laurent collapsed on a Paris street.