July 28, 1914: World War I begins. July 28, 1993: Ukrainian Defense Minister and US Secretary of Defense sign a memorandum of understanding. July 29, 1957: The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Charter goes into effect. July 29, 1962: Eighth World Youth Festival opens in Helsinki, Finland. July 30, 1863: With the Valuev Circular the tsarist government bans teaching Ukrainian at school and limits printing Ukrainian books. July 30, 1895: Museum of Ethnography is founded in Lviv. July 31, 1924: Polish government bans use of Ukrainian in governmental institutions of Eastern Galicia. July 31, 1962: On the initiative of the All-African Women's Conference, this day is first celebrated as the African Women's Day. August 1: Ukrainian Navy Day. August 1, 1975: Final Act of Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe is signed in Helsinki, Finland. August 1, 1977: Central House of Artists opens in Kyiv. August 2: Ukrainian Railway Employees Day. August 2, 1940: The USSR Supreme Council adopts a law on incorporating Northern Bukovyna, along with the Khotyn, Akerman, and Izmayil districts into the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic. August 2, 1991: The Ukrainian Ministry of Justice registers the Union of Ukrainian Students. August 3, 1778: La Scala Theater opens in Milan, Italy.






