This Day In Fractured Fairfax:August 1
- August 1, 1926 – The 139-year-old Ravensworth Mansion burns in an early morning fire.
- August 1, 1977 – Fairfax County Police Officers Maurice W. Painter, Jr. and Corporal Colin W. Morgan fatally shoot 24-year-old criminal suspect Michael L. Owen following a robbery when Owen points a double-barreled shotgun at the officers.
- August 1, 2001 – Despite minor nimbyism from several local residents, the Fairfax County Park Authority's board of directors approves construction of the county's third dog park in the Mason District Park.
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