1 august: Minerii din Valea Jiului declanșează una dintre cele mai mari greve anticomuniste

On August 1, significant events in Romanian history include the miners' strike in 1977, the birth of designer Yves Saint-Laurent in 1936, and the bombing of Ploiești in 1943. Additionally, Queen Ana of Romania passed away in 2016, and playwright Puși Dinulescu died in 2019.