The #1 alternative hit on August 1, 1996

Standing Outside a Broken Phone Booth with Money in My Hand

By Primitive Radio Gods

Other #1 songs on August 1, 1996
Across genres and charts

#1 country song

Don't Get Me Started

Rhett Akins

#1 dance track

Professional Widow

Tori Amos

#1 R&B song

I Can't Sleep Baby (If I)

R. Kelly

#1 song in the UK

Wannabe

Spice Girls

#1 song

Macarena (Bayside Boys Mix)

Los del Río

The #1 Movie
At the box office on August 1, 1996

Independence Day

Directed by Roland Emmerich

Notable August 1 Birthdays
Born in the 1990s

Austin Rivers

Basketball Player

Leon Thomas III

Singer and Songwriter

Madison Cawthorn

Politician