Historical Events
- Aug 6 NYC Mayor Wm J Gaynor seriously wounded during assassination attempt
- Aug 8 The US Army installs the first tricycle landing gear on the Army's Wright Flyer.
- Aug 9 Chicago resident Alva Fisher receives US patent for an electric washing machine
- Aug 13 Brooklyn Superbas and Pittsburgh Pirates play "the game of perfect symmetry" in baseball to 8-8 tie, both have 8 runs, 13 hits, 2 errors, 12 assists, 5 strikeouts, 3 walks, 1 hit baseman, and 1 passed ball
- Aug 14 6th International Congress of Esperantists held in Washington, D.C.
- Aug 20 US supported opposition brings down Madriz in Nicaragua
- Aug 22 Japan annexes Korea after 5 years as a protectorate
- Aug 23 Fred Clarke makes a record 4 outfield assists for Pittsburgh
US Men's Tennis Open
Aug 25 US National Championship Men's Tennis, Newport, RI: William Larned beats Tom Bundy 6-1, 5-7, 6-0, 6-8, 6-1 for his 4th consecutive US singles title
- Aug 25 Yellow Cab is founded.
- Aug 27 Using twenty 137,000 candlepower arc lights, 2 amateur baseball teams play a night game at White Sox Park
- Aug 27 Wash Red Killefer sacrifices record 4 times against Detroit
- Aug 28 Nicholas I of Montenegro again proclaims himself king (first assumed power 1860) after his reign interrupted by Turkish rule
- Aug 29 Japan changes Korea's name to Chōsen and appoints a governor-general to rule its new colony
- Aug 30 MLB New York Highlanders Tom Hughes pitches 9-1/3 no-hit innings, but loses to Cleveland 5-0 in 11; 1991 rule change removed credit for no-hitter [1]
A Square Deal
Aug 31 Theodore Roosevelt makes a speech in Kansas advocating a 'square deal': property shall be 'the servant and not the master of the commonwealth'
Famous Birthdays
- Aug 1 Gerda Taro (Gerta Pohorylle), German-born war photojournalist who covered the Spanish Civil War, born in Stuttgart, Germany (d. 1937)
- Aug 1 Mahomed Nissar, Indian cricketer (pioneer Indian opening bowler in Tests), born in Hoshiarpur, India (d. 1963)
- Aug 1 Walter Scharf, American film composer (Jerry Lewis movies; The Undersea World of Jacques Cousteau), born in Manhattan, New York (d. 2003)
- Aug 2 Lawrence Josset, British engraver, born in Cambridgeshire, England (d. 1995)
- Aug 2 Lou Zara, American writer (Stump the Authors), born in New York City (d. 2001)
- Aug 2 Roger MacDougall, Scottish playwright and screenwriter (The Man in the White Suit), born in Glasgow (d. 1993)
- Aug 2 Truus van Aalten [Geertruida van Aalten], Flemish actress (Girl in Blue Hat), born in Arnhem, Netherlands (d. 1999)
- Aug 4 Anita Page, American silent screen actress (Our Dancing Daughters), born in Flushing, Queens (d. 2008)
- Aug 4 Hedda Sterne, Romanian born American artist, born in Bucharest, Romania (d. 2011)
- Aug 4 William Schuman, American composer (Pulitzer Prize, 1943), and administrator (Juilliard, 1945-61; Lincoln Center, 1961-68), born in New York City (d. 1992)
- Aug 5 Bruno Coquatrix, French songwriter, music impresario (Olympia Hall, Paris), and politician, born in Ronchin, France (d. 1979)
- Aug 5 Jacquetta Hawkes, English archaeologist/author (A Country), (d. 1996)
- Aug 5 Nan Gindele, US javelin thrower (World Record 1932-38), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1992)
- Aug 5 [Johan] Erik Lindegren, Swedish poet/librettist (Aniara), born in Luleå, Sweden (d. 1968)
- Aug 6 Charles Crichton, English film director (Battle of Sexes, A Fish Called Wanda), born in Wallasey, England (d. 1999)
- Aug 6 Friedrich Schröder, Swiss light classical, operetta, schlager, and film score composer, born in Nafels, Switzerland (d. 1972)
- Aug 7 Clark Poling, American US Army chaplain and Protestant minister (The Four Chaplains), born in Columbus, Ohio (d. 1943) [1]
- Aug 8 (Lucius) "Lucky" Millinder, American swing and rhythm-and-blues bandleader (Rosetta Tharpe; Who Threw The Whiskey in the Well), born in Anniston, Alabama (d. 1966)
- Aug 8 Francisco Brochado Da Rocha, Brazilian professor and politician (Prime Minister of Brazil 1962), born in Porte Alegre, Brazil (d. 1962)
- Aug 8 Sylvia Sidney [Sophia Kosow], American actress (Sabotage, Beetlejuice, Demon), born in The Bronx, New York (d. 1999)
- Aug 9 Robert van Gulik, Dutch diplomat and writer (Judge Dee), born in Zutphen, Netherlands (d. 1967)
- Aug 10 Angus Campbell, American psychologist (Elections & Political Order), born in Leiters Ford, Indiana (d. 1980)
- Aug 11 Denis "Sonny" Moloney, New Zealand cricket all-rounder (3 Tests, 1 x 50; Otago, Wellington, Canterbury), born in Dunedin, New Zealand (d. 1942)
- Aug 12 Heinrich Sutermeister, Swiss opera composer (Romeo und Julia; Raskolnikov; Das Flaschenteufel), born in Feuerthalen, Switzerland (d. 1995)
Jane Wyatt (1910-2006)
Aug 12 American actress (Father Knows Best, Star Trek), born in Mahwah, New Jersey
- Aug 12 Norah Phillips, Baroness Phillips, British politician (1st female Whip - UK House of Lords), (d. 1992)
- Aug 12 Yusof bin Ishak, first President of Singapore (d. 1970)
- Aug 14 Pierre Schaeffer, French electronics engineer and composer, born in Nancy, France (d. 1995)
- Aug 15 Hugo Winterhalter, American composer, born in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania (d. 1973)
- Aug 15 Josef Klaus, Austrian conservative politician (Minister of Finance, 1961-63; Chancellor, 1966-70), born in Kötschach-Mauthen, Austria (d. 2001)
- Aug 15 Leslie Coffelt, American White House Police officer, killed in the line of duty during an assassination attempt on Harry Truman, born in Oranda, Virginia (d. 1950) [1]
- Aug 15 Signe Hasso, Swedish actress (Johnny Angel; A Double Life), born in Stockholm, Sweden (d. 2002)
- Aug 16 Mae Clarke [Violet Mary Klotz], American actress (Frankenstein, Waterloo Bridge), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1992)
- Aug 17 Erkki Aaltonen, Finnish composer, born in Hämeenlinna, Finland (d. 1990)
- Aug 17 Johan Manusama, Moluccan politician, born in Banjarmasin, Indonesia (d. 1995)
- Aug 18 Herman Berlinski, Polish-American organist, composer and choral conductor (The Tetragrammaton), born in Leipzig, Germany (d. 2001) [1]
- Aug 19 Quentin Bell, English art historian (established Charleston Trust), born in London, England (d. 1996)
- Aug 20 Eero Saarinen, Finnish-American architect (Dulles Airport (Virginia); Gateway Arch (St. Louis, Missouri); IBM Building (Rochester, Minnesota); MIT Chapel (Cambridge, Massachusetts)), born in Kirkkonummi, Finland (d. 1961) [1]
- Aug 23 Giuseppe Meazza, Italian footballer, born in Milan, Italy (d. 1979)
- Aug 24 Bernhard Heiden [Levi], German-American composer (Dreamers on a Slack Wire; Euphorion), and music teacher (University of Indiana, 1945-74), born in Frankfurt-am-Main, Germany (d. 2000)
- Aug 25 Dorothea Tanning, American artist (Nachtmusik, 1943, Night Shadow, 1945), born in Galesburg, Illinois (d. 2012)
- Aug 25 J. B. Charles [Willem H. Nagel], Dutch criminologist and writer, born in Zwolle, Netherlands (d. 1983)
- Aug 25 Khigh Dhiegh [Kenneth Dickerson], American actor (The Manchurian Candidate; Hawaii Five-0 - "Wo Fat"; Forbidden Nights), born in Spring Lake, New Jersey (d. 1991)
- Aug 25 Pierre Musy, Swiss 4-man bobsled (Olympic gold 1936), born in Albeuve, Switzerland (d. 1990)
Mother Teresa (1910-1997)
Aug 26 Albanian-born Indian nun and founder of Missionaries of Charity (Nobel Peace Prize, 1979), born in Skopje, Ottoman Empire
- Aug 28 Tjalling Koopmans, Dutch-American economist (Nobel 1975), born in 's-Graveland, Netherlands (d. 1985)
- Aug 29 Georges Loinger, French resistance fighter (WWII), born in Strasbourg, France (d. 2018)
- Aug 29 Robert Pineda-Duque, Colombian composer, born in El Santuario, Colombia (d. 1977)
- Aug 30 Donald Bisset, British children book writer, illustrator (Upside Down Stories) and actor (Battle of the Sexes), born in Brentford, Middlesex, England (d. 1995)
Famous Deaths
- Aug 3 Nicolas Kinet, Belgian pilot, dies
- Aug 5 Wojciech Gawronski, Polish concert pianist and composer, dies at 42
- Aug 9 Huo Yuanjia, Chinese martial artist (mizongy), dies at 42
- Aug 10 Joe Gans, American boxer (world lightweight champion 1902–08; International Boxing HOF), dies of tuberculosis at 35
Florence Nightingale (1820-1910)
Aug 13 British nurse who revolutionized nursing during the Crimean War, dies at 90
- Aug 15 Constantin Fahlberg, Russian chemist who discovered Saccharin (artificial sweetener), dies at 59 [1]
- Aug 16 Charles Lenepveu, French composer, dies at 69
- Aug 20 Arthur Coquard, French composer, and music critic (Le Monde; L'Echo de Paris), dies at 64
- Aug 22 Joey Palmer, Australian cricket medium pace/spin bowler (17 Tests, 78 wickets, BB 7/65; Victoria CA), dies at 51
- Aug 22 [Joey] George Palmer, Australian cricketer (17 Tests for Aust 1880-86, 78 wickets), dies
William James (1842-1910)
Aug 26 American psychologist (The Principles of Psychology) and philosopher (Pragmatism), dies at 68
- Aug 27 Clement of Maasdijk, 1st Dutch aircraft death
- Aug 28 Allen Hill, English cricket fast bowler (took 1st wicket in Test cricket; 2 Tests, 7 wickets; Yorkshire CCC), dies at 64
- Aug 28 Paolo Mantegazza, Italian neurologist and anthropologist, dies at 78
- Aug 29 Johan Eilerts de Haan, Dutch naval officer and explorer (Lucie River, Suriname), dies, likely due to malaria, at 44
- Aug 30 Albert Vandal, French historian (Napoleon), dies at 57
- Aug 31 Emīls Dārziņš, Latvian composer (Melanholiskais valsis - Melancholic waltz), and music critic, dies when struck by a train at 34
