Historical Events
- Aug 1 Earliest date for a film to be considered for the Academy Awards
Music History
Aug 1 Influential country music group the Carter Family make their first recording with producer Ralph Peer in Bristol, Tennessee
- Aug 19 Metropolitan Sergius proclaims the declaration of loyalty of the Russian Orthodox Church to the Soviet state
- Aug 21 4th Pan-African Congress meets (NYC)
- Aug 22 Yankees slugger Babe Ruth hits 40th home run during his MLB record 60 HR season in New York's 9-4 loss to Cleveland Indians at Dunn Field
- Aug 27 Parks College, America's oldest aviation school, opens
US Open Women's Tennis
Aug 30 US National Championship Women's Tennis, Forest Hills, NY: Helen Wills Moody beats England's Betty Nuthall Shoemaker 6-1, 6-4 for her 4th of 7 US singles titles
Famous Birthdays
- Aug 1 André Cools, Belgian Minister of Budget, born in Flémalle-Grande, Belgium (d. 1991)
- Aug 1 Franklyn Perring, English botanist (co-author of Atlas of the British Flora, 1962), born in London (d. 2003)
- Aug 2 Peter Swinnerton-Dyer, English mathematician (Birch and Swinnerton-Dyer conjecture), born in Ponteland, Northumberland (d. 2018)
- Aug 4 Jess Thomas, American tenor known for his singing in Richard Wagner operas, born in Hot Springs, South Dakota (d. 1993)
- Aug 5 Gunnar Bucht, Swedish composer, padagogue, and musicologist, born in Stocksund, Sweden
- Aug 6 William David Ford, American politician (Rep-D-Michigan, 1965-95), born in Detroit, Michigan (d. 2004)
- Aug 7 Carl "Alfalfa" Switzer, American actor (Our Gang; Beginner's Luck; General Spanky), born in Paris, Illinois (d. 1959)
- Aug 7 Edwin Edwards, American politician (Governor of Louisiana 1992-96), born in Marksville, Louisiana (d. 2021)
- Aug 8 Elis Juliana, Curaçao writer and poet (Lady of the Night: A flower), born in Curaçao (d. 2013)
- Aug 8 Jim Weaver, American politician (Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Oregon), born in Brookings, South Dakota
- Aug 8 Johnny Temple, American baseball player (d. 1994)
- Aug 8 Melvin F. Stute, American thoroughbred racehorse trainer (Preakness Stakes 1986, Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies 1986, Breeders' Cup Sprint 1987), born in Fort Wayne, Indiana (d. 2020)
- Aug 8 Yuri Kasakow, Russian writer, born in Moscow (d. 1982)
- Aug 9 Daniel Keyes, American author (Flowers for Algernon), born in Boca Raton, Florida (d. 2014)
Marvin Minsky (1927-2016)
Aug 9 American artificial intelligence computer scientist (MIT), born in New York City
- Aug 9 Robert Shaw, British actor (The Sting; Jaws; The Deep), novelist (The Sun Doctor), and playwright (The Man in the Glass Booth), born in Westhoughton, Lancashire (d. 1978)
- Aug 10 Vernon Washington, American actor (Roots, The Last Starfighter, Friday the 13th: A New Beginning), born in Hartford, Connecticut (d. 1988)
- Aug 11 James Eaton, Lord-Lieutenant of the City of Londonderry
- Aug 11 Len Rempt-Halmmans de Jongh, Dutch politician (VVD)
- Aug 11 Raymond Leppard, British-American harpsichordist, conductor (Indianapolis Symphony, 1987-2001; BBC Northern Symphony, 1973-80), and composer (Lord Of The Flies), born in London, England (d. 2019)
- Aug 12 Porter Wagoner, American country singer, discovered Dolly Parton ("Y'All Come"; "A Satisfied Mind"), born in West Plains, Missouri (d. 2007)
- Aug 13 Joe Puma, American session and jazz guitarist (Herbie Mann; Artie Shaw's Gramercy Five; Chuck Wayne), born in the Bronx, New York City (d. 2000)
- Aug 14 Frank Cvitanovich, Canadian filmmaker, born in Vancouver (d. 1995)
- Aug 14 Lord Whaddon, CEO (Daltrade & Skorimpex-Rind), born in Sale, Cheshire (d. 2005)
- Aug 15 Eddie Leadbeater, English cricketer (England leg-spinner with an avg of 109), born in Lockwood, West Yorkshire, England (d. 2011)
- Aug 15 Joe Castro, American bebop and West Coast jazz pianist (Teddy Edwards Quartet; June Christy), born in Miami, Arizona (d. 2009)
- Aug 15 Wesley Mouzon, American boxing trainer (Roy Jones Jr., Dwight Muhammad Qawi), born in Kingstree, South Carolina (d. 2003)
- Aug 16 Dennis Moss, British jazz tenor saxophonist, born in Surrey, England (d. 2008)
- Aug 17 Bernard Cornfeld, Romanian American financier (Fund of Funds), born in Istanbul, Turkey (d. 1995)
- Aug 17 Robert Moore, American director and actor (Murder by Death, Marshall-Diana), born in Detroit, Michigan (d. 1984)
- Aug 18 Rosalynn Carter (née Smith), American activist and First Lady (1977-81), born in Plains, Georgia (d. 2023) [1]
- Aug 18 Rosalynn Smith Carter, American 1st lady (1977-1981), born in Plains, Georgia
- Aug 19 James Broyhill, American politician (Sen-R-NC, 1963-1986), born in Lenoir, North Carolina (d. 2023)
- Aug 20 Geriatric1927 [Peter Oakley], English video blogger, born in Norwich, Norfolk, England (d. 2014)
- Aug 20 Yootha Joyce, British actress (Man About the House, George and Mildred), born in Wandsworth, London (d. 1980)
- Aug 21 Thomas Monson, 16th president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, born in Salt Lake City, Utah (d. 2018)
- Aug 21 Wilhelm Killmayer, German composer, born in Munich, Germany (d. 2017)
- Aug 22 Aleksandar Obradovic, Serbian composer, born in Bled, Slovenia (d. 2001)
- Aug 23 Dick Bruna, Dutch illustrator (Miffy books), born in Utrecht (d. 2017)
- Aug 23 Houari Boumédiènne, President of Algeria (1965-78), born in Clauzel, Algeria (d. 1978)
- Aug 23 John Hoskyns, Policy Advisor to Margaret Thatcher (1979-82) (d. 2014)
- Aug 23 Martial Solal, French jazz pianist and composer, born in Algiers, French Algeria
- Aug 23 Peter Wyngarde [Cyril Goldbert], British actor (Department S and Jason King), born in Marseille, France (d. 2018)
- Aug 24 David Ireland, Australian author (The Unknown Industrial Prisoner), born in Lakemba, New South Wales, Australia (d. 2022)
- Aug 24 Harry Markowitz, American economist (Nobel Prize 1990), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2023) [1]
- Aug 24 Roger Danneels, Flemish accordionist, arranger, composer, bandleader, and Hammond organist, born in Bruges, Belgium (d. 1982)
- Aug 24 William V. Shannon, American journalist and ambassador to Ireland (1977-81), born in Worchester, Massachusetts (d. 1988)
Althea Gibson (1927-2003)
Aug 25 American tennis player (7 Grand Slam singles titles), born in Clarendon Country, South Carolina
- Aug 26 B. V. [Balkrishna] Doshi, Indian architect (Pritzker Prize - 2018), born in Pune, India (d. 2023) [1]
- Aug 26 Sam Massell, American politician (1st Jewish Mayor of Atlanta), born in Atlanta, Georgia
- Aug 27 Hugh Byatt, British diplomat, born in Edinburgh (d. 2011)
- Aug 27 Liselott Linsenhoff, German equestrian rider (Olympic gold 1968, 72), born in Frankfurt, Germany (d. 1999)
- Aug 27 Norma Connolly, American actress (Ruby Anderson-General Hospital, The Young Marrieds), born in Boston, Massachusetts (d. 1998)
- Aug 29 Marion Williams, American gospel singer (Stars of Faith), born in Miami, Florida (d. 1994)
- Aug 30 Bill Daily, American actor and comedian (I Dream of Jeannie - "Roger"; The Bob Newhart Show - "Howard"), born in Des Moines, Iowa (d. 2018)
- Aug 30 Geoffrey Beene, American fashion designer (8 Coty Awards), born in Haynesville, Louisiana (d. 2004)
- Aug 30 Piet Kee, Dutch organist and composer, born in Zaandam, Netherlands (d. 2018)
Famous Divorces
Charlie Chaplin & Lita Grey
Aug 22 Actor Charlie Chaplin divorces his 2nd wife Lita Grey after 3 years of marriage in the largest divorce settlement at the time (US$600,000, plus trusts for children)
Frank Lloyd Wright
Aug 26 Architect Frank Lloyd Wright (60) divorces artist Maude Noel after almost 4 years of marriage
Famous Deaths
- Aug 4 John Dillon, Irish nationalist and British Lower house leader, dies at 75
- Aug 5 Thomas Groube, Australian cricket batsman (1 Test; Victoria CA), dies at 69
- Aug 13 James Oliver Curwood, American journalist and writer (Valley of Silent Men), dies at 49
- Aug 23 Nicola Sacco & Bartolomeo Vanzetti, executed in Massachusetts
- Aug 23 Therese Zamara, Austrian harpist and music teacher, dies at 71
- Aug 28 Li Dazhao [Ta-chao], Chinese intellectual, revolutionary and co-founder of the Chinese Communist Party with Chen Duxiu, executed as a political prisoner at 37
