Historical Events
- Aug 1 Death penalty for anti-fascists in Germany
National Recovery Administration Founded
Aug 1 National Recovery Administration (NRA) is founded with Hugh S. Johnson as its first director
Baseball Record
Aug 1 NY's future Hall of Fame pitcher Carl Hubbell sets MLB record for consecutive scoreless innings at 45 1/3 as Giants lose 3-1 v Boston Braves
US Open Women's Tennis
Aug 10 US National Championship Women's Tennis, Forest Hills, NY: Defending champion Helen Jacobs beats Helen Wills Moody 8-6, 3-6, 3-0, ret
PGA Championship
Aug 13 PGA Championship Men's Golf, Blue Mound CC: Gene Sarazen defeats Willie Goggin, 5 & 4 for 3rd of his 3 PGA C'ship titles; 6th of his 7 majors
Baseball Record
Aug 14 Jimmie Foxx hits for cycle & sets AL record with 9 RBIs
Lou Gehrig's Playing Streak
Aug 17 MLB player Lou Gehrig plays record 1,308th consecutive game
- Aug 17 Soviet Union test GIRD-R1 rocket ("Object 09")
- Aug 22 18th International Zionists Congress opens in Prague, Czechoslovakia
- Aug 22 Chicago Cubs president William Veeck, Sr. urges MLB to incorporate midsummer inter-league games and a split season
- Aug 23 First televised boxing match — 6-round exhibition at Broadcasting House in London between middleweights Archie Sexton and Lauri Raiteri; aired by BBC-TV
Gandhi Released
Aug 23 Mahatma Gandhi released from Indian jail following another hunger strike
Salazar's Secret Police
Aug 30 Portuguese dictator António de Oliveira Salazar forms secret police (PIDE)
Famous Birthdays
- Aug 1 Dom DeLuise, American comedian (End, Cannonball Run, Fatso), born in Brooklyn, New York
- Aug 1 Erwin Nypels, Dutch economist and Minister of Housing (D66), born in Bloemendaal, North Holland
- Aug 1 Jesse Corti, Venezuelan-American voice actor and comedian, born in Venezuela
- Aug 1 Ko Un, South Korean poet, born in Gunsan, North Jeolla Province
- Aug 1 Masaichi Kaneda, Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher (only Japanese pitcher to win 400 games; perfect game 1957), born in Heiwa, Nakashima, Aichi, Japan (d. 2019)
- Aug 1 Richard Lloyd Jones, British secretary (Welsh Office 1985–93)
- Aug 2 Alan Tuffin, British trade union leader (d. 2017)
- Aug 3 Pat Crawford, Australian cricketer (Australian pace bowler 1956), born in Dubbo, New South Wales, Australia (d. 2009)
- Aug 3 Thé Tjong-Khing, Dutch illustrator of children books (Miep Diekman), born in Purworedjo, Java
- Aug 4 Nate Brooks, American boxer (Olympic gold flyweight 1952), born in Cleveland, Ohio
- Aug 4 Rudi van Dantzig, Dutch choreographer/ballet dancer (Painted Birds) (d. 2012)
Sheldon Adelson (1933-2021)
Aug 4 American business magnate (CEO of Las Vegas Sands casino company) and major political donor to the GOP and Israel, born in Boston, Massachusetts [1]
- Aug 6 A G Kripal Singh, cricketer (India, 100* on debut v NZ 1959)
- Aug 6 Ron Wylie, Scottish soccer forward (Notts County, Aston Villa, Birmingham City) and manager (WBA), born in Glasgow, Scotland (d. 2020)
- Aug 7 Jerry Pournelle, American polymath and sci-fi author (Mercenary, Red Dragon), born in Shreveport, Louisiana (d. 2017)
- Aug 8 Joe Tex [Joseph Arrington, Jr.], American soul musician ("Hold What You've Got"; "I Gotcha"), born in Rogers, Texas (d. 1982)
- Aug 9 Albert Quixall, English soccer inside-forward (5 caps; Sheffield Wednesday, Manchester United), born in Sheffield, England (d. 2020)
- Aug 9 Tetsuko Kuroyanagi, Japanese television personality and children's author, born in Nogisaka, Tokyo
- Aug 10 Bill Nieder, American athlete (Olympic gold shot put 1960, silver 1956), born in Hempstead, New York (d. 2022)
- Aug 10 David Rowland, British banker (chairman of Lloyd's) (d. 2019)
- Aug 10 Doyle Brunson, American poker player (10 x bracelets; World Series of Poker Main Event champion 1976, 77; Poker HOF), born in Longworth, Texas (d. 2023)
- Aug 10 Elizabeth Butler-Sloss, English judge (first female Lord Justice of Appeal, chaired inquest into death of Princess Diana), born in Buckinghamshire, England
- Aug 10 Keith Duckworth, English mechanical engineer (Cosworth; d. 2005)
Rocky Colavito (90 years old)
Aug 10 American MLB baseball outfielder, 1955-68, 9X All-Star (Cleveland Indians, Detroit Tigers, and 5 other teams), born in The Bronx, New York
- Aug 11 Jerry Falwell Sr., American TV evangelist (Moral Majority), born in Lynchburg, Virginia (d. 2007)
- Aug 11 Julian Oswald, British Admiral of the Fleet
- Aug 11 Justin Connolly [D'Arcy-Dawson], British classical and electro-acoustic composer (Diaphony; The Garden of Forking Paths), and educator, born in London, England (d. 2020)
- Aug 11 Tamás Vásáry, Hungarian concert pianist and conductor, born in Debrecen, Hungary
- Aug 12 Parnelli Jones, American auto racer (Indianapolis 500, 1963) and team owner (Indy 500, 1970–71; USAC National Championships, 1970-72), born in Texarkana, Arkansas
- Aug 13 Jocelyn Elders, 15th US Surgeon General (1993-94) 1st African American holder, born in Schaal, Arkansas
- Aug 13 Madhur Jaffrey (née Bahadur), Indian stage and screen actress (Shakespeare Wallah), and James Beard award-winning cookbook writer (An Invitation to Indian Cooking), born in Delhi, British India
- Aug 14 Bryce Courtenay, Australian novelist (The Power of One), born in Johannesburg, South Africa (d. 2012)
- Aug 14 Richard R. Ernst, Swiss physical chemist (Nobel 1991 -techniques for high-resolution nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy), born in Winterthur, Switzerland
- Aug 15 Bobby Helms, American country music singer (Jingle Bell Rock), born in Bloomington, Indiana (d. 1997)
- Aug 15 Floyd Ashton, American singer (The Tams - "Be Young, Be Foolish, Be Happy"), born in Atlanta, Georgia
- Aug 15 Lori Nelson, American actress (Greta-How to Marry a Millionaire), born in Santa Fe, New Mexico (d. 2020)
- Aug 16 Gary Clarke [Clarke F. L'Amoreaux], American actor (Hondo -"Captain Richards"; The Virginian -"Steve"), singer ("Tomorrow May Never Come"), and screenwriter (Get Smart), born in Los Angeles, California
- Aug 16 Julie Newmar, American actress (Catwoman-Batman, Living Doll), born in Hollywood, California
- Aug 16 Reiner Kunze, German writer (The Lovely Years), born in Oelsnitz, Saxony
- Aug 16 Stuart Allen Roosa, American naval officer and astronaut (Apollo 14), born in Durango, Colorado (d. 1994)
- Aug 17 Boyd Grant, American college basketball coach (PCAA Coach of the Year 1978, 81, 82; Fresno State, Colorado State), born in American Falls, Idaho (d. 2020)
- Aug 17 Eugene F. Kranz, American NASA Flight Director (Gemini and Apollo programs)
- Aug 17 Glenn Corbett [Glen Edwin Rothenburg], American actor (Route 66; Shenandoah; Chisum), born in El Monte, California (d. 1993)
- Aug 17 Kenny Sears, American NBA player (NY Knicks), born in Watsonville, California (d. 2017)
- Aug 17 Mark Dinning, American pop singer (Teen Angel), born in Manchester, Oklahoma (d. 1986)
- Aug 17 Tom Courtney, American athlete (Olympic gold 800m, 4x400m relay 1956), born in Newark, New Jersey (d. 2023)
- Aug 18 Just Fontaine, French soccer striker (21 caps; USM Casablanca, Nice, Reims) and manager (France 1968–69, Paris Saint-Germain, Toulouse, Morocco), born in Marrakesh, Morocco (d. 2023)
Roman Polanski (90 years old)
Aug 18 Polish-French film director (Rosemary's Baby, Chinatown, Pirates), born in Paris, France
- Aug 19 Debra Paget [Debralee Griffin], American actress (Love Me Tender), born in Denver, Colorado
- Aug 20 Don Fuqua, American Democratic politician (Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Florida), born in Jacksonville, Florida
- Aug 20 George J. Mitchell, American lawyer and politician (Senate Majority Leader 1989-95), born in Waterville, Maine
- Aug 21 Barry Norman, British film critic (Film Greats), born in London (d. 2017)
- Aug 21 Janet Baker, English mezzo-soprano (Owen Wingrave), born in Hatfield, West Riding of Yorkshire
- Aug 22 Irmtraud Morgner, German writer, born in Chemnitz, Germany (d. 1990)
- Aug 22 Sylva Koscina, Italian actress (Jessica, Hercules), born in Split, Dalmatia, Yugoslavia (d. 1994)
- Aug 23 Don Talbot, Australian swimming coach and sport administrator (coach national swim teams - Canada, United States, Australia), born in Barnsley, Australia (d. 2020)
- Aug 23 Manfred Donike, German cyclist and chemist drug test pioneer, born in Köttingen, Germany (d. 1995)
- Aug 23 Pete Wilson, American politician (36th Governor of California), born in Lake Forest, Illinois
- Aug 23 Robert Curl, American chemist (Nobel 1996), born in Alice, Texas
- Aug 25 Tom Skerritt, actor (Ryan's Four, Alien, Big Bad Mama), born in Detroit, Michigan
- Aug 25 Wayne Shorter, American jazz saxophonist and composer (Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers; Miles Davis; Weather Report), born in Newark, New Jersey (d. 2023) [1]
- Aug 26 Ida Gotkovsky, French pianist, composer (Poème du feu), and teacher, born in Calais, France
- Aug 27 Joke Smit, Dutch writer (Het onbehagen bij de vrouw / The Discontent of Women), and feminist leader, born in Utrecht, Netherlands (d. 1981)
- Aug 29 Arnold Koller, Swiss politician (member of Swiss Federal Councilor), born in St. Gallen, Switzerland
- Aug 29 Jehan Sadat (née Safwat Raouf), Egyptian human rights activist, widow of Anwar Sadat and 1st Lady of Egypt (1970-81), born in Cairo, Egypt (d. 2021) [1]
- Aug 29 Ramses Shaffy, Dutch singer and cabaret actor (Zaak MP, Liefdesbekentenissen), born in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France (d. 2009)
- Aug 30 Arne Mellnäs, Swedish contemporary classical composer (Aura; Capricorn Flakes; Rolando furioso), and educator (Royal College of Music, 1963-83), born in Stockholm (d. 2002)
Famous Weddings
Hedy Lamarr
Aug 10 Austro-Hungarian actress Hedy Kreissler, later known as Hedy LaMarr (18) weds Austrian arms manufacturer Hirtenberger Patronen-Fabrik chairman Friedrich Mandl (33); divorce in 1937
Famous Deaths
- Aug 2 Arthur Collins, American baritone vocalist, known as 'King of the Ragtime Singers' (Peerless Quartet), and comedian, dies at 69
- Aug 13 Paul Hillemacher, French classical pianist, and composer, dies at 80
- Aug 23 Adolf Loos, Austrian post-modern architect (building of houses) and critic (Ornaments and Crime), dies of a stroke at 62 [1]
- Aug 28 Helen Dunbar, American actress (b. 1863)
- Aug 29 Frank Cavanagh, American football player and coach, dies at 57
- Aug 29 Georgy Eduardovich Konyus, Russian composer, and music theorist, dies at 70
