Historical Events
- Aug 1 Canada begins replacing silver with nickel in coins
- Aug 1 Cleveland Metroparks begins operating Zoo (Cleveland, Ohio)
- Aug 1 The coronation is held of Hassanal Bolkiah, the 29th Sultan of Brunei.
- Aug 1 WXIX TV channel 19 in Cincinnati-Newport, OH (IND) begins broadcasting
- Aug 2 35th Chicago College All-Star Game: Green Bay 34, All-Stars 17, 69,917 at Soldier Field
- Aug 2 Ron Hansen (Washington Senators) & Tim Cullen (Chicago White Sox) become the first MLB players to be traded for each other twice in the same season; they had been traded in February in opposite directions
Music History
Aug 3 100,000 attend two-day Newport Pop Festival in Costa Mesa, California; performers included Alice Cooper, Canned Heat, The Chambers Brothers, Country Joe and the Fish, Paul Butterfield Blues Band, Sonny & Cher, Steppenwolf, Tiny Tim, The Animals, Grateful Dead, Jefferson Airplane, Quicksilver Messenger Service, and The Byrds
- Aug 3 France performs nuclear test at Mururoa atoll
- Aug 4 WXTV TV channel 41 in New York-Paterson, NY (UNI) begins broadcasting
- Aug 5 WMCV (now WZTV) TV channel 17 in Nashville, TN (IND) 1st broadcast
- Aug 8 Jarry Park is approved by Montreal Mayor Jean Drapeau for interim use by Expos
- Aug 8 Race riot in Miami, Florida
Nixon Nominated
Aug 8 Republican convention in Miami Beach nominates Richard Nixon for president
- Aug 10 Race riots in Miami, Chicago & Little Rock
- Aug 11 Beatles launch "Apple Records" label
- Aug 11 Fifteen Guinea Special - last main-line steam passenger train service in Britain. Selection of British Rail steam locomotives make a return 120-mile journey Liverpool to Carlisle, before having their fires dropped for the last time.
Sports History
Aug 11 Satchel Paige (62) and needing 158 days on a MLB payroll to qualify for a pension, is signed by Atlanta Braves; doesn't pitch and becomes coach
Event of Interest
Aug 15 Romanian president Nicolae Ceausescu visits Prague
- Aug 15 USSR performs nuclear test at Sary Shagan USSR
- Aug 17 Dick Beyers (Dr X) beats Verne Gagne, to become NWA champ
Warsaw Pact Invasion of Czechoslovakia
Aug 20 During the night 250,000 Soviet and Warsaw Pact troops invade Czechoslovakia in response to the Prague Spring
- Aug 20 USSR performs nuclear test at the Semipalatinsk Test Site in northeast Kazakhstan
- Aug 21 After 5 years Soviet Union once again jams Voice of America radio
Democratic Convention
Aug 21 Democratic Convention opens in Chicago, goes on to nominate Hubert Humphrey
- Aug 21 PFC James Anderson Jr is 1st African American Marine to win Medal of Honor (Vietnam War)
Soviet History
Aug 21 Warsaw Pact forces complete their invasion of Czechoslovakia by arresting the Czech leader Alexander Dubček and forcing him to sign the Moscow Protocols
- Aug 21 William Dana reaches 80 km (last high-altitude X-15 flight)
- Aug 22 The Society of Labour Lawyers (SLL) publishes an 'interim report' about alleged discrimination in Northern Ireland; the report is heavily criticised by unionists.
- Aug 23 Ringo quits Beatles over a disagreement (temporarily).
- Aug 23 Yanks & Tigers play 3-3 tie in 19 due to 1 AM curfew
- Aug 24 France becomes the world's fifth thermonuclear power with a detonation on Mururoa Atoll in the South Pacific
- Aug 24 Northern Ireland's first civil rights march held; many more marches would be held over the following year and Loyalists organized counter-demonstrations to get the marches banned
- Aug 25 29th Venice Film Festival: "Artists Under the Big Top: Perplexed" directed by Alexander Kluge wins Golden Lion
Sports History
Aug 25 Arthur Ashe becomes 1st African American to win the US singles championship
Sports History
Aug 25 NY Yankee outfielder Rocky Colavito pitches second 2/3 innings and beats Tigers 6-5; he played right field in second game and homered
- Aug 26 "Hey Jude" single released by the Beatles in US (Billboard Song of the Year 1968, Billboard 10th biggest song of all time 2013)
- Aug 27 Protest by the Derry Housing Action Committee (DHAC) at the Guildhall's council chamber; after which Eamon Melaugh phones the Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association (NICRA) to organise a march in Derry
- Aug 28 Northern Irish MP Gerry Fitt tables a House of Commons motion criticising the Royal Ulster Constabulary at Dungannon, "citizens of Northern Ireland should be allowed the same rights of peaceful demonstration as those in other parts of the United Kingdom"
- Aug 28 Police & anti-war demonstrators clash at Chicago's Democratic National Convention
- Aug 29 Democrats nominate Hubert H Humphrey for US President (Chicago)
Tennis Open
Aug 29 First match in the US Open tennis era; on her way to the final, Billie Jean King beats fellow American Dr Vija Vuskains 6-1, 6-0
Cricket History
Aug 31 Garfield Sobers becomes the first cricketer to hit 6 sixes in one over
Music History
Aug 31 Private Eye magazine reports a John Lennon and Yoko Ono album will have a picture of them nude on the cover
- Aug 31 Roy Face ties W. Johnson's record of 802 pitching appearances with club
- Aug 31 Verne Gagne beats Dick Beyers (Dr X) in Minnesota to become NWA champ
Famous Birthdays
- Aug 1 Dan Donegan, American rock guitarist (Disturbed - "Inside The Fire"), born in Oak Lawn, Illinois
- Aug 1 Roshumba Williams, American model (Bride), born in Chicago, Illinois
- Aug 1 Stacey Augmon, American NBA guard (Portland Trailblazers, Hawks), born in Pasadena, California
- Aug 2 Chrystia Freeland, Canadian politician (Deputy Prime Minister 2019-), born in Peace River, Alberta
- Aug 2 Stefan Effenberg, German footballer, born in Niendorf, Hamburg
- Aug 3 Rod Beck, American baseball pitcher (MLB All-Star 1993, 94, 97; San Francisco Giants), born in Burbank, California (d. 2007)
- Aug 4 Daniel Dae Kim, American actor
- Aug 4 Darcy Arreola, 1.5k runner, born in La Mesa, California
- Aug 4 James Francis, linebacker (Cincinnati Bengals)
- Aug 4 Marcus Schenkenberg, model (Calvin Klein)
- Aug 5 Colin McRae, Scottish rally driver (World Rally Championship 1995), born in Lanark, Scotland (d. 2007)
- Aug 5 Funkmaster Flex [Aston George Taylor Jr], American hip hop DJ, born in The Bronx, New York
- Aug 5 John Olerud, American MLB infielder (Toronto Blue Jays), born in Seattle, Washington
Marine Le Pen (55 years old)
Aug 5 French politician (President of the National Front Party), born in Neuilly-sur-Seine
- Aug 5 Oleg Luzhny, Ukrainian footballer
- Aug 5 Terri Clark, Canadian country singer-songwriter, and guitarist, born in Montreal, Quebec
- Aug 5 Tokimitsu Ishizawa, Japanese professional wrestler
- Aug 6 Celena Mondie-Milner, Milledgeville Ga, 100m/200m runner
- Aug 6 Jack de Gier, soccer player (Cambuur L, Go Ahead Eagles)
- Aug 6 Patricia Tarabini, Argentine tennis star (1985 Futures ITA), born in La Plata, Argentina
- Aug 7 Tomas Carbonell, Spanish tennis player, born in Barcelona, Spain
- Aug 7 [James] Lynn Strait, American singer (Snot), born in Manhasset, New York (d. 1998)
- Aug 8 Abey Kuruvila, Indian cricketer (Bombay fast bowler), born in Mannar, Kerala, India
- Aug 8 Suzy Hamilton, US olympic 1500m runner
- Aug 9 Eric Bana, Australian actor (Hulk), born in Melbourne, Australia
- Aug 9 Gillian Anderson, American actress (The X-Files, Bleak House), born in Chicago, Illinois
- Aug 9 Jay Stacy, Australian field hockey midfielder (Olympic 4th/silver-88, 92, 96)
- Aug 9 McG [Joseph McGinty Nichol], American film producer and director (Charlies' Angels), born in Kalamazoo, Michigan
- Aug 9 Peter Docter, American animator, and film director (Monsters, Inc; Up; Soul), born in Bloomington, Minnesota
- Aug 9 Sam Fogarino, American drummer (Interpol), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Aug 10 Alex Andrievsky, Belarusian hockey player (Team Belarus, Olympics 1998), born in Minsk, Soviet Union
- Aug 10 Andile Yenana, South African jazz pianist, born in King William's Town, Eastern Cape, South Africa
- Aug 10 Jennifer Horton, American team handball goalie (Olympics 1992, 96), born in Dover, New Jersey
- Aug 10 Michael Bivins, American pop and R&B vocalist (New Edition - "Cool It Now"; Bell Biv Devoe - "Do Me!"), born in Boston, Massachusetts
- Aug 10 Michel Doesburg, Dutch soccer player (SC Heerenveen), born in Beverwijk, Netherlands
- Aug 10 Moe Gardner, American NFL football defensive nose tackle, 1991-96 (Atlanta Falcons), born in Indianapolis, Indiana
- Aug 11 Alan Kelly, England-born Irish footballer
- Aug 11 Anna Gunn, American actress
- Aug 11 Charlie Sexton, American guitarist and singer-songwriter (Arc Angels), born in San Antonio, Texas
- Aug 11 Veda Hille, Canadian singer
- Aug 12 Andras Jones, American actor
- Aug 13 William Thomas, American NFL linebacker (Philadelphia Eagles), born in Amarillo, Texas
- Aug 14 Adrian Lester, English actor, born in Birmingham, United Kingdom
- Aug 14 Billy Mavreas, Greek-Canadian cartoonist
- Aug 14 Catherine Bell, British-American actress (JAG - "Sarah MacKenzie"; The Good Witch - "Cassie"), born in London, England
- Aug 14 Darren Clarke, Northern Irish golfer (British Open 2011; British Senior Open 2022), born in Dungannon, Northern Ireland
- Aug 14 Praveen Amre, Indian cricketer (Indian batsman, century on Test debut 1992), born in Mumbai, India
- Aug 15 Debra Messing, American actress (Will & Grace), born in Brooklyn, New York
- Aug 15 Vassili Pankov, Belarusian NHL forward (Team Belarus, Olympics 1998), born in Minsk, Belarus
- Aug 16 Donovan Leitch Jr., American actor (I Shot Andy Warhol) and musician (Camp Freddy), born in London, England
- Aug 16 Wolfgang Tillmans, German photographer (1st non-British person to win Turner Prize), born in Remscheid, West Germany
- Aug 17 Ed McCaffrey, American NFL wide receiver (Denver Broncos-Super Bowl 32), born in Waynesboro, Pennsylvania
- Aug 17 Helen McCrory, English actress (The Queen, Peaky Blinders), born in London (d. 2021)
- Aug 18 Brian Mitchell, American football running back (Washington Redskins), born in Leesville, Louisiana
- Aug 18 Carolyn Crudgington, Australian softball pitcher (Olympic bronze 1996), born in Brisbane, Australia
- Aug 18 Greta Lind, American actress (Katie Kennicott-All My Children), born in Goshen, New York
- Aug 18 Griffin Drew, American actress (Dinosaur Island), born in Hazelhurst, Georgia
- Aug 18 John Coyle, American short track skater (Olympics 1994), born in West Bloomfield, Michigan
- Aug 18 Justin Strzelczyk, American NFL football offensive tackle, 1990-98 (Pittsburgh Steelers), born in West Seneca, New York (d. 2004)
- Aug 18 Lee Seung-yeon, South Korean actress, born in Seoul, South Korea
- Aug 19 Mark McGuinn, American country music singer-songwriter ("Mrs. Steven Rudy"), born in Greensboro, North Carolina
- Aug 19 Nikolaos Kaklamanakis, Greek windsurfer (Gold Olympic Medal 1996, Silver 2004), born in Athens, Greece
- Aug 20 Klas Ingesson, Swedish footballer and manager, born in Ödeshög, Sweden (d. 2014)
- Aug 20 Sandy Brondello, Australian basketball guard (Olympic bronze 1996), born in Mackay, Queensland
- Aug 20 Yuri Shiratori, Japanese voice actress and singer, born in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
- Aug 21 Barbara Ann Moore, American actress, Playboy playmate (Dec, 1992) and ballroom dancer, born in Spokane, Washington
- Aug 22 Alexander Mostovoi, Russian footballer, born in Leningrad Oblast, Russia
- Aug 22 Casper Christensen, Danish comedian (Hvaffor en hånd), born in Kerteminde, Denmark
- Aug 22 Henrik Holm, Swedish tennis star, born in Täby, Sweden
- Aug 22 Horst Skoff, Austrian tennis star, born in Klagenfurt, Austria
- Aug 22 Michael Curry, American basketball forward and coach (Detroit Pistons), born in Anniston, Alabama
- Aug 22 Paul Colman, British-Australian guitarist (Newsboys, 2006-09), born in London
- Aug 22 Paul Ereng, Kenyan athlete, 800m runner (Olympic gold 1988), born in Kitale, Kenya
- Aug 22 Rich Lowry, American magazine editor and columnist, born in Arlington Country, Virginia
Chris DiMarco (55 years old)
Aug 23 American golfer (PGA C'ship 2004 runner-up), born in Huntington, New York
- Aug 23 Cortez Kennedy, American NFL defensive tackle (Seattle Seahawks), born in Osceola, Arkansas (d. 2017)
- Aug 24 Andreas Kisser, Brazilian heavy metal guitarist (Sepultura), born in São Bernardo do Campo, Brazil
- Aug 24 Shoichi Funaki, Japanese professional wrestler, born in Toyko
- Aug 24 Tim Salmon, American MLB outfielder (California Angels), born in Long Beach, California
- Aug 25 Dave Thomas, NFL cornerback (Jacksonville Jaguars)
- Aug 25 Rachael Ray, American TV personality and chef, born in Glen Falls, New York
- Aug 25 Rafet El Roman [Yaşdut], Turkish pop singer and songwriter (Gençliğin Gözyaşı - The Tears of the Youth), born in at Uzunköprü. Turkey
- Aug 25 Spider One [Michael David Cummings], American musician (Powerman 5000), born in Haverhill, Massachusetts
- Aug 25 Stuart Murdoch, Scottish singer and songwriter (Belle & Sebastian), born in Clarkston, East Renfrewshire, Scotland
- Aug 25 Takeshi Ueda, Japanese rock bassist (The Mad Capsule Markets), born in Yokohama, Japan
- Aug 26 Chris Boardman, British cyclist (world 1 hour record), born in Merseyside, England
- Aug 26 Courtney Hall, American NFL center (San Diego Chargers), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 2021)
- Aug 27 Eric "Bobo" Correa, American percussionist (Beastie Boys; Cypress Hill), born in Queens, New York
- Aug 28 Billy Boyd, Scottish actor (Seed of Chucky), born in Glasgow, Scotland
- Aug 28 Tom Fitzgerald, American NHL right wing (Florida Panthers), born in Billerica, Massachusetts
- Aug 29 Darren Joseph, Canadian football fullback (Saskatchewan Roughriders), born in Ottawa, Canada
- Aug 30 Vladimir Malakhov, Russian NHL defenseman (Montreal Canadiens), born in Sverdlovsk, Soviet Union
- Aug 31 Glenroy Gilbert, Canadian 4X100m sprinter (Olympic gold 1996), born in Trinidad
- Aug 31 Hideo Nomo, Japanese MLB pitcher (LA Dodgers), born in Osaka, Japan
- Aug 31 Jennifer Azzi, American basketball guard (Olympic gold 1996), born in Oak Ridge, Tennessee
- Aug 31 Jim Bob Howard, American actor (Flash and Bone), born in Wichita Falls, Texas
- Aug 31 Jolene Watanabe, American tennis player (1994 Futures-Evansville), born in Los Angeles, California
Famous Weddings
Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo
Aug 2 Future President of the Philippines Gloria Macapagal (21) weds lawyer Jose Miguel Arroyo (22)
Erle Stanley Gardner
Aug 9 Detective writer Erle Stanley Gardner (79) weds his long-time secretary Agnes Jean Bethell
- Aug 25 American "The Outlaw" actress Jane Russell (47) weds second husband, American actor Roger Barrett (47) at the Community Presbyterian Church in Beverly Hills, California, until his death two months later
- Aug 28 1 day marriage of TV character Murphy Brown
- Aug 29 Norwegian Crown Prince Harald (later Harald V) marries Sonja Haraldsen at Oslo Cathedral
Famous Divorces
Jack Nicholson
Aug 8 Actor Jack Nicholson (31) divorces Sandra Knight (28) after 6 years of marriage
Frank Sinatra
Aug 16 Singer and actor Frank Sinatra and 3rd wife actress Mia Farrow divorce after 2 years of marriage
John Lennon
Aug 22 Cynthia Lennon sues Beatle member John Lennon for divorce on grounds of adultery
Famous Deaths
- Aug 3 Constantine Rokossovski, vice-premier of Poland (1952-56), dies at 71
- Aug 5 Luther Perkins American country and rockabilly guitarist (The Tennessee Three), dies as a result of a house fire at 40
- Aug 6 Ernest Burnelle, Belgian politician (Communist Party of Belgium (PCB)), dies at 60
- Aug 8 Orovida Camille Pissarro, British painter and etcher, dies at 74
- Aug 11 Lucien Cerfaux, Belgian New Testament scholar, dies at 85
- Aug 12 Esther Forbes, American novelist (Johnny Tremain), dies at 76
- Aug 12 Pieter Oud, Dutch politician and Mayor of Rotterdam (1945-52), dies at 81
- Aug 15 Edward Kilenyi, Sr. [Ede Kilényi], Hungarian-American composer and teacher (Clipped Wings; Outside the Law), dies at 84
- Aug 16 (Robert) "Cutty" Cutshall, American jazz trombonist (Benny Goodman Orchestra; Eddie Condon), dies at 66
- Aug 16 Luis Gianneo, Argentine pianist, organist, conductor, composer, and teacher, dies at 71
- Aug 18 Arthur Marshall, American ragtime piano player and composer ("Swipesy Cakewalk" with Scott Joplin; "The Peach"), dies at 86
- Aug 18 Cy Walter, American jazz pianist (Three's Company), dies of cancer at 52
- Aug 19 George Gamow, Ukrainian-born American nuclear physicist and cosmologist (Big Bang Theory, DNA), dies at 64
- Aug 19 Sara Jane Roberts, child actress (Our Gang), dies after surgery at 44
- Aug 20 Channing H. Cox, American politician (49th Governor of Massachusetts), dies at 88
Earl Sande (1898-1968)
Aug 20 American HOF jockey (Triple Crown 1930 Gallant Fox; 3 x Kentucky Derby; 5 x Belmont Stakes; 1 x Preakness Stakes; 3 x US Champion Jockey by earnings; US Champion Trainer by earnings 1938), dies at 69
- Aug 21 Vladimir Boudnik, Czech sculptor, commits suicide at about 45
- Aug 24 (Edmond) "Doc" Souchon, American jazz guitarist, music journal writer and editor, and New Orleans jazz historical preservationist, dies at 70
- Aug 24 Cyril Vincent, South African cricketer (84 wkts slow lefty for S Af 1927-35), dies at 66
- Aug 25 John George [Tufei Fatella], Syrian actor (Black Orchids, Don Juan, Adventures of Fu Manchu), dies from emphysema at 70
- Aug 25 Stan McCabe, Australian cricket batsman (39 Tests, @ 48.21, 6 x 100, HS 232; NSWCA), dies of a fractured skull at 58
- Aug 26 Kay Francis, American actress (Charley's Aunt, False Madonna), dies of cancer at 63
- Aug 27 Marina, Princess of Greece and Denmark, Duchess of Kent, wife of Prince George of England, dies at 61
- Aug 28 John Gordon Mein, US ambassador in Guatemala, dies
- Aug 28 Nick Castle, American choreographer (Dinah Shore, Judy Garland), dies at 58
- Aug 29 Ulysses S. Grant III, American soldier and planner, dies at 87
- Aug 29 Victor Sutherland, American actor (Captive City), dies at 79
- Aug 30 William Talman, American actor (Crashout, The Hitch-Hiker, Perry Mason), dies of lung cancer at 53
- Aug 31 Dennis O'Keefe, American actor (Suspicion), dies of lung cancer at 60
- Aug 31 George Peabody Gooch, English historian and politician, dies at 94
