Historical Events
- Aug 1 After the first 13 runnings of the midsummer classic, Darryl Waltrip becomes the first driver the win the Talladega 500 twice
Sports History
Aug 1 American Greg Louganis becomes 1st diver to score 700 (752.67) in 11 dives in winning 3m springboard gold, World Championships in Guayaquil, Ecuador
- Aug 1 East German swimmer Petra Schneider breaks her own 400m medley world record by 0:19 (4:36.10) at the World Championships in Guayaquil, Ecuador
Sports History
Aug 1 Hank Aaron, Frank Robinson, Travis Jackson and Happy Chandler inducted into baseball's Hall of Fame
- Aug 1 Heavy Israeli air bombardment on Beirut
Baseball Record
Aug 2 Oakland outfielder Rickey Henderson steals his 100th MLB base of the season in 6-5 win v Seattle, first to steal 100 twice in modern era
- Aug 2 Roger Ebert's "Movie News" premieres on ABC FM network
- Aug 3 Pitching coach Clyde King becomes NY Yankees 3rd manager of the season replacing Gene Michaels after Yanks swept at home by Chicago White Sox
- Aug 4 Outfielder Joel Youngblood becomes only MLB player to get hits for 2 different teams in 2 different cities on the same day; singles for Mets in Chicago day game; traded, then singles for Expos in Philadelphia night game
PGA Championship
Aug 5 PGA Championship, Southern Hills CC: Raymond Floyd fires an opening round 9-under-par 63, tying the tournament 18-hole record
- Aug 5 Stephabue Hix, of Alabama, 18, crowned Miss National Teen-Ager
- Aug 5 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
- Aug 6 Curtis Cup Golf, Denver CC: United States beats Great Britain & Ireland 14½-3½
- Aug 6 Three ANC members are sentenced to death in South Africa
- Aug 6 WQXI (Atlanta) is 1st to use Harris Corp AM stereo system
- Aug 8 PGA Championship Men's Golf, Southern Hills CC: Ray Floyd wins his second PGA C'ship by 3 shots from fellow American Lanny Wadkins
- Aug 11 The South African Defence Force (SADF) raids Southern Angola
- Aug 11 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
- Aug 14 Atlanta snaps an 11-game losing streak with a 6-5 win over Padres
- Aug 14 Iran "Ramadan-offensive" in Iraq
- Aug 15 Equatorial Guinea adopts constitution
- Aug 17 First Compact Discs (CDs) released to the public in Germany
- Aug 17 LA Dodgers beat Chicago Cubs, 6-5, in 21 innings (game completed 8/18)
- Aug 17 South Bend, Ind jury acquits self-avowed racist Joseph Paul Franklin
- Aug 18 Japanese election law is amended to allow for proportional representation.
- Aug 18 Longest baseball game at Wrigley Field in Chicago IL, ends after 22 innings - before LA Dodgers beat Cubs 2-1 (game started Aug 17th)
- Aug 18 NYSE tops 100m shares traded for the 1st time, sets a new record of 132.69m shares traded
- Aug 18 Pete Rose sets record with his 13,941st plate appearance
- Aug 19 Renaldo Nehemiah of US sets record for 110 m hurdles, 12.93 sec
- Aug 19 Soyuz T-7 launched, Svetlana Savtiskaya 2nd woman in space
- Aug 20 Don Lever becomes first captain of NHL New Jersey Devils
- Aug 20 US marines land in Beirut Lebanon
- Aug 21 American MLB Milwaukee Brewers' relief pitcher Rollie Fingers becomes 1st pitcher to get save #300
- Aug 21 Palestinian terrorists are dispersed from Beirut
Israeli History
Aug 22 Israeli General Ariel Sharon urges Palestinians to discuss peaceful coexistence
- Aug 23 Lebanese falangist leader Bechir Gemayel elected as president
Sports History
Aug 23 Seattle Mariner pitcher Gaylord Perry ejected for throwing a spitter
- Aug 23 USSR performs nuclear test at the Semipalatinsk Test Site in northeast Kazakhstan
- Aug 24 KCs' John Wathan steals 31st en route to 36 base for catcher's record
- Aug 26 NASA launches Telesat-F satellite
- Aug 27 Rickey Henderson steals 119th base of season breaks Lou Brock's mark
- Aug 27 Soyuz T-7 returns to Earth
- Aug 28 "Sugar Babies" closes at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC after 1208 performances
- Aug 28 39th Venice Film Festival: "The State of Things" directed by Wim Wenders wins Golden Lion
- Aug 28 The first Gay Games are held in San Francisco.
- Aug 28 USSR performs underground nuclear test
- Aug 29 38°F lowest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in August
Baseball Record
Aug 29 Kansas City Royal George Brett gets his 1,500th hit
#1 in the Charts
Aug 29 Steve Miller's single "Abracadabra" hits #1
- Aug 29 The synthetic chemical element Meitnerium, atomic number 109, is first synthesized at the Gesellschaft für Schwerionenforschung in Darmstadt, Germany.
Event of Interest
Aug 30 PLO leader Yasser Arafat leaves Beirut
- Aug 31 USSR performs underground nuclear test
Famous Birthdays
- Aug 1 Ai Tominaga, Japanese model and actress, born in Sagamihara, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
Caroline Shaw (41 years old)
Aug 1 American violinist, singer, and Pulitzer Prize winning composer (Partita for 8 Voices), born in Greenville, North Carolina
- Aug 2 Grady Sizemore, American MLB baseball centerfielder, 2004-15, 3X All-Star (Cleveland Indians and 3 other teams), born in Seattle, Washington
- Aug 2 Hélder Postiga, Portuguese footballer, born in Vila do Conde, Portugal
- Aug 5 LoLo Jones, American track and field athlete and bobsledder, born in Des Moines, Iowa
- Aug 5 Ryu Seung Min, Korean table tennis player, born in Seoul, South Korea
- Aug 5 Tobias Regner, German rock singer, born in Teisendorf, Bavaria, West Germany
- Aug 6 Adrianne Curry, American model and reality television personality
- Aug 6 Justin Germano, American baseball player
- Aug 6 Karl Davies, British actor
- Aug 6 Kevin van der Perren, Belgian figure skater
- Aug 6 Romola Garai, British actress (I Capture the Castle; Atonement), born in British Hong Kong
- Aug 6 Ryan Sypek, American actor
- Aug 7 Vasileios Spanoulis, Greek basketball player, born in Larissa, Greece
- Aug 7 Yana Klochkova, Ukrainian swimmer, born in Simferopol, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
- Aug 8 David Florence, British canoeist
- Aug 9 Tyson Gay, American sprinter, born in Lexington, Kentucky
- Aug 10 Devon Aoki, American supermodel and actress
- Aug 11 Alan Halsall, British actor
- Aug 12 Alexandros Tzorvas, Greek footballer
- Aug 12 River Butcher, American stand-up comedian, writer, and podcaster, born in Akron, Ohio
- Aug 13 Ibram X. Kendi, American author and antiracist activist, born in Queens, New York
- Aug 13 Sarah Huckabee Sanders, American political operative and politician (Trump White House Press Secretary 2017-19, 1st Female Governor of Arkansas 2023-), born in Hope, Arkansas
Sebastian Stan (41 years old)
Aug 13 Romanian-American actor (Captain America: The Winter Soldier; I, Tonya), born in Constanța, Romania
- Aug 13 Shani Davis, American speed skater (Olympic gold 2006, 10), born in Chicago, Illinois
- Aug 15 Casey Burgener, American weightlifter
- Aug 16 Cam Gigandet, American actor, born in Tacoma, Washington
- Aug 16 Joleon Lescott, English footballer, born in Birmingham, United Kingdom
- Aug 17 Cheeleader Melissa [Melissa Anderson], American professional wrestler, born in Los Angeles, California
- Aug 17 Mark Salling, American actor and musician (Glee), born in Dallas, Texas (d. 2018)
- Aug 17 Phil Jagielka, English footballer (Sheffield United), born in Sale, England
- Aug 19 Erika Christensen, American actress (Parenthood), born in Seattle, Washington
- Aug 19 J. J. Hardy, American baseball player, born in Tuscon, Arizona
- Aug 19 Kevin Rans, Belgian pole vaulter, born in Ekeren, Belgium
- Aug 19 Melissa Fumero [Gallo], American actress (Brooklyn Nine-Nine), born in Lyndhurst, New Jersey
- Aug 19 Stipe Miocic, American mixed martial artist (UFC), born in Euclid, Ohio
- Aug 20 Barney Rogers, Zimbabwean cricketer, born in Harare, Zimbabwe
- Aug 20 Cléber Luis Alberti, Brazilian football goalkeeper, born in Palmital, Brazil
- Aug 20 Joshua Kennedy, Australian footballer (Australia national soccer team), born in Wodonga, Victoria, Australia
- Aug 20 Mijaín López, Cuban Graco-Roman wrestler (4x Olympic Gold, 5x world champion), born in Pinar del Rio, Cuba
- Aug 20 Youssouf Hersi, Ethiopian football midfielder, born in Dire Dawa, Ethiopia
- Aug 23 Laurin Talese, American jazz singer and songwriter ("This Love"), born in Cleveland, Ohio
- Aug 23 Natalie Coughlin, American swimmer, born in Vallejo, California
- Aug 23 Scott Palguta, American soccer player, born in Toms River, New Jersey
- Aug 23 YTCracker [Bryce Case, Jr.], American hip-hop artist, born in La Mirada, California
- Aug 24 Kim Kallstrom, Swedish footballer, born in Sandviken, Sweden
- Aug 26 David Long, New Zealand dance and soundtrack composer (Peter Jackson's films)
John Mulaney (41 years old)
Aug 26 American comedian, writer and actor (Saturday Night Live), born in Chicago, Illinois
LeAnn Rimes (41 years old)
Aug 28 American country singer ("Blue"; "How Do I Live"), born in Jackson, Mississippi
- Aug 28 Anderson Silva de França, Brazilian footballer, born in São Paulo, Brazil
- Aug 28 Kevin McNaughton, Scottish footballer, born in Dundee, Scotland
- Aug 28 Thiago Motta, Brazilian footballer, born in São Bernardo do Campo, Brazil
- Aug 29 A+ [Andre Levins], American rapper, born in Hempstead, New York
- Aug 29 Carlos Delfino, Argentinean basketball player, born in Santa Fe, Argentina
Andy Roddick (41 years old)
Aug 30 American tennis player (2003 US Open), born in Austin, Texas
Carol E. Reiley (41 years old)
Aug 30 American computer scientist (Drive.ai), born in Flint, Michigan
- Aug 30 Will Davison, Australian racing driver (Bathurst 100 2009, 2016), born in Melbourne, Australia
- Aug 31 Alexei Mikhnov, Ukrainian-born ice hockey player
- Aug 31 Chris Duhon, American basketball player, born in Mamou, Louisiana
- Aug 31 G. Willow Wilson, American journalist and comic book writer
- Aug 31 Ian Crocker, American swimmer, born in Portland, Maine
- Aug 31 José Reina, Spanish football goalkeeper (Villarreal), born in Madrid, Spain
- Aug 31 Josh Kroeger, American baseball player, born in Davenport, Iowa
- Aug 31 Michele Rugolo, Italian racing driver, born in Montebelluna, Italy
- Aug 31 Patrick Nuo, Swiss pop singer, born in Lucerne, Switzerland
Famous Weddings
John Malkovich
Aug 2 "Dangerous Liaisons" actor John Malkovich (28) weds film and stage actress Glenne Headly (27)
Famous Deaths
- Aug 2 Cathleen Nesbitt, English actress (Separate Tables), dies at 93
- Aug 2 Rudolf Maros, Hungarian composer (Sirato/Lament; Euphonies), and pedagogue, dies at 65
- Aug 4 Bruce Goff, American Architect (b. 1904)
- Aug 5 Wanda Rotha, Austrian actress (Mrs Fitzherbert), dies at 72
- Aug 8 Eric Brandon, British auto racer (closely associated with development Cooper Car Company), dies at 62
- Aug 8 Ferre Grignard, Belgian pop singer/painter (Crucified Jesus), dies
- Aug 8 Hermine Heijermans, author (Snikken en Smartlapjes), dies at 80
- Aug 8 Kurt Edelhagen, West German jazz pianist, dies at 62
- Aug 8 Valeer van Kerkhove, Flemish writer (De Weerlozen), dies at 63
- Aug 9 Alexandre Alexeieff, Russian-French filmmaker (pinscreen animation) and artist, dies at 81
- Aug 11 Tom Drake [Alfred Sinclair Alderdice], American actor (Meet Me In St. Louis; Warlock), dies of lung cancer at 63
- Aug 12 Helvi Leiviskä, Finnish composer, dies at 80
Henry Fonda (1905-1982)
Aug 12 American stage and screen actor (Mr. Roberts; 12 Angry Men; On Golden Pond), dies of heart disease at 77
- Aug 12 Salvador Sánchez, Mexican boxer (WBC, lineal featherweight title 1980-82), dies in a traffic accident at 23
- Aug 12 Varlam Shalamov, Russian writer (b. 1907)
- Aug 13 Adam Ważyk [Ajzyk Wagman], Polish poet and author (Eyes & Mouth), dies at 76
- Aug 13 Charles Walters, American actor, choreographer and director (Lili, Easter parade), dies of lung cancer at 70
- Aug 13 Joe E. Ross, American comedian (Toody-Car 54, Phil Silvers Show), dies at 68
- Aug 13 Joe Tex [Joseph Arrington Jr.], American soul musician ("Hold What You've Got"; "I Gotcha"), dies at 49
- Aug 14 Patrick Magee [McGee], Northern Irish actor and director (A Clockwork Orange, Barry Lyndon), dies from a heart attack at 60
- Aug 14 Thruston B. Morton, American republican politician (Sen-Ky, 1957-69), dies at 74
- Aug 15 (Axel) Hugo Theorell, Swedish biochemist (Nobel Prize for Medicine or Physiology, 1955, for discovery of oxidoreductase enzymes), dies at 79 [1]
- Aug 17 Barney Phillips [Bernard Philip Ofner], American actor (Dragnet, Felony Squad), dies from cancer at 68
- Aug 17 Ruth Voorst, South African (A World Apart), killed by letter bomb
- Aug 18 Beverly Bayne, American actress (Romeo & Juliet, Passionate Youth), dies at 87
- Aug 19 August Neo, Estonian wrestler (b. 1908)
- Aug 20 Ulla Jacobsson, Swedish actress (Zulu, One Summer of Happiness), dies of bone cancer at 53
- Aug 21 Sobhuza II, Paramount Chief and Ngwenyama of Swaziland (1899-1982) who holds the record for the longest reign of any monarch in recorded history, dies at 83
- Aug 23 Alberto Cavalcanti, Brazilian director (Herr Puntila), dies at 85
- Aug 23 Alfred S. Bloomingdale, American businessman and heir to the Bloomingdale's department store, dies at 66
- Aug 23 Stanford Moore, American biochemist (Nobel 1977), dies at 68
- Aug 24 Giorgio Abetti, Italian astronomer (Solar physics), dies at 99
- Aug 24 Jack Siedle, South African cricketer (batted in 18 Tests for South Africa), dies at 79
- Aug 25 Hans van Tongeren, Dutch actor (Spetters), commits suicide at 27
- Aug 27 Anandamayi Ma [Nirmala Sundari], Indian spiritual leader, dies at 86
- Aug 28 Geoff Chubb, South African cricket fast bowler (5 Tests, 21 wickets; Border), dies at 71
- Aug 28 Nini de Boël, Flemish operetta singer (White Horse), dies at 84
Ingrid Bergman (1915-1982)
Aug 29 Swedish actress (Casablanca, Gaslight), dies on her 67th birthday
