Historical Events
- Aug 1 Deep Rover 1-man research submarine unveiled at Crater Lake, Oregon
Radio Premiere
Aug 1 Rush Limbaugh begins his national radio show.
- Aug 2 Raymond Acevedo is retired from singing group Menudo
- Aug 2 System Enhancement Association settles case with PKware (ARC vs PKARC)
- Aug 3 David "Skip" Storch (37) swims 152.9 miles (246 km) of Hudson River from Albany to NYC
- Aug 4 21st San Diego Comic-Con International opens at Omni Hotel
- Aug 4 Congress votes $20,000 to each Japanese-American interned in WW II
- Aug 4 Hertz car rental will pay out $23 million in consumer fraud case
- Aug 5 American politician Mario Biaggi (Rep-D-NY) convicted of racketeering resigns his seat
- Aug 5 Thoroughbred trainer Dale Baird wins his 5,000th career race with Stuffed Johnnie at Mountaineer Park; second to reach milestone behind Jack Van Berg
- Aug 6 Rich Gossage becomes the second player in MLB history to record 300 career saves as Cubs beat Phillies, 7-4
- Aug 6 The Tompkins Square Park Police Riot in New York City spurs reform of the NYPD, who were responsible for the melee that transpired the night of August 6-7
- Aug 7 Future Hall of Fame jockey Eddie Delahoussaye wins his 4,000th career race aboard 2-year-old filly Fawn and Hahn in the 4th race at Del Mar
- Aug 7 Rioting in New York City's Tompkins Square Park.
- Aug 7 Writers guild ends its 6 months strike
- Aug 8 -11] Army in Rangoon, Myanmar fires on pro-democracy students, killing thousands during the "8888 Uprising"
- Aug 8 Angola, Cuba and South Africa agree to a ceasefire in the Angolan Civil War
- Aug 8 Ceasefire between Iran and Iraq takes effect after 8 years of war
- Aug 8 Cubs & Phillies attempt to play 1st night game ever at Wrigley Field but are rained out in 4th inning with Chicago leading, 3-1
- Aug 8 Discovery of most distant galaxy (15 * 10 ^ 12 light yrs) announced
- Aug 8 Duchess of York gives birth to 6 lb 12 oz baby girl
- Aug 8 Jennifer Levin's parents file $25M suit against Dorrian Red Hand Bar
- Aug 8 Minnesota Twins pull 2nd triple-play of year in 6-2 win over Cleveland
- Aug 8 Renovated Central Park Zoo reopens after 4 years (New York City)
- Aug 8 Russian troops begin pull out of Afghanistan after 9 years of war
- Aug 8 Temperature hits high of 88 deg F on 8/8/88 in NYC
Assassination Attempt
Aug 8 US Secretary of State George P. Shultz narrowly escapes an assassination attempt in Bolivia
US Senior Golf Open
Aug 8 US Senior Open Men's Golf, Medinah CC: Gary Player of South Africa wins by 2 strokes over New Zealander Bob Charles in an 18-hole playoff; his second straight US Senior title
- Aug 9 Cubs beat Mets 6-4 in their 1st official night game at Wrigley Field
NHL Trade
Aug 9 Edmonton Oilers trade Wayne Gretzky to LA Kings for $15-$20 millions
- Aug 9 Just 1 day after 8/8/88 NY's daily number is 888
Theater Premiere
Aug 10 Alan Ayckbourn's play "Man of the Moment" premieres at Stephen Joseph Theatre in Scarborough
World Record
Aug 10 Matt Biondi swims world record 100m free style (48.42 sec)
- Aug 10 Rodrigo Borja installed as president of Ecuador
- Aug 10 UN estimates Asia's population hits 3 billion
Sports History
Aug 11 225 at bats after #299, Met Gary Carter is 59th to hit 300th HR
Meeting of Interest
Aug 11 Al-Qaeda formed at a meeting between Osama Bin Laden, Ayman al-Zawahiri and Dr Fadl in Peshawar, Pakistan
- Aug 11 Charlotte Colisieum in Charlotte NC opens
- Aug 11 Meir Kahane renounced US citizenship to stay in Israeli Parliament
- Aug 12 Boston Red Sox beat Tigers 9-4 for AL record 23rd consecutive win at home
- Aug 12 Movie "Last Temptation of Christ" is released
Event of Interest
Aug 12 Nelson Mandela is treated for tuberculosis at hospital
- Aug 12 Richard Thornburgh becomes US Attorney General
- Aug 13 Boston Red Sox win AL record 24 straight home games
- Aug 13 Palace of Auburn Hills in Detroit opens
- Aug 13 Ronald J Dossenbach sets world record for pedaling across Canada from Vancouver, BC to Halifax, NS in 13 days, 15 hr, 4 min
- Aug 13 US beats Jamaica 5-1 in 2nd round of 1990 world soccer cup
- Aug 14 Detroit beats Sox, 18-6, at Fenway, ends Boston winning streak at 24
- Aug 14 PGA Championship Men's Golf, Oak Tree GC: Jeff Sluman wins his only major title by 3 shots from Paul Azinger
- Aug 15 At 4PM LILCO consumers used a record 3,813 megawatts
- Aug 15 NYC begins $70 million program to rebuild 900 Bronx apartments
Ain't Misbehavin'
Aug 15 Revival of musical revue "Ain't Misbehavin'", highlighting songs of Fats Waller, opens at Ambassador Theater, NYC; runs for 176 performances
- Aug 16 IBM introduces software for artificial intelligence
- Aug 16 Mayor Koch says he plans to wipe out street-corner windshield washers
- Aug 17 Butch Reynolds runs world record 400m (43.29)
- Aug 17 LIRR says Penn station will get air conditioning in 1991
- Aug 17 NYC 1st case of Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever (9-year-old Bronx boy)
- Aug 17 Pakistani President Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq and U.S. Ambassador Arnold Raphel are killed in a plane crash.
- Aug 17 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
- Aug 17 US Republicans nominate George H. W. Bush for President
- Aug 18 FDA approves Minoxidil as a hair loss treatment
- Aug 18 Largest house (130 rooms) on Long Island sold for $22 million
- Aug 18 Republican Convention in New Orleans select Bush-Quayle ticket
- Aug 19 Iran and Iraq begin a cease-fire in their 8-year-old war (11 PM EDT)
- Aug 19 Maung Maung succeeds General Sein Lwin as the 7th President of Burma
Sports History
Aug 19 NY Rangers sign ex-Canadien great Guy LaFleur out of retirement
- Aug 20 "Black Saturday" of the Yellowstone fire in Yellowstone National Park
- Aug 20 6.5 earthquake strikes India/Nepal, 1,000s killed
- Aug 20 Peru becomes a member of the Berne Convention copyright treaty
- Aug 20 Yordanka Donkova of Bulgaria sets 100m hurdle woman's record (12.21)
- Aug 22 Australia unveils 1st platinum coin (Koala)
- Aug 22 NBC premieres "Later" with Bob Costas (1st guest Linda Ellerbee)
- Aug 22 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
Sports History
Aug 23 Mike Tyson & Mitch Green brawl at 4 A.M. in Harlem, NYC
- Aug 25 Challenger Center opens its classroom doors in Houston
- Aug 25 Iran & Iraq begin talks to end their 8 year war
- Aug 25 NASA launches space vehicle S-214
- Aug 25 Serious fire destroys historic center of Lisbon
- Aug 26 Iranian refugee Mehran Karimi Nasseri arrives at Charles de Gaulle International Airport in Roissy-en-France, France, stays for almost 8 years
Sports History
Aug 27 Dodger Tommy Lasorda wins 1,000th game as manager tops Philadelphia, 4-2
- Aug 28 40th Emmy Awards: Thirtysomething, The Wonder Years & Richard Kiley win
- Aug 28 70 killed in crash of three Italian air force fighters at air show at Ramstein, Germany
- Aug 28 88th US Golf Amateur Championship won by Eric Meeks
- Aug 29 45th Venice Film Festival: "The Legend of the Holy Drinker" directed by Ermanno Olmi wins Golden Lion
- Aug 29 Macy's Tap-o-Mania sets a Guinness record for tap dancing
- Aug 29 USSR launches Soyuz TM-6 including Valery Polyakav, Vladimir Lyakhov and first Afghan cosmonaut Abdul Ahad Mohmand to station Mir
- Aug 30 France performs nuclear test
- Aug 30 Kent Tekulve is 2nd pitcher in majors to appear in 1,000 games
- Aug 31 5-day power blackout of downtown Seattle begins
- Aug 31 Arbitrator George Nicolau rules owners conspired against free agents
- Aug 31 Bomb attack on office of South Africa Council of Churches
Famous Birthdays
- Aug 1 Alice Sara Ott, Japanese-German classical concert pianist, born in Munich, West Germany
- Aug 2 Brittany Hargest, American singer (Jump5), born in Durham, North Carolina
- Aug 3 Brandon Rogers, American comedian, actor and Youtuber (Helluva Boss), born in Livermore, California
- Aug 5 Federica Pellegrini, Italian swimmer (world record 200 meters, Olympic Gold 2008), born in Mirano, Italy
- Aug 7 Melody Oliveria, American internet blogger (bowiechick)
- Aug 8 Beatrice, Princes of York, British daughter of Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson, born in London
- Aug 8 Danilo Gallinari, Italian NBA basketball player (NY Knicks, Denver Nuggets), born in Sant'Angelo Lodigiano, Italy
- Aug 11 Patrick Mills, Australian basketball player
- Aug 12 Tyson Fury, British heavyweight professional boxer, born in Manchester
- Aug 14 Shahd Barmada, Syrian pop singer, born in Aleppo, Syria
- Aug 15 Zaira Nara, Argentine model and social media personality, born in Boulogne Sur Mer, Argentina
- Aug 16 Kevin Schmidt, American actor, born in Andover, Kansas
- Aug 16 Rumer Willis, American 1st child of actors Bruce Willis & Demi Moore, born in Paducah, Kentucky
- Aug 17 Brady Corbet, American actor (24), born in Scottsdale, Arizona
- Aug 17 Erika Toda, Japanese actress (Ryūsei no Kizuna), born in Kobe, Japan
- Aug 18 G-Dragon [Kwon Ji-Yong], Korean rapper (Big Bang), born in Seoul, South Korea
- Aug 19 Kirk Cousin, American NFL player (Minnesota Vikings), born in Barrington, Illinois
- Aug 19 Travis Tedford, American actor (The Little Rascals), born in Rockwall, Texas
- Aug 19 Veronica Roth, American writer (Divergent trilogy), born in New York City
Kacey Musgraves (35 years old)
Aug 21 American country singer songwriter (Same Trailer, Different Park; Golden Hour), born in Golden, Texas
- Aug 21 Louise Setara [Smith], English pop and soul singer-songwriter (Still Waters), born in Reading, England
- Aug 21 Paris Bennett, American singer and finalist on American Idol (season 5), born in Rockford, Illinois
- Aug 21 Robert Lewandowski, Polish football player (Bayern Munich, Polish national team), born in Warsaw, Poland
- Aug 23 Alice Glass [Margaret Osborn], Canadian singer and songwriter ("Crystal Castles"), born in Toronto, Ontario
- Aug 23 Daniel Schwaab, German footballer, born in Waldkirch, Germany
- Aug 23 Jeremy Lin, American NBA player (Toronto Raptors), born in Torrance, California
- Aug 24 Kelly Lee Owens, Welsh electronic musician and composer (Inner Song), born in Rhuddlan, Flintshire, Wales
Rupert Grint (35 years old)
Aug 24 English actor (Harry Potter), born in Harlow, Essex, England
- Aug 25 Alexandra Burke, English singer-songwriter and actress (The X Factor winner 2008), born in London, England
- Aug 25 Angela Park, Brazilian-American golfer (US Open 2007 runner-up; Rookie of the Year 2007), born in Foz do Iguaçu, Paraná, Brazil
- Aug 25 Raymond Quinn, British pop singer, born in Knowsley Village, Merseyside, England
- Aug 26 Evan Ross [Naess], American actor (96 Minutes), and singer, born in Greenwich, Connecticut
- Aug 26 Princess Maria Laura of Belgium, Archduchess of Austria-Este, born in Saint-Luc, Belgium
- Aug 26 Wayne Simmonds, Canadian NHL hockey forward, 2008-present (Toronto Maple Leafs, Los Angeles Kings, Philadelphia Flyers, and 3 other teams), born in Scarborough, Ontario
- Aug 27 Alexa Vega, American actress (Spy Kids), born in Miami, Florida
- Aug 28 Ray Jones, English footballer, born in London, England (d. 2007)
- Aug 29 Zooey Zephyr, American transgender politician in Montana House of Representatives, born in Billings, Montana
- Aug 30 Ernests Gulbis, Latvian tennis player, born in Riga, Latvia
- Aug 30 Jordan Rodgers, American TV personality and footballer player (The Bachelorette), born in Chico, California
- Aug 31 David Ospina, Colombian football goalkeeper, born in Itagüí, Colombia
Famous Weddings
John Denver
Aug 12 American singer-songwriter John Denver (44) weds Australian actress Cassandra Delaney (26); divorce in 1993
Robert Smith
Aug 13 British "The Cure" rock musician Robert Smith (29) weds Mary Poole (29) in England
Famous Divorces
Bruce Springsteen
Aug 30 American actress Julianne Philips files for divorce from American rock star Bruce Springsteen
Famous Deaths
- Aug 1 Florence Eldridge [McKechnie], American Broadway stage and screen actress (Long Day's Journey Into Night; The Swan; Inherit The Wind), dies of a heart attack at 86
- Aug 1 John Dearden, American cardinal (1969-88) and archbishop of Detroit, dies at 80
- Aug 2 Joe Carcione, American consumer advocate (The Green Grocer), dies at 73
- Aug 2 Raymond Carver, American poet and short story writer (Furious Season), dies at 50
- Aug 2 Roger Vuataz, Swiss organist, conductor, and composer, dies at 90
- Aug 5 Ralph Meeker [Rathgeber], American actor (Mister Roberts, Anderson Tapes, Night Stalker), dies of a heart attack at 67
- Aug 6 Anatoly Levchenko, Soviet cosmonaut (TM-4), dies of a brain tumor at 47
- Aug 6 J. Skelly Wright, American judge (anti-segregationist), dies at 77
- Aug 8 Alan Ameche, American College Football Hall of Fame fullback (Heisman Trophy 1954, U of Wisconsin; Pro Bowl 1955–1958, NFL C'ship 1958, 59; Baltimore Colts), dies of a heart attack at 55
- Aug 8 Alan Napier, British actor (The Sword in the Stone, Batman), dies at 85
- Aug 8 Félix Leclerc, French Canadian singer and composer (Moi, mes souliers), dies at 74
- Aug 8 Ramón Valdés, Mexican actor and comedian (Don Ramón-El Chavo del Ocho), dies of stomach cancer at 63
- Aug 9 Giacinto Scelsi, Italian composer and surrealist poet, dies at 83
- Aug 10 Adela Rogers St John "The World's Greatest Girl Reporter", American journalist, screenwriter and author (Free Soul, Honeycomb), dies at 94
- Aug 10 Arias Arnulfo, 3 time president of Panama (1940-41, 49-51, 68), dies at 86
- Aug 11 Anne Ramsey, American actress (Throw Mama from the Train), dies of cancer at 59
- Aug 11 Jean-Pierre Ponnele, French opera director (Carmina Burana), dies at 56
- Aug 11 Pauline Lafont, daughter of Bernadette, dies in hiking accident at 25
- Aug 12 Jean-Michel Basquiat, American artist (Gray, SAMO), dies of a drug overdose at 27
- Aug 13 Edward Bennett Williams, American lawyer, team owner (Washington Redskins, Baltimore Orioles), dies of colon cancer at 68
- Aug 13 Otto Passman, American politician, U.S. House of Representatives from Louisiana (1947-77), dies at 88
Enzo Ferrari (1898-1988)
Aug 14 Italian racing car driver and founder of the Scuderia Ferrari Grand Prix motor racing team and sportscar manufacturer Ferrari, dies at 90
- Aug 14 Robert Calvert, South African-British writer and musician (Hawkwind), dies of a heart attack at 43
- Aug 14 Roy Buchanan, American blues guitarist, takes his own life after being arrested for public drunkenness at 48
- Aug 15 Barry Bingham Sr, US daily newspaper publisher, dies at 82
- Aug 15 Mohammed Zia ul-Haq, Pakistani general and politician (President of Pakistan 1978-88), killed in plane crash at 64
- Aug 16 Milton Adolphus, American pianist and composer, dies at 75
- Aug 17 Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr, American politician and son of President Roosevelt (Rep-D-NY, 1949-55), dies on his 74th birthday
- Aug 17 Mohammad Zia Ul-Haq, President of Pakistan (1978-88), dies in plane crash at 64
- Aug 17 Victoria Shaw, Australian-American actress (Alvarez Kelly, Westworld), dies at 53
- Aug 18 Alexandr V Shchukin, Russian cosmonaut, dies in SU-26 crash at 42
Frederick Ashton (1904-1988)
Aug 18 British choreographer (Cinderella), dies at 83
- Aug 21 H. G. Adler, German writer (The Journey), dies at 78
- Aug 21 Ray Eames, American designer and filmmaker, dies at 75
- Aug 24 Leonard Frey, American stage and screen actor (Fiddler on the Roof; The Magic Christian), dies of AIDS at 49
- Aug 24 Max Shulman, American author (Dobie Gillis, Tender Trap), dies at 69
- Aug 25 Art Rooney, NFL Pittsburgh Steelers [Pirates] team founder,owner, and chairman, 1933-88, dies at 87
- Aug 25 Price Daniel, American politician (38th Governor of Texas), dies at 77
- Aug 26 Carlos Paião, Portuguese singer-songwriter (Playback), dies in a car crash at 30
- Aug 27 Mario Montenegro, Filipino actor (The Rites of May), dies at 60
- Aug 27 Max Black, Azerbaijan-born British-American philosopher (analytical philosophy), dies at 79
- Aug 28 Hazel Dawn [Henrietta Tout], American stage actress, singer, and violinist (The Pink Lady; The Debutante), and silent film actress (My Lady Incog), dies at 98
- Aug 28 Paul Whitelaw, New Zealand cricket batsman (2 Tests; Auckland), dies at 78
- Aug 30 Albert F. Frey-Wyssling, Swiss botanist and pioneer of submicroscopic morphology and the discipline of molecular biology, dies at 87
