Historical Events
Canadian Women's Open
Aug 1 Canadian Open Women's Golf (du Maurier Classic), Priddis Greens GC: Australian Karrie Webb wins by 2 from Laura Davies of England
Event of Interest
Aug 1 Petronas Towers officially opened in Kuala Lumpur as the world's tallest building by Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad at 451.9 m (1483 ft)
The Sixth Sense
Aug 2 "The Sixth Sense", starring Bruce Willis, Toni Collette, and Haley Joel Osment, premieres
Sports History
Aug 3 Arsenal FC completes a huge signing coup snapping up ace French striker Thierry Henry for a bargain £10 million from Italian club Juventus.
- Aug 3 Thierry Henry transfers from Juventus to Arsenal for an estimated fee of £11 million
Baseball Record
Aug 5 St. Louis slugger Mark McGwire becomes only the 16th MLB player to reach the 500 home run milestone as the Cardinals lose 10-2 v San Diego at Busch Stadium
Sports History
Aug 6 Tony Gwynn goes 4 for 5 and collects his 3,000th MLB hit as San Diego beats Expos, 12-10 at Montreal Olympic Stadium
Baseball Record
Aug 7 Tampa Bay 3rd baseman Wade Boggs becomes the first MLB player to hit a home run for his 3,000th hit in Devil Rays' 15-10 loss to Cleveland Indians
- Aug 9 Charles Kennedy wins the race to succeed Paddy Ashdown as the leader of the Liberal Democrats, UK
Event of Interest
Aug 9 Russian President Boris Yeltsin fires his Prime Minister, Sergei Stepashin, and for the fourth time fires his entire cabinet.
- Aug 9 The Diet of Japan enacts a law establishing the Hinomaru as the official national flag, and "Kimi Ga Yo" as national anthem.
- Aug 11 American rock group "KISS" receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
- Aug 11 The Salt Lake City Tornado tears through the downtown district of the city, killing one.
- Aug 11 Total solar eclipse in India-North -France (2m23s)
- Aug 13 32nd San Diego Comic-Con International opens at San Diego Convention Center
- Aug 14 New Zealand win their 3rd Tri Nations Rugby Series as South Africa edges Australia, 10-9 in Cape Town; All Blacks' only defeat comes in final round dead rubber, 28-7 against Wallabies in Sydney
- Aug 15 Beni Ounif massacre in Algeria; some 29 people are killed at a false roadblock near the Moroccan border, leading to temporary tensions with Morocco.
PGA Championship
Aug 15 PGA Championship Men's Golf, Medinah CC: Tiger Woods wins his 2nd major by 1 stroke from Spaniard Sergio Garcia
- Aug 17 A 7.4-magnitude earthquake strikes İzmit, Turkey, killing more than 17,000 and injuring 44,000.
Event of Interest
Aug 19 In Belgrade tens of thousands of Serbians rally to demand the resignation of Slobodan Milošević as president of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
- Aug 20 7th Athletics World Championships open at Seville, Spain
- Aug 26 Michael Johnson breaks the 400 metres world record with a time of 43.18 seconds.
- Aug 28 Philip Glass' Symphony No. 5 "Requiem, Bardo, Nirmanakaya", for chorus and orchestra, premieres at the Salzburg Festival led by Dennis Russell Davies, in Salzburg, Austria
- Aug 30 East Timorese vote for independence in a referendum.
Fly
Aug 31 "Fly" 5th studio album by Dixie Chicks is released (Grammy Award Best Country Album 2000, Billboard Album of the Year 2000)
- Aug 31 A LAPA Boeing 737-200 crashes during takeoff from Jorge Newbury Airport in Buenos Aires, killing 65, including 2 on the ground.
Sports History
Aug 31 Dino Ciccarelli retires from the NHL
- Aug 31 The first of a series of apartment bombings in Moscow, killing one person and wounding 40 others.
Famous Birthdays
- Aug 2 Mark Lee, Canadian rapper and singer (NCT; SuperM), born in Toronto, Ontario
- Aug 3 Brahim Díaz, Spanish footballer (Real Madrid), born in Málaga, Spain
- Aug 3 Zach Wilson, American NFL quarterback (NY Jets), born in Draper, Utah
- Aug 7 Sydney McLaughlin, American hurdler and sprinter, born in New Brunswick, New Jersey
- Aug 10 Ja Morant, American NBA player (Memphis Grizzlies), born in Dalzell, South Carolina
- Aug 12 Matthijs de Ligt, Dutch football player (Bayern Munich, Netherlands), born in Leiderdorp, Netherlands
- Aug 19 Ethan Cutkosky, American actor (Shameless), born in St. Charles, Illinois
- Aug 28 Prince Nikolai of Denmark, born in Copenhagen, Denmark
- Aug 31 Shamar Joseph, West Indian cricket fast bowler (Test BB 7/68 v Australia 2024; Guyana), born in Baracara, Guyana
Famous Weddings
Fatboy Slim
Aug 20 DJ and music producer Fatboy Slim (36) marries TV presenter Zoë Ball (separated 2016)
Cathy Moriarty
Aug 28 Actress Cathy Moriarty (38) weds financier Joseph Gentile
Famous Deaths
- Aug 1 Nirad C. Chaudhuri, Indian-born writer (b. 1897)
- Aug 3 Leroy Vinnegar, American jazz and session bassist (Shelly Manne; Teddy Edwards; Les McCann), dies of a heart attack at 71
- Aug 3 Rodney William "Rod" Ansell, Australian bushman and inspiration for "Crocodile Dundee", dies following a shootout with police officers at 44
- Aug 4 Carl Toms, British stage designer (1 Million BC, Moon Zero Two), dies at 72
- Aug 4 Liselott Linsenhoff, German equestrian rider (Olympic gold 1968, 72), dies at 71
- Aug 4 Victor Mature, American actor (I Wake Up Screaming, Samson and Delilah), dies from leukemia at 86
- Aug 5 D. W. Brooks, American farmer and businessman, dies at 97
- Aug 6 Ilse Pausin, Austrian figure skater (Olympic silver pairs 1936; World C'ship silver x 5 [with brother Erik Pausin]), dies at 80
- Aug 7 Brian Connell, British writer and broadcaster, dies at 83
- Aug 7 Brion James, American actor (b. 1945)
- Aug 10 Padma Bhushan Acharya Baldev Upadhyaya, Eminent Sanskrit Scholar in India (b. 1899)
- Aug 12 Jean Drapeau, Canadian politician (Mayor of Montreal 1954-57, 1960-86), dies at 83
- Aug 12 John Rigby Hale, British linguist and historian, dies at 75
- Aug 13 Jaime Garzón, Colombian journalist and comedian, murdered at 38
- Aug 13 Sulo Nurmela, Finish skier (Olympic gold 1936), dies at 91
- Aug 14 Harold "Pee Wee" Reese, American Baseball HOF shortstop (10 x MLB All-Star; World Series 1955, 59 Brooklyn/LA Dodgers), dies of cancer 81
- Aug 14 Lane Kirkland, American labour union leader (President AFL-CIO 1979-95), dies at 77
- Aug 14 Pat Mullin, American baseball outfielder (MLB All Star 1947-48; Detroit Tigers), dies at 81
- Aug 15 Hugh Casson, British architect (director of architecture of the Festival of Britain 1948, President of the Royal Academy) and artist, dies at 89
- Aug 17 Reiner Klimke, German equestrian (Olympic gold 1984), dies of a heart attack at 63
- Aug 20 Bobby Sheehan, American bassist (Blues Traveler - "Run-Around"), dies of a drug overdose at 31
- Aug 21 Juan Carlos Zorzi, Argentinian composer, and conductor, dies of esophageal cancer at 63
- Aug 21 Leo Castelli, Italian-American art dealer, dies at 91
- Aug 23 James White, Northern Irish sci-fi author (Star Surgeon, Star Healer), dies of a stroke at 71
- Aug 23 Norman Wexler, American screenwriter (b.1926)
- Aug 24 Alexandre Lagoya, Greek-Italian-French classical guitarist and composer, dies at 70
- Aug 24 Mary Jane Croft, American actress (Our Miss Brooks; The Lucy Show), dies of natural causes at 83
- Aug 25 Rob Fisher, British rock keyboardist (Naked Eyes), dies at 42
- Aug 26 Lilo Hardel, German writer, dies at 85
- Aug 27 Hélder Câmara, Brazilian Roman Catholic archbishop (b. 1909)
- Aug 29 Jaime Fields, American NFL and WLAF linebacker (KC Chiefs, Scotland Claymores), dies in a hit-and-run automobile accident at 29
- Aug 30 Raymond Poïvet, French cartoonist, dies at 89
- Aug 31 Marguerite Chapman, American actress (The Seven Year Itch, Spy Smasher, Flight to Mars), dies at 81
