- Aug 7 Tour de France: Ferdi Kübler becomes first Swiss rider to win Tour; Louison Bobet of France wins mountain classification
Chadwick Breaks Channel Record
Aug 8 Florence Chadwick swims the English Channel in a record time of 13 hours and 23 minutes [1]
- Aug 11 17th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: All-Stars 17, Philadelphia 7 (88,885)
- Aug 11 Boston Braves pitcher Vern Bickford no-hits Brooklyn Dodgers, 7-0 at Braves Field
Sports History
Aug 11 In a 4 for 38 slump, New York Yankees great Joe DiMaggio is benched for first time; replacement Cliff Mapes hits a HR in 7-6 win over Philadelphia Athletics
- Aug 12 First international game by an NFL team, New York Giants beat CFL's Ottawa Roughriders, 20-6 at Ottawa's Lansdowne Stadium
Boxing Title Fight
Aug 15 Ezzard Charles TKOs Freddie Beshore in 14 to retain heavyweight boxing title
- Aug 17 Pee Wee Reese (Dodgers) & Sam Calderone (Giants) hit inside park HRs
Sports History
Aug 22 Althea Gibson becomes 1st black competitor in a US national tennis competition
Boxing Title Fight
Aug 25 Sugar Ray Robinson KOs Jose Basora to win middleweight boxing title
Baseball History
Aug 31 Dodger Gil Hodges hits 4 HRs & a single in a game vs Braves
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