Willie McCovey's 1st HR
Aug 2 Future Hall of Fame 1st baseman Willie McCovey hits 1st of his 521 MLB home runs in SF Giants 5-3 win v Pittsburgh Pirates
- Aug 2 Milwaukee Braves outfielder Bill Bruton hits 3 triples in 11-5 win v St. Louis Cardinals; 2 of them bases loaded, first time in 20th Century
- Aug 2 PGA Championship Men's Golf, Minneapolis GC: Bob Rosburg wins by 1 stroke from Jerry Barber and Doug Sanders
- Aug 3 27th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 5-3 at Memorial Coliseum, LA
- Aug 3 AL beats NL 5-3 in Game 2 of All Star Baseball doubleheader (to boost player pension fund) at LA Memorial Coliseum
- Aug 5 Chicago Cardinals (NFL) beat Toronto Argonauts (CFL), 55-26 in a pre-season exhibition at CNE Stadium in Toronto
- Aug 14 26th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: Baltimore 29, All-Stars 0 (70,000)
- Aug 14 First (American Football League) meeting is held in Chicago; charter memberships handed to Dallas, NY, Houston, Denver, LA and Minneapolis-Saint Paul; 'AFL' named following week
Golf Tournament
Aug 16 LPGA Western Open Women's Golf, Ranier G&CC: Betsy Rawls wins her second WO by 6 strokes from JoAnne Gunderson and Patty Berg
Baseball History
Aug 18 Branch Rickey resigns as MLB Pittsburgh Pirates' CEO to be President of new baseball Continental League
Baseball Record
Aug 22 Cincinnati Reds future Baseball Hall of Fame outfielder Frank Robinson hits 3 consecutive HRs (6 RBIs) in 11-4 win over St. Louis Cardinals at Crosley Field
- Aug 31 48th Davis Cup: Australia beats USA in New York (3-2)
Baseball Record
Aug 31 Sandy Koufax breaks Dizzy Dean's NL mark of 18 strikeouts in a game
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