- Aug 1 Dan 'Big Daddy' Garlits becomes first drag racer to run the 1/4 mile at over 200mph (201.34mph at Island Dragway, New Jersey)
- Aug 7 31st NFL Chicago College All-Star Game: Chicago 28, All-Stars 17 - 65,000 at Soldier Field
- Aug 9 Bunning continues pitching perfectly to NY Mets until 2 outs in 5th, when Joe Christopher beats out a bunt. He totals 15 innings
Baseball Record
Aug 12 Mickey Mantle switch-hits HR record 10th & final time in a game with one going up 502 feet
- Aug 14 LA Angels pitcher Bo Belinsky is suspended after hotel room fight with elderly Los Angeles Times sportswriter Braven Dyer
World Record
Aug 15 American long jumper Ralph Boston sets then world record 27' 3½" (8.31m) at Kingston, Jamaica
- Aug 15 Fred Trueman takes 300th Test Cricket wicket (Neil Hawke)
Sports History
Aug 15 Mayor Richard M. Daley declares "Ernie Banks Day" in Chicago
- Aug 15 MLB Philadelphia Phillies turn triple-play in 8-1 over Mets at Shea Stadium, NYC
- Aug 16 Mildred Sampson of New Zealand runs female world marathon record 3:19:33 in Auckland, New Zealand
Sports History
Aug 16 St. Louis Cardinals center fielder Curt Flood gets 8 straight hits in a doubleheader split against the Los Angeles Dodgers at Dodger Stadium
- Aug 17 Boycott scores his 1st Test Cricket century, 113 v Aust at the Oval
- Aug 18 South Africa banned from Olympic Games because of apartheid policies
- Aug 18 The Beatles arrive in San Francisco, California on their second US visit, and first cross-country tour, encompassing 32 shows in 25 cities over 31 days
Sports History
Aug 20 New York Yankees player Phil Linz plays harmonica on bus despite manager Yogi Berra's orders
- Aug 20 Rex Sellers bowls 5-1-17-0 v India in only Test Cricket innings
- Aug 23 St Louis Cardinals are 11 games back in NL; go on win Baseball World Series, 4-3 v New York Yankees
- Aug 29 On Elston Howard Night, NY Yankees Mickey Mantle ties Babe Ruth's career strikeout record (1,330)
- Aug 31 Ground is broken for Anaheim Stadium, future home of MLB California Angels
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