Baseball Record
Aug 5 Pirates outfielder Willie Stargell smashes first and longest home run ever hit out of Dodger Stadium; the incomparable shot off Alan Foster, measures 506 feet
Sports History
Aug 10 Don Sutton breaks his 13-game losing streak to Cubs with a 4-2 win
Sports History
Aug 11 Future Baseball HOF'er Don Drysdale, the last LA Dodger to play in Brooklyn, retires because of damage to his right pitching shoulder
- Aug 12 Boston Celtics sold for an NBA record $6 million
Sports History
Aug 13 Baltimore Oriole Jim Palmer no-hits Oakland A's, 8-0
Election of Interest
Aug 13 Temp Commissioner Bowie Kuhn elected for 7-year term by unanimous vote
PGA Championship
Aug 17 PGA Championship Men's Golf, NCR CC: Ray Floyd wins first of his 4 major titles by 1 stroke from South African Gary Player
- Aug 19 Chicago Cub Ken Holtzman no-hits Atlanta Braves, 3-0
- Aug 23 Audrey McElmory (US) wins World Cycling Championships, Brno Czechoslovakia
- Aug 23 France's Une De Mai wins International Trot at Roosevelt Raceway Czechoslovakia (1st American to win cycling race title since 1912)
- Aug 25 Det Lions beat Boston Patriots 22-9 in Montreal (NFL expo)
Sports History
Aug 29 Joe Pepitone quits NY Yankees after being fined $500 for leaving the bench
- Aug 30 69th US Golf Amateur Championship won by American Steve Melnyk