Cricket History
Aug 2 England cricket all-rounder Ian Botham takes 5 for 11 to end Australia's chase of 151 target, all out 121 for 29 run defeat in 4th Test at Edgbaston
- Aug 9 52nd All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 5-4 at Municipal Stadium, Cleveland
Sports History
Aug 9 All star MVP: Gary Carter (Mont Expos)
PGA Championship
Aug 9 PGA Championship Men's Golf, Atlanta Athletic Club: Larry Nelson wins by 4 strokes from Fuzzy Zoeller
Sports History
Aug 10 Pete Rose, 3,631 career hit, breaks Stan Musial's NL hit record
- Aug 13 American swimmer Mary T. Meagher breaks her own world women's 200 m butterfly record (2:05.96) in Brown Deer, Wisconsin
- Aug 13 Test Cricket debut of Mike Whitney for Australia versus England at Old Trafford
Sports History
Aug 14 Phils Mike Schmidt hits his 300th career HR off NY Met Mike Scott
- Aug 15 Ian Botham scores a century in 86 balls v Australia at Old Trafford
- Aug 15 Robin Leamy of US swims record 7.98 kph for 50 m
- Aug 16 American swimmer Mary T. Meagher breaks her own world women's 100 m butterfly record (57.93) in Brown Deer, Wisconsin; holds 100/200m double WR
- Aug 16 Highest score in World Cup soccer match (New Zealand-13, Fiji-0)
- Aug 18 Football running back, Herschel Walker, of U of Georgia, takes out a Lloyd's of London insurance policy for $1 million
World Record Mile
Aug 28 Britain's Sebastian Coe sets a then 1-mile word record of 3:47.33
- Aug 29 28th Golf Walker Cup: US wins 15-9
- Aug 29 Phillies minor leaguer Jeff Stone steals pro baseball record 121st base en route to 122 (Spartanburg (South Atlantic League))
Sports History
Aug 30 Bill Shoemaker becomes the first jockey to win a $1 million thoroughbred horse race when John Henry takes the inaugural Arlington Million by a nose over The Bart
- Aug 31 Dirk Wellham scores 103 on Test Cricket debut, v England at Lord's
- Aug 31 MLB Kansas City Royals fire manager Jim Frey, replace him with Dick Howser
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