- Aug 1 After the first 13 runnings of the midsummer classic, Darryl Waltrip becomes the first driver the win the Talladega 500 twice
Sports History
Aug 1 American Greg Louganis becomes 1st diver to score 700 (752.67) in 11 dives in winning 3m springboard gold, World Championships in Guayaquil, Ecuador
Sports History
Aug 1 Hank Aaron, Frank Robinson, Travis Jackson and Happy Chandler inducted into baseball's Hall of Fame
Baseball Record
Aug 2 Oakland outfielder Rickey Henderson steals his 100th MLB base of the season in 6-5 win v Seattle, first to steal 100 twice in modern era
- Aug 3 Pitching coach Clyde King becomes NY Yankees 3rd manager of the season replacing Gene Michaels after Yanks swept at home by Chicago White Sox
- Aug 4 Outfielder Joel Youngblood becomes only MLB player to get hits for 2 different teams in 2 different cities on the same day; singles for Mets in Chicago day game; traded, then singles for Expos in Philadelphia night game
PGA Championship
Aug 5 PGA Championship, Southern Hills CC: Raymond Floyd fires an opening round 9-under-par 63, tying the tournament 18-hole record
- Aug 17 LA Dodgers beat Chicago Cubs, 6-5, in 21 innings (game completed 8/18)
- Aug 18 Longest baseball game at Wrigley Field in Chicago IL, ends after 22 innings - before LA Dodgers beat Cubs 2-1 (game started Aug 17th)
- Aug 18 NYSE tops 100m shares traded for the 1st time, sets a new record of 132.69m shares traded
- Aug 18 Pete Rose sets record with his 13,941st plate appearance
- Aug 19 Renaldo Nehemiah of US sets record for 110 m hurdles, 12.93 sec
- Aug 20 Don Lever becomes first captain of NHL New Jersey Devils
- Aug 21 American MLB Milwaukee Brewers' relief pitcher Rollie Fingers becomes 1st pitcher to get save #300
Sports History
Aug 23 Seattle Mariner pitcher Gaylord Perry ejected for throwing a spitter
- Aug 24 KCs' John Wathan steals 31st en route to 36 base for catcher's record
- Aug 27 Rickey Henderson steals 119th base of season breaks Lou Brock's mark
Baseball Record
Aug 29 Kansas City Royal George Brett gets his 1,500th hit
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