Boxing Title Fight
Aug 1 Mike Tyson outpoints Tony Tucker in 12 rounds in a heavyweight boxing unification matchup in Las Vegas; first to own all 3 major belts WBA, WBC and IBF simultaneously
- Aug 2 Cincinnati outfielder Eric Davis is 7th to hit 30 HRs & steal 30 bases in one season as he homers in Reds 5-4 win v Giants
Federation Cup
Aug 2 Federation Cup Tennis Final: Steffi Graf & Claudia Kohde-Kilsch beat Chris Evert & Pam Shriver in the doubles as Germany beats US 2-1 in Vancouver, Canada
- Aug 2 Michael Andretti runs fastest Indy car race in history (171.49mph) in winning the Marlboro 500 at the Michigan International Speedway, Brooklyn, Michigan
Baseball Record
Aug 3 Detroit Tigers ace Jack Morris ties AL record with 5 wild pitches in a 4-2, 10 innings loss v Kansas City Royals
- Aug 3 Twins pitcher Joe Niekro is caught with a file on the mound in 11-3 win v Angels, ejected and suspended for 10 games
- Aug 7 Javed Miandad becomes first to score 6,000 Test runs for Pakistan as he cracks 260 in drawn 5th Test v England at The Oval
- Aug 8 Brewers' Rob Deer struck-out 5 times in a game
- Aug 9 LA Rams beat Dallas Cowboys 28-27 in London, England (NFL expo)
PGA Championship
Aug 9 PGA Championship Men's Golf, PGA National Palm Beach: Larry Nelson wins 2nd PGA C'ship in a playoff with fellow American Lanny Wadkins
- Aug 10 Kevin Gross is 2nd pitcher in 8 days to be ejected for scuffing ball
World Record
Aug 13 Jackie Joyner-Kersee ties world record with 24'5½" jump
Baseball Record
Aug 14 Oakland's Mark McGwire sets rookie HR record at 39, en route to 49
- Aug 16 NY Mets beat Chicago Cubs, 23-10 at Wrigley Field, Chicago; Greg Maddox records the loss
Baseball Record
Aug 17 Bunt single gives Milwaukee Brewers' Paul Molitor longest MLB hit streak of 1980's at 32 games
Hall of Fame
Aug 17 Muhammad Ali elected to "Ring" magazine's Boxing Hall of Fame
- Aug 18 Houston Oiler Earl Campbell, retires from NFL
- Aug 21 "Mack Lobell" set harness racing's trotting mil (1:52)
- Aug 26 Paul Molitor goes 0-for-4 ends hitting streak at 39 consecutive games
- Aug 28 2nd Athletics World Championships open at Rome, Italy
Baseball Record
Aug 28 Mike Schmidt passes Ted Williams & Willie McCovey with 522 HRs
Baseball Record
Aug 29 Houston Astro MLB player Nolan Ryan passes the 200-strikeout barrier for record 11th time
Sports History
Aug 30 2nd World Championships in Athletics: Carl Lewis wins gold in 100m after Ben Johnson is disqualified
- Aug 30 87th US Golf Amateur Championship won by Billy Mayfair
- Aug 30 Ben Johnson of Canada runs 100m in world record 9.83 sec
Baseball Record
Aug 30 Kirby Puckett goes 6-for-6 with 2 HRs in Minn 10-6 win over Milwaukee
- Aug 30 Knuckleballer Charlie Hough on the mound, Rangers catcher Geno Petralli ties the major league record by allowing 6 passed balls
- Aug 30 Stefka Kostadinova of Bulgaria sets high jump woman's record 2.09m (6'10½"), one of the most long-standing records in athletics
- Aug 30 Yves Pol of France runs complete marathon backwards (3:57:57)
Sports History
Aug 31 Curtis Strange sets golf's earning for year record ($697,385)
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