Historical Events
Event of Interest
Aug 3 Baseball games cancelled following the death of US President Warren G. Harding
Warren G. Harding
Event of Interest
Aug 3 Vice President Calvin Coolidge becomes 30th US President upon death of President Warren G. Harding
Calvin Coolidge
- Aug 6 Henry Sullivan becomes 3rd person and first American to swim English Channel (27 hours 25 minutes Dover-Calais)
Event of Interest
Aug 6 Gustav Stresemann is named chancellor and foreign minister during riots and strikes in Germany
Gustav Stresemann
Appointment of Interest
Aug 13 Turkish National Congress selects Mustafa Kemal Atatürk Pasja as President
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
- Aug 13 US Steel Corp initiates 8-hour work day
Event of Interest
Aug 15 Eamon de Valera arrested in Irish Free State
Éamon de Valera
- Aug 15 Mexico & US reaches accord over oil concession of 1917
US Open Women's Tennis
Aug 18 US National Championship Women's Tennis, Germantown CC, PA: Helen Wills Moody beats Molla Bjurstedt Mallory 6-2, 6-1 for her first of 7 US singles crowns
Helen Wills Moody
- Aug 18 Australasian Championships Women's Tennis, Brisbane: Margaret Molesworth retains title; beats Esna Boyd 6-1, 7-5
- Aug 18 Australasian Championships Men's Tennis, Brisbane: Pat O'Hara Wood wins his 2nd Australasian title; beats fellow Australian Bert St John 6-1, 6-1, 6-3
- Aug 20 London dock strike ends
World Record
Aug 23 Paavo Nurmi of Finland runs world record for 1 mile of 4:10.4 in Stockholm; record stands until 1931
Paavo Nurmi
- Aug 23 Capt. Lowell Smith and Lt. John P. Richter performed the first mid-air refueling on De Havilland DH-4B, setting an endurance flight record of 37 hours.
- Aug 24 Paavo Nurmi of Finland runs world record 3 mile time of 14:11.2 in Stockholm; intermediate time during 5000m event
- Aug 31 League of Nations gives Belgium mandate of Ruanda-Urundi (was German)
- Aug 31 Italian troops occupy Corfu
Event of Interest
Aug 31 Mussolini orders the Greek Government to apologize for the deaths of an Italian general and his staff on the Greco-Albanian border
Benito Mussolini
Famous Birthdays
- Aug 1 Yoshinao Nakada, Japanese composer, born in Shibuya, Tokyo (d. 2000)
Shimon Peres
Aug 2 Shimon Peres, Israeli Prime Minister (Labor), President (2007-14) and Nobel Peace Prize (1994), born in Wiszniewo, Poland (d. 2016)
Shimon Peres
- Aug 3 Anne Klein, American fashion designer (Anne Klein II), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1974)
- Aug 3 Roger Foulon, Belgian writer (Un été dans la Fagne), born in Thuin, Belgium (d. 2008)
- Aug 3 Shenouda III of Alexandria, Pope of the Coptic Christianity, born in Abnub, Asyut Governorate, Egypt (d. 2012)
- Aug 4 Arthur Butterworth, British classical trumpet player and composer, born in New Moston, England (d. 2014)
- Aug 4 Reg Grundy, Australian media and television mogul (Neighbours, Prisoner), born in Sydney, New South Wales (d. 2016)
- Aug 4 Mushtaq Ahmad Yusufi, Pakistani satirical and humor writer, born in Jaipur, India
- Aug 5 Richard Kleindienst, American attorney general during Watergate scandal, born in Winslow, Arizona (1972)
- Aug 5 Devan Nair, Singaporean politician, President of Singapore (1981-85), born in Melaka (d. 2005)
- Aug 6 Jack Parnell, orchestra leader (Englebert Humperdick Show), born in London, England
- Aug 6 John "Jackie" Kelk, American actor and stand-up comedian (The Aldrich Family, The Adventures of Superman), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 2002)
- Aug 6 William B Williams, DJ (WNEW, Sammy & Company), born in Babylon, New York
- Aug 6 Jess Collins, American artist (d. 2004)
- Aug 9 Gerrit Kouwenaar, Dutch journalist and poet, born in Amsterdam (d. 2014)
- Aug 10 Fred Ridgway, England cricket pace bowler (1951-52 Indian tour)
- Aug 10 Gillian Brown, diplomat
- Aug 10 Rhonda Fleming [Marilyn Louis], American actress and singer nicknamed the "Queen of Technicolor" (Spellbound), born in Hollywood, California
- Aug 11 Stan Chambers, American television reporter
- Aug 12 John Holt, West Indian cricket batsman (17 Tests, 1066 runs at 36.75; 2 x 100s), born in Kingston, Jamaica (d. 1997)
- Aug 14 William Flanagan, American composer (d. 1969)
- Aug 14 Alice Ghostley, American singer and actress (Bewitched, Designing Women), born in Eve, Vernon County, Missouri (d. 2007)
- Aug 15 Rose Marie [Mazzetta], American actress, comedienne and singer (The Dick Van Dyke Show, The Doris Day Show), born in NYC, New York (d. 2017)
- Aug 16 Joe Hutton, Northumbrian piper and shepherd, born in Halton Lee Gate, Haltwhistle (d. 1995)
- Aug 16 Millôr Fernandes, Brazilian writer and playwright, born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (d. 2012)
- Aug 17 Anton Kersjes, Dutch violinist and conductor (Amsterdam Philharmonic Orchestra) (d. 2004)
- Aug 17 Larry Rivers [Grossberg], American painter (Wash crossing Delaware-1953), born in NYC, New York
- Aug 17 Chaleo Yoovidhya, Thai co-creator of Red Bull energy drink, born in Phichit, Thailand (d. 2012)
- Aug 18 Jahangir Khan Irani, cricket wicket-keeper for India (1947-8 Aust tour)
- Aug 18 Sadu Shinde, cricketer (Indian leg-spinner late 1940's/early 1950's)
- Aug 18 Jenni Irani, Indian cricketer, born in Karachi (d. 1982)
- Aug 19 Edgar F. Codd, English-American computer scientist who contributed to the theory and practice of database management systems, born in Fortuneswell, Dorset, England (d. 2003) [1]
- Aug 20 Jim Reeves, American country singer and actor (Gun Fury, Kimberley Jim), born in Panola County, Texas (d. 1964)
- Aug 21 Chris Schenkel, American sportscaster (Monday Night Fights), born in Bippus, Indiana (d. 2005)
- Aug 21 Arthur "Art" Janov, American psychologist and psychotherapist notable for creating primal therapy (The Primal Scream), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 2017)
- Aug 22 Gerald Long, English journalist and CEO of Reuters, born in York, England (d. 1998)
- Aug 23 Humphrey Fisher, TV producer, born in England (d. 1996)
- Aug 23 Ken Rickards, West Indies cricketer (WI batsman two Tests 104 runs), born in Jamaica (d. 1995)
- Aug 24 Helena Carter [Helen Rickerts], American model and actress (Invaders from Mars), born in NYC, New York (d. 2000)
- Aug 24 Arthur Jensen, American psychologist, born in San Diego, California (d. 2012)
- Aug 26 Wolfgang Sawallisch, German conductor (Vienna Symphony, 1960-70; Philadelphia Orchestra, 1993-2003), and pianist, born in Munich, Germany (d. 2013)
- Aug 29 Lester Trimble, American composer, music critic and educator, born in Bangor, Wisconsin (d. 1986)
- Aug 29 Reinier Braams, Dutch biophysicist and politician, born in 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands (d. 2001)
Richard Attenborough
Aug 29 Richard Attenborough, English actor and director (Gandhi, Jurassic Park, Young Winston), born in Cambridge, England (d. 2014)
Richard Attenborough
- Aug 29 Marmaduke Hussey, Baron Hussey of North Bradley and Chairman of the Board of Governors of BBC (1986-96), born in Surrey (d. 2006)
Vic Seixas
Aug 30 Vic Seixas, American tennis player (Wimbledon 1953, US Nat C'ship 1954), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Vic Seixas
- Aug 30 Gerhard Wimberger, Austria composer (Glove), born in Vienna, Austria (d. 2016)
- Aug 30 Barbara Mary Ansell, UK founder of paediatric rheumatology, born in Warwick, England (d. 2001)
- Aug 30 Charmian Clift, Australian writer and essayist, born in Kiama, New South Wales, Australia (d. 1969)
- Aug 31 Larry Grayson, British comedian (Generation Game), born in Banbury, Oxfordshire, England (d. 1995)
Famous Deaths
Warren G. Harding
Aug 2 Warren G. Harding, 29th President of the United States (1921-23), dies of a heart attack at the Palace Hotel in San Francisco F at 57
Warren G. Harding
- Aug 5 Vatroslav Jagić, Croatian scholar of Slavic studies, dies at 85
- Aug 7 Hendrik Pierson, Dutch theologist (H Pierson Foundation), dies at 89
- Aug 14 Jacob Theodoor Cremer, Dutch tobacco magnate and administrator for the Deli Company in Sumatra, dies at 76
- Aug 19 Vilfredo Pareto, Italian sociologist and economist (b. 1845)
- Aug 24 Kate Douglas Wiggin, American author (Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm), dies at 66
- Aug 31 Gerrit Kalff, Dutch professor (history of Dutch writers), dies at 67
