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 5 1st American to swim English Channel (Henry Sullivan)
- Aug 6 Gustav Stresemann is named chancellor and foreign minister during riots and strikes in Germany
- Aug 9 NY State Golf Association formed
- Aug 11 Dutch Premier de Geer resigns
- Aug 12 Dutch AR-leader Coair replaces De Geer as minister of finances
- Aug 12 Enrico Tiraboschi is 1st to swim English Channel westward
- Aug 13 Gustav Stresemann becomes premier of German coalition government
Appointment of Interest
Aug 13 Turkish National Congress selects Mustafa Kemal Atatürk Pasja as President
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
Tennis Open
Aug 18 37th U.S. Women's National Championship: Helen Wills Moody beats Molla Bjurstedt Mallory (6-2, 6-1)
Helen Wills Moody
World Record
Aug 22 Paavo Nurmi runs world record mile (4:10.4)
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 runs world record 3 mile (14:11.2)
- 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, composer
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, fashion designer (Anne Klein II)
- Aug 3 Roger Foulon, French/Belgian poet
- Aug 3 Shenouda III of Alexandria, Pope of the Coptic Christianity, (d. 2012)
- Aug 4 Arthur Butterworth, composer
- 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, attorney general (1972)
- Aug 5 Devan Nair, President of Singapore
- 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 literary
- 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 Jr, cricketer (WI batsman in 17 Tests, 1066 runs at 36 75)
- Aug 14 William Flanagan, composer
- 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/shepherd
- Aug 16 Millôr Fernandes, Brazilian playwright
- Aug 17 Anton Kersjes, violinist/conductor (Amsterdam Philharmonic Orchestra)
- Aug 17 Larry Rivers, [Grossberg], American painter (Wash crossing Delaware-1953), born in NYC, New York
- Aug 17 Chaleo Yoovidhya, Phichit, Thailand, co-creator of Red Bull, (d. 2012)
- Aug 18 Jahangir Khan Irani, cricket wicketkeeper 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 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, psychotherapist, creator of 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
- Aug 23 Ken Rickards, West Indies cricketer (WI batsman two Tests 104 runs), born in Jamaica (d. 1995)
- Aug 23 Richard Adler, composer/songwriter (Damn Yankees, Pajama Game)
- Aug 23 Edgar F. Codd, English computer scientist (d. 2003)
- 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, conductor (Vienna Symph 1960-70), born in Munich. Germany
- Aug 29 Hirulal Gaekwad, cricket all-rounder (Test for India 1952-53)
- Aug 29 Lester Albert Trimble, composer
- Aug 29 Reinier Braams, Dutch biophysicist/MP (VVD)
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, BBC Chairman (d. 2006)
Vic Seixas
Aug 30 Elias Victor Seixas, American tennis player (Wimbeldon and U.S. Open champion), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Vic Seixas
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 slavist (b. 1835)
- Aug 7 Hendrik Pierson, Dutch theologist (H Pierson Foundation), dies at 89
- Aug 14 Jacob T Cremer, pres (Dutch Handel-Mij), dies at 76
- Aug 19 Vilfredo Pareto, Italian sociologist and economist (b. 1845)
- Aug 24 Kate Douglas Wiggin, author (US kindergarten movement), dies at 66