- Aug 1 Earliest date for a film to be considered for the Academy Awards
Music History
Aug 1 Influential country music group the Carter family make their first recording with producer Ralph Peer in Bristol, Tennessee
- Aug 19 Metropolitan Sergius proclaims the declaration of loyalty of the Russian Orthodox Church to the Soviet state
- Aug 21 4th Pan-African Congress meets (NYC)
- Aug 22 Yankees slugger Babe Ruth hits 40th home run during his MLB record 60 HR season in New York's 9-4 loss to Cleveland Indians at Dunn Field
- Aug 27 Parks College, America's oldest aviation school, opens
US Open Women's Tennis
Aug 30 US National Championship Women's Tennis, Forest Hills, NY: Helen Wills Moody beats England's Betty Nuthall Shoemaker 6-1, 6-4 for her 4th of 7 US singles titles