Events in History
- Aug 2 Unsuccessful uprising of Macedonians against Turkey
- Aug 4 Cardinal Giuseppe Sarto of Venice elected Pope Pius X
- Aug 8 In 11th an old black ball is put into play against Cleve, Tigers' Nap Lajoie protests ignored, he hurls ball out of park & forfeits game
- Aug 12 The Japanese Minister to Russia presents a note to the Russian Government protesting against its failure to evacuate Manchuria
- Aug 16 Tigers play a home game in Toledo Ohio, Yanks win 12-8
- Aug 17 Joe Pulitzer donates $1 million to Columbia University & begins the Pulitzer Prizes in America
- Aug 23 6th Zionist Congres, Theodor Herzl declares Jewish state
- Aug 29 The Finance Minister, Count Witte, is dismissed in what is seen as a victory for those in Russia who want their country to expand into Manchuria and Korea in defiance of the Japanese
- Aug 31 Joe McGinnity wins his 3rd doubleheader of month
Birthdays in History
- Aug 1 Paul Horgan, American novelist (Mountain Standard Time), born in Buffalo, New York (d. 1995)
Louis Leakey
Aug 7 Louis Leakey, British paleoanthropologist and archaeologist (1964 Richard Hooper Medal), born in Kabete, Kenya (d. 1972)
Louis Leakey
- Aug 8 August Cool, Belgian union leader/minister of state
- Aug 11 Michael Whalley Wickham, artist
- Aug 12 Frances Clode, CEO (WRVS)
- Aug 14 John Ringling North, circus director (Ringling Bros)
- Aug 14 Ronald Stewart, CEO (London Brick Co)
- Aug 19 James Gould Cozzens, American novelist (1949 Pulitzer-Guard of Honor), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1978)
- Aug 22 René Wellek, writer (Concepts of Criticism), Vienna, Austria
- Aug 23 Mauritius van Haegendoren, Flemish historian and senator
- Aug 24 Karl Hanke, Official of the Nazi Party (NSDAP) of Nazi Germany, born in Lubań, Poland (d. 1945)
- Aug 27 Xavier Villaurrutia, Mexican poet (Nocturno de los Angeles)
- Aug 28 Bruno Bettelheim, Austrian-American psycho-analyst (Uses of Enchantment), born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1990)
- Aug 29 Ernst Kreuder, German writer (The Attic Pretenders), born in Zeitz, Germany (d. 1972)
- Aug 31 Vladimir Jankélévitch, French philosopher, born in Bourges, France (d. 1985)
Deaths in History
Calamity Jane
Aug 1 Calamity Jane [Martha Jane Canary], American frontierswoman, dies at 51
Calamity Jane
Robert Gascoyne-Cecil
Aug 22 Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury, British Prime Minister (Conservative: 1885-86, 1886-92 and 1895-1902), dies at 73
Robert Gascoyne-Cecil
- Aug 23 Paul Gabriël, Dutch water colors painter and etcher, dies at 75
Frederick Law Olmsted
Aug 28 Frederick Law Olmsted, American writer and landscape architect (designed Central Park), dies at 81
Frederick Law Olmsted
- Aug 30 Vicente Fidel López, Argentine historian (Historia the Chile), dies at 87