Events in History
Event of Interest
Aug 11 Gaston Eyskens forms Belgian government
- Aug 14 Military coup in Syria under colonel Sami Hinnawi
- Aug 18 Hungary adopts constitution
- Aug 20 Hungary (Magyar People's Republic) accepts constitution
- Aug 20 Las Lajas Sanctuary, a basilica built inside the Guáitara River in Colombia, is completed after 33 years
- Aug 21 Philadelphia fans cause A's to forfeit game when they riot over a trapped line drive by Rich Ashburn, Giants leading 4-2 in 9th declared winners
- Aug 24 North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) goes into effect
- Aug 29 USSR performs its first nuclear test at Semipalatinsk, Kazakh SSR
- Aug 30 Roly Jenkins (Worcs v Surrey) takes his 2nd hat-trick of the game
Birthdays in History
- Aug 1 Kurmanbek Bakiyev, 2nd President of Kyrgyzstan (2005-10), born in Masadan, Kyrgyzstan
- Aug 2 Bertalan Farkas, Hungarian cosmonaut (Soyuz 36/35), born in Gyulaháza, Hungary
- Aug 2 James Fallows, American writer and journalist, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Aug 3 Reed Waller, American comic book author (Omaha the Cat Dancer)
- Aug 6 Alan Campbell, Northern Irish clergyman
- Aug 6 Clarence Richard Silva, Catholic Bishop of Honolulu
- Aug 6 Joyce McKinney, Avery County NC, Miss Wyoming (1972)
- Aug 7 Walid Jumblatt, Lebanese political leader, born in Moukhtara, Lebanon
- Aug 8 Bela Magyari, Hungarian cosmonaut
- Aug 9 Jonathan Kellerman, American writer (Alex Delaware novels), born in New York City
- Aug 11 Sandra Scheuer, American student, killed by soldiers of the Ohio Army National Guard at Kent State University while protesting against US military, born in Youngstown, Ohio (d. 1970)
- Aug 11 Tim Hutchinson, American politician (Rep-R-Arkansas 1997-2003), born in Bentonville, Arkansas
- Aug 12 Anthony Akerman, South Africa, director
- Aug 12 Fernando Collor de Mello, president of Brazil (1990-92)
- Aug 12 Panagiotis Chinofotis, Greek politician
- Aug 13 Peter Visclosky, American politician (Rep-D-Indiana, 1985-2021), born in Gary, Indiana
- Aug 14 John Tarrant, 1st Australian born Zen teacher, born in Tasmania, Australia
- Aug 15 Beverly Burns, American pilot and 1st woman to captain a Boeing 747, born in Baltimore, Maryland
- Aug 15 Carlien Brouwer, translator/missing since Jan 6, 1994
- Aug 15 Richard Deacon, Welsh sculptor, born in Bangor, Wales
- Aug 17 Norm Coleman, American politician (Senator(R)-Minnesota 2003-09), born in New York City
- Aug 22 Alfred Musema, Rwandan genocidaire, born in Byumba, Rwanda
- Aug 22 Þórarinn Eldjárn, Icelandic writer (The Blue Tower), born in Reykjavik, Iceland
- Aug 23 Norah Ellen O'Neill, first woman pilot for Alaska Central Air (1974), born in Seattle, Washington
- Aug 24 Anna Lee Fisher [Tingle], American chemist, emergency physician and astronaut (STS 51-A), born in St Albans, New York
- Aug 25 Martin Amis, British novelist (London Fields; The Rachel Papers), born in Oxford, England
- Aug 27 Andrew McKay, conservative MP
- Aug 30 Don Boudria, Canadian politician (MP for Glengarry–Prescott–Russell), born in Hull, Quebec, Canada
- Aug 30 Ted Ammon, American financier and investment banker, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (d. 2001)
Weddings in History
Francis Crick
Aug 11 Molecular biologist Francis Crick (33) weds artist Odile Speed (29)
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