Events in History
Ben-Gurion Wins Election
Aug 1 David Ben-Gurion's Mapai-party wins Israeli parliamentary election
- Aug 3 William H Jackson ends term as deputy director of CIA
- Aug 5 Uprising by Moluccan soldiers from Indonesia at Ambonezen Camp, Netherlands
- Aug 6 The National Museum of Racing opens in Congress Park at Saratoga Springs, N.Y
- Aug 6 Typhoon floods kill 4,800 in Manchuria
- Aug 7 Douglas D-558-II Skyrocket reaches 1,992 kph
- Aug 7 US Viking rocket reaches 210 km height (record)
- Aug 9 Dutch Korea volunteers win US Collective Unit Citation
- Aug 13 Great Britain & Iraq sign new oil contract
- Aug 17 Hurricane winds drive 6 ships ashore, Kingston, Jamaica
- Aug 26 Dutch professor Jacob Jongbloed demonstrates an artificial heart in Paris
- Aug 30 US & Philippines sign mutual defense pact
- Aug 31 1st 33 1/3 album introduced in Dusseldorf
Birthdays in History
- Aug 1 David Jasper, British theologian (University of Glasgow)
- Aug 2 Per Westerberg, Swedish politician (Speaker of the Riksdag), born in Nyköping, Sweden
- Aug 3 Hans Schlegel, German astronaut (STS 55), born in Überlingen, Germany
- Aug 4 Lane Evans, American politician (Rep-D-IL, 1983-2007), born in Rock Island, Illinois (d. 2014)
Mohamed Morsi (1951-2019)
Aug 8 Egyptian politician, President of Egypt (2012-13) and leader of the Muslim Brotherhood, born in El Adwah, Egypt
- Aug 8 Randy Shilts, American journalist and author (d. 1994)
Juan Manuel Santos (72 years old)
Aug 10 Colombian politician, President of Colombia (2010-18) and Nobel laureate (2016), born in Bogotá, Colombia
- Aug 11 Donald DeCicco, Brockton Mass, fictional ID of Beldar in Coneheads
- Aug 12 Charles E Brady Jr, Pinehurst NC, Cmdr USN/astronaut (STS 78)
- Aug 12 Willie Horton, American murderer and rapist (who became subject of intertest during 1988 presidential election), born in Chesterfield, South Carolina
- Aug 15 Daba Diawara, Malian politician, born in Bamako, Mali
- Aug 16 Richard Hunt, American puppeteer (d. 1992)
- Aug 20 Greg Bear, American sci-fi author (2 Hugos, Eon, Eternity), born in San Diego, California (d. 2022)
- Aug 20 Svetlana Oktyabrevna Omelchenko, Russian cosmonaut
- Aug 21 Eric Goles, Chilean mathematician and computer scientist, born in Antofagasta, Chile
- Aug 21 Margo Kane, Canadian playwright, born in Edmonton, Canada
- Aug 22 Chandra Prakash Mainali, Nepalese politician, born in Chokpur, Taplejung District, Nepal
- Aug 23 Akhmad Kadyrov, 1st President of Chechnya, born in Karaganda, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union (d. 2004)
- Aug 23 Queen Noor of Jordan [Lisa Najeeb Halaby], American born wife of King Hussein, born in Washington, D.C.
- Aug 24 Orson Scott Card, American sci-fi author (Hugo; Nebula; Ender's War), born in Richland, Washington
- Aug 24 Oscar Hijuelos, American novelist (The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love), born in NYC, New York (d. 2013)
- Aug 26 Robert Torricelli, American politician (Rep-D-New Jersey, 1983-97, Senator-New Jersey 1997-2003), born in Paterson, New Jersey
Deaths in History
William Randolph Hearst (1863-1951)
Aug 14 American newspaper publisher (San Francisco Examiner, Seattle P-I), dies at 88
- Aug 16 Du Yuesheng, Chinese mob boss, dies at 62
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