- Aug 1 Battles between Druze & French in Damascus
- Aug 1 Failed assassination on General Primo de Rivera in Barcelona
- Aug 3 Traffic lights installed at Piccadilly Circus, London
- Aug 5 French & German trade agreement signed
- Aug 6 American Gertrude Ederle (20) becomes 1st woman to swim English Channel in 14 hours, 39 minutes, a record for male or female
- Aug 10 Italian-Spanish peace treaty signed
- Aug 13 Enrique Tirabocchi of Argentina becomes the first to swim the English Channel from France to England (record 16 hours 33 minutes)
- Aug 17 Greek-Serbian, Croatian and Slavs peace treaty signed
- Aug 20 Japan's public broadcasting company, Nippon Hōsō Kyōkai(NHK) is established.
Event of Interest
Aug 20 Uprising against Rezā Shāh Pahlavi in Iran
