Events in Sport
Event of Interest
Aug 8 9th U.S. Senior Golf Open: Gary Player

Gary Player
Event of Interest
Aug 9 Edmonton Oilers trade Wayne Gretzky to LA Kings for $15-$20 millions

Wayne Gretzky
- Aug 10 Matt Biondi swims world record 100m free style (48.42 sec)
- Aug 12 Boston Red Sox beat Tigers 9-4 for AL record 23rd consecutive win at home
- Aug 13 Boston Red Sox win AL record 24 straight home games
- Aug 13 US beats Jamaica 5-1 in 2nd round of 1990 world soccer cup
- Aug 14 70th PGA Championship: Jeff Sluman shoots a 272 at Oak Tree GC Edmond
- Aug 19 NY Rangers sign ex-Canadien great Guy LaFluer
- Aug 21 Juli Inkster wins LPGA Atlantic City Golf Classic
Event of Interest
Aug 23 Mike Tyson & Mitch Green brawl at 4 A.M. in Harlem

Mike Tyson
Birthdays in Sport
- Aug 5 Federica Pellegrini, Italian swimmer
- Aug 8 Danilo Gallinari, Italian basketball player
- Aug 11 Patrick Mills, Australian basketball player
- Aug 12 Tyson Fury, British heavyweight professional boxer, born in Manchester
- Aug 21 Robert Lewandowski, Polish football player (Bayern Munich, Polish national team), born in Warsaw, Poland
- Aug 23 Daniel Schwaab, German footballer
- Aug 25 Angela Park, Brazilian-American golfer
- Aug 28 Ray Jones, English footballer (d. 2007)
- Aug 30 Ernests Gulbis, Latvian tennis player
Weddings in Sport
- Aug 30 Tennis star Chris Everett weds skier Andy Mills