- Aug 8 Dreyfuss family, owners of Pittsburgh Pirates since 1900, sells club to Frank McKinney & John Galbreath for $25 million
- Aug 9 1st time all major-league baseball games (8) are played at night
- Aug 18 Golf Writers Associaton of America forms
- Aug 22 Baseball approves a 168-game schedule, but later rescinds it
- Aug 22 Mikko Hietanen wins Oslo marathon (2:24:55)
- Aug 23 13th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: All-Stars 16, Los Angeles 0 (97,380)
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