Historical Events
- Aug 1 Building begins on Dutch public housing
- Aug 1 Mine accident in Wollongong, Australia (100 die)
- Aug 4 The Greenwich foot tunnel under the River Thames opens
- Aug 8 International Lawn Tennis Challenge, Brooklyn, NY: Malcolm Whitman beats Reginald Doherty 6-1, 7-5, 6-4 to give US a 3-2 win over the British Isles
Royal Coronation
Aug 9 Edward VII of Great Britain crowned King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, succeeding his mother Queen Victoria
- Aug 13 English cricket team beats Australia by one wicket in a famous victory at The Oval, in London
Teddy Goes for a Spin
Aug 22 US President Theodore Roosevelt became 1st US chief executive to ride in a car
US Men's Tennis Open
Aug 27 US National Championship Men's Tennis, Newport, RI: Defending champion William Larned beats Englishman R.F. Doherty 4-6, 6-2, 6-4, 8-6
- Aug 31 Split skirt 1st worn by Mrs Adolph Landeburg (a horse rider)
Famous Birthdays
- Aug 1 Hendrik Johan Kruls, Dutch general and chief military authority (1944-46), born in Amsterdam (d. 1975)
- Aug 1 Ruth Evelyn Mansfield, doctor (d. 1994)
- Aug 3 Habib Bourguiba, 1st president of Tunisia (1957-87), born in Monastir, Regency of Tunisia (d. 2000)
- Aug 3 Judson Laire, American stage and screen actor (I Remember Mama - "Papa"; Advise and Consent), born in New York City (d. 1979)
- Aug 3 Ray Block, French orchestra leader (Ed Sullivan, Jackie Gleason), born in Alsace-Lorraine (d. 1982)
- Aug 3 Regina Jonas, German first woman rabbi, born in Berlin, German Empire (d. 1944)
- Aug 4 Clara Peller, Russian-American manicurist and commercial spokesperson (Wendy's - "Where's the beef?"), born in Imperial Russia (d. 1987)
- Aug 4 Wild Bill Hallahan, American baseball player, born in Binghamton, New York (d. 1981)
- Aug 5 Irene Rice Pereira, American abstract artist, born in Chelsea, Massachusetts (d. 1971)
- Aug 6 Dutch Schultz, American bootlegger (d. 1935)
- Aug 6 Michal Vilec, Slovak composer, born in Bardejovská Nová Ves, Czechoslovakia (d. 1979)
- Aug 7 Ann Harding, American actress (East is West, Janie), born in San Antonio, Texas (d. 1981)
Paul Dirac (1902-1984)
Aug 8 English physicist (quantum electrodynamics, Nobel 1933), born in Bristol, England
- Aug 9 Zino Francescatti, French violinist (New York Philharmonic, 1939), born in Marseille, France (d. 1991)
- Aug 10 Arne Tiselius, Swedish chemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1971)
- Aug 10 Curt Siodmak, German-American novelist and screenwriter (Donovan's Brain; I Walked With A Zombie), born in Dresden, Germany (d. 2000)
Norma Shearer (1902-1983)
Aug 10 Canadian-American actress (Escape, The Divorcee), born in Montreal, Quebec
- Aug 11 Alfredo Binda, Italian road cyclist (first to win Giro d'Italia x 5; World Road Race C'ship 1927, 30, 32), born in Cittiglio, Italy (d. 1986)
- Aug 11 Christian Castries, French general (Dien Bien Phu), born in Paris, France (d. 1991)
- Aug 11 Lloyd Nolan, American actor (A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, Peyton Place), born in San Francisco, California (d. 1985)
- Aug 13 Alan Sainsbury, Baron Sainsbury, British business executive, born in London (d. 1998)
- Aug 13 Bartoes [Albertus J. Wijstma], Dutch singer and cabaret performer, born in Amsterdam, Netherlands (d. 1976)
- Aug 13 Felix Wankel, German inventor (Wankel rotary-piston engine), born in Lahr, Germany (d. 1988)
- Aug 15 Jan Campert, Dutch resistance fighter and poet (Song the 18 dead), born in Spijkenisse, Netherlands (d. 1943)
- Aug 16 Georgette Heyer, English novelist (Friday's Child), born in Wimbledon, London (d. 1975)
- Aug 16 Stefan Boleslaw Poradowski, Polish composer (Double Bass Concerto), born in Wloclawek (d. 1967)
- Aug 18 Adamson-Eric, Estonian painter, born in Tartu, Estonia (d. 1968)
- Aug 18 Julius Kalaš, Czech composer (Nepokořenĺ -The Proud Ones), born in Prague, Kingdom of Bohemia (now Czech Republic) (d. 1967)
- Aug 19 J. B. L. Reyes, Filipino jurist (d. 1994)
Ogden Nash (1902-1971)
Aug 19 American humorous poet (I'm a Stranger Here Myself, Masquerade Party), born in Rye, New York [1]
- Aug 19 Vladimir Kirshon, Russian playwright (Ultimatum Factory), born in Nalchik, Russia (d. 1938) [NS]
- Aug 20 Ernest Marke, Sierra Leonean seaman and club owner (d. 1995)
- Aug 21 Renato Fasano, Italian composer, born in Naples, Kingdom of Italy (d. 1979)
- Aug 22 Jack Roy Armstrong, English historian (History of Sussex), born in Broadstairs, Kent (d. 1993)
Leni Riefenstahl (1902-2003)
Aug 22 German film director (Triumph of the Will) and actress (Tiefland), born in Berlin, Germany
- Aug 22 Thomas Pelly, American politician, born in Seattle, Washington (d. 1973)
Carlo Gambino (1902-1976)
Aug 24 Italian-born American mafioso (Gambino family), born in Palermo, Sicily, Italy
- Aug 24 Fernand Braudel, French historian (Civilization & Capitalism), born in Luméville, France (d. 1985)
- Aug 25 Stefan Wolpe, German composer (Zeus & Elidco), born in Berlin, Germany (d. 1972)
- Aug 27 Herbert Menges, English composer, born in Hove, East Sussex, England (d. 1972)
- Aug 30 Arnold Maria Walter, Canadian composer, born in Hanušovice, Moravia, Austria-Hungary (d. 1973)
Famous Weddings
Cecil B. DeMille
Aug 16 Filmmaker Cecil B DeMille (21) weds actress Constance Adams (28) in Orange, New Jersey
Famous Deaths
- Aug 1 Ludwig Beckmann, painter, dies
- Aug 3 August Klughardt, German composer, dies at 54
- Aug 7 Rudolf von Bennigsen, German lawyer and politician, dies at 78
- Aug 8 James Tissot, French painter and illustrator, dies at 65
- Aug 9 Moritz Szeps, Austrian journalist and newspaper publisher, dies at 66
- Aug 10 George Vernon, English cricket batsman (1 Test; Middlesex CCC, MCC), dies from malaria at 46
- Aug 21 Franz Sigel, German-American teacher, newspaperman, politician, and Major General (Union Army), dies at 77
- Aug 31 Mathilde Wesendonck (née Luckemeyer), German writer, poet (Tagebuchblatter), and object of composer Richard Wagner's infatuation, dies at 73
