Historical Events
- Aug 2 Unsuccessful uprising of Macedonians against Turkey
- Aug 4 Cardinal Giuseppe Sarto of Venice elected Pope Pius X
- Aug 4 Giuseppe Sarto elected Pope Pius X, known as the 'pope of the poor and humble'
- Aug 7 Tommy Corcoran sets MLB record for shortstops when he records 14 assists in Cincinnati's 4 - 2 win v St. Louis Cardinals
International Lawn Tennis Challenge
Aug 8 International Lawn Tennis Challenge, Boston, MA: Laurence Doherty beats William Larned 6-3, 6-8, 6-0, 2-6, 7-5 to give British Isles an unassailable 3-1 lead over US (ends 4-1)
- Aug 12 The Japanese Minister to Russia presents a note to the Russian Government protesting against its failure to evacuate Manchuria
Jeffries TKOs Corbett
Aug 14 Champion James J. Jeffries scores a 10th round TKO win over former champion James J. Corbett in San Francisco; his 6th heavyweight boxing title defense
- Aug 15 New Zealand's All Blacks play their first Rugby Test Match against Australia's Wallabies at the Sydney Cricket Ground; New Zealand win 22-3
- Aug 17 Joe Pulitzer donates $1 million to Columbia University & begins the Pulitzer Prizes in America
- Aug 19 Philadelphia Phillies suffer record 9th straight postponed game
Sixth Zionist Congress
Aug 23 Sixth Zionist Congres: Theodor Herzl declares Jewish state
- Aug 26 Phillies walk 17 Dodgers in a game
- Aug 26 US National Championship Men's Tennis, Newport, RI: Englishman Laurence Doherty beats American defending champion William Larned 6-0, 6-3, 10-8; first non-American champion
- Aug 29 The Finance Minister, Count Witte, is dismissed in what is seen as a victory for those in Russia who want their country to expand into Manchuria and Korea in defiance of the Japanese
- Aug 31 New York Giants future Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher Joe McGinnity wins his 3rd doubleheader of month, beating the Philadelphia Phillies, 4-1 and 9-2 at the Polo Grounds
Famous Birthdays
- Aug 1 Paul Horgan, American Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist (Mountain Standard Time), born in Buffalo, New York (d. 1995)
- Aug 1 Thomas D'Alesandro Jr, American politician (US Representative for Maryland (D), 1939-47; Mayor of Baltimore, 1947-59), and father of Nancy Pelosi, born in Baltimore, Maryland (d. 1987)
- Aug 4 Tony Gulotta, American auto racer (Indianapolis 500, 1927 3rd), born in New Orleans, Louisiana (d. 1981)
Louis Leakey (1903-1972)
Aug 7 British paleoanthropologist and archaeologist (Olduvai Gorge; 1964 Richard Hooper Medal), born in Kabete, Kenya
- Aug 7 Saburō Moroi, Japanese composer and educator, born in Tokyo, Japan (d. 1977)
- Aug 8 Dayton Lummis, American character actor (The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell; The Wrong Man; Moonfire), born in Summit, New Jersey (d. 1988)
- Aug 9 Tom Tyler [Vincent Markowski], American actor (Stagecoach; She Wore a Yellow Ribbon), born in Port Henry, New York (d. 1954)
- Aug 13 Guy Paquinet, French jazz trombonist, and bandleader, born in Tours, France (d. 1981)
- Aug 13 Wilton Graff, American actor (Bloodlust, Just Before Dawn), born in St Louis, Missouri (d. 1969)
- Aug 14 John Ringling North, American circus director (Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus from 1937-43), born in Baraboo, Wisconsin (d. 1985)
- Aug 14 Millard Mitchell, Cuban actor (12 O'Clock High, Gunfighter), born in Havana, Cuba (d. 1953)
- Aug 15 Joe Garland, American big band jazz saxophonist, arranger, and composer (In the Mood; Serenade To A Savage), born in Norfolk, Virginia (d. 1977)
- Aug 17 Abram Chasins, American composer, born in New York City (d. 1987)
- Aug 17 Norridge Mayhams, American swing, pop, and gospel singer-songwriter ("We'll Build a Bungalow"), guitarist, bandleader, and record producer, born in Georgetown, South Carolina (d. 1988)
- Aug 18 Åke Olof Sebastian Uddén, Swedish violist, composer and educator (Royal College Of Music, 1934-70), born in Lossa (d. 1987)
- Aug 18 Lucienne Boyer, French singer (Parlez-moi d'amour), born in Paris (d. 1983)
- Aug 19 Claude Dauphin, French actor (Barbarella, April in Paris, Deported), born in Corbeil-Essonnes, Essonne, France (d. 1978)
- Aug 19 James Gould Cozzens, American novelist (1949 Pulitzer-Guard of Honor), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1978)
- Aug 21 Kostas Giannidis [Yannis Constantinidis], Greek composer and pianist, born in Smyrna (d. 1984)
- Aug 22 René Wellek, Czech-American writer (Concepts of Criticism), born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1995)
- Aug 23 Mauritius van Haegendoren, Flemish historian and senator, born in Leuven, Belgium (d. 1994)
- Aug 23 William Primrose, Scottish violist (Method for Violin & Viola), born in Glasgow, Scotland (d. 1982)
- Aug 24 Claude Hopkins, American jazz stride pianist, arranger, bandleader, and musical director (Josephine Baker), born in Alexandria, Virginia (d. 1984)
- Aug 24 Karl Hanke, Official of the Nazi Party (NSDAP) of Nazi Germany, born in Lubań, Poland (d. 1945)
- Aug 25 Arpad Elo, American chess writer and creator of the Elo rating system for two-player games such as chess, born in Egyházaskesző, Hungary (d. 1992)
- Aug 27 Xavier Villaurrutia, Mexican poet (Nocturno de los Angeles), born in Mexico City (d. 1950)
- Aug 28 Bruno Bettelheim, Austrian-American psycho-analyst (Uses of Enchantment), born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1990)
- Aug 28 Rudolph Wagner-Régeny, composer, born in Transylvania, Kingdom of Hungary (d. 1969)
- Aug 29 Ernst Kreuder, German writer (The Attic Pretenders), born in Zeitz, Germany (d. 1972)
Arthur Godfrey (1903-1983)
Aug 31 American radio and TV host (Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scout), born in New York City
- Aug 31 Vladimir Jankélévitch, French philosopher, born in Bourges, France (d. 1985)
Famous Deaths
Calamity Jane (1852-1903)
Aug 1 American frontierswoman, dies at 51
Robert Gascoyne-Cecil (1830-1903)
Aug 22 3rd Marquess of Salisbury, British Prime Minister (Conservative: 1885-86, 1886-92 and 1895-1902), dies at 73
Frederick Law Olmsted (1822-1903)
Aug 28 American writer and landscape architect (designed Central Park), dies at 81
