Historical Events
- Aug 1 Hawaii National Park forms
- Aug 2 World War I: Austrian sabotage causes the sinking of the Italian battleship Leonardo da Vinci in Taranto
- Aug 4 Denmark and the United States sign a treaty whereby the Danish West Indies, including the Virgin Islands, are to be ceded to the US in 1917 for $25 million
Picasso and Friends
Aug 12 Pablo Picasso, Max Jacob, Moïse Kisling, Ortiz and Paquerette are photographed in Paris
- Aug 17 Bulgarian offensive in Macedonia
- Aug 21 Sir Roger Casement, an Ulster Protestant and ardent Irish nationalist, arrested by the British
- Aug 23 Military court of Berlin sentences socialist Karl Liebknecht to 4 years
- Aug 25 US Department of Interior forms National Park Service
- Aug 26 Philadelphia Athletic's Bullet Joe Bush no-hits Cleveland, 5-0
- Aug 27 Romania declares war on Austria-Hungary
- Aug 28 Germany declares war on Romania
- Aug 28 Italy declares war against Germany
- Aug 29 Congress creates US Naval Reserve
Event of Interest
Aug 29 General Paul von Hindenburg replaces Von Falkenhayn as German chief of staff
Famous Birthdays
- Aug 1 Anne Hébert, French Canadian author and poet (Kamouraska), born in Sainte-Catherine-de-Fossambault, Quebec, Canada (d. 2000)
- Aug 1 David Pollock, Viscount Hanworth, British barrister (d. 1996)
- Aug 2 Reginald Murley, British surgeon (President of the Royal College of Surgeons) (d. 1997)
- Aug 3 José Manuel Moreno, Argentine footballer, born in Buenos Aires, Argentina (d. 1978)
- Aug 3 Shakeel Badayuni, Indian poet and lyricist, born in Badayun, United Provinces of Agra and Oudh, British India (d. 1970)
- Aug 6 Dom Mintoff, Maltese Prime Minister (1955-58, 1971-84), born in Bormla, Malta (d. 2012)
- Aug 6 E. Michael Burke, sports executive (President New York Yankees, New York Knicks, Madison Square Garden), born in Enfield, Connecticut (d. 1987)
- Aug 6 Richard Sharples, British politician, assassinated while Governor of Bermuda (1972-73), born in England (d. 1973)
- Aug 11 Benny Lee, Scottish singer and actor (Are You Being Served), born in Glasgow, Scotland (d. 1995)
- Aug 11 Johnny Claes, Belgian racing driver (d. 1956)
- Aug 14 Wellington Mara, Co-Owner of the New York Giants, born in Rochester, New York (d. 2005)
- Aug 15 Aleks Çaçi, Albanian writer (That way Myzeqe), born in Palasë, Himara, Albania (d. 1989)
- Aug 16 Iggy Katona, American race car driver, born in Toledo, Ohio (d. 2003)
- Aug 18 Moura Lympany [Mary Johnstone], British concert pianist (OBE-1979), born in Saltash England (d. 2009)
- Aug 19 Marie Wilson, American actress (The Story of Mankind, My Friend Irma), born in Anaheim, California (d. 1972)
- Aug 20 Paul Felix Schmidt, Estonian-German chess player, born in Narva, Estonia (d. 1984)
- Aug 21 William John Raff Hooper, British cartoonist (Percy Prune), born in Lichfield, Staffordshire, England (d. 1996)
- Aug 22 John Slater, British actor (Deadlock, Cartel, Devil's Pass), born in London, England (d. 1975)
- Aug 24 Anita V Figueredo, American physician and humanitarian, born in Costa Rica (d. 2010)
- Aug 24 Hal Smith, American actor (The Andy Griffith Show-Otis Campbell), born in Petoskey, Michigan (d. 1994)
- Aug 24 Léo Ferré, French composer and singer, born in Monaco (d. 1993)
- Aug 25 Frederick Robbins, American pediatrician and bacteriologist (Nobel 1954), born in Auburn, Alabama (d. 2003)
- Aug 25 Saburo Sakai, Japanese aviator and flying ace of the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II, born in Saga District, Japan (d. 2000)
- Aug 25 Van Johnson, American actor (Brigadoon) always wore red socks, born in Newport, Rhode Island (d. 2008)
- Aug 26 Allan Merson, English historian and communist, born in Monkseaton, England (d. 1995)
- Aug 26 Virginia Hill, American organized crime figure (girlfriend of Bugsy Siegel), born in Lipscomb, Alabama (d. 1966)
- Aug 27 Martha Raye [Margaret Reed], American actress (Waikiki Wedding, Martha Raye Show), born in Butte, Montana (d. 1994)
- Aug 27 Tony Harris, South African cricket batsman (3 Tests, 1 x 50; Transvaal) and rugby union five-eighth (5 Tests), born in Kimberley, South Africa (d. 1993)
- Aug 28 C. Wright Mills, American sociologist and writer (The Power Elite), born in Waco, Texas (d. 1962)
- Aug 28 Hélène Baillargeon, Quebec singer and folklorist, born in Saint-Martin, Quebec (d. 1997)
- Aug 28 Jack [Holbrook] Vance, American sci-fi author (2 Hugo, Dirdir, Pnume), born in San Francisco, California (d. 2013)
- Aug 29 George Montgomery, American actor (Battle of Bulge, Hallucination), born in Brady, Montana (d. 2000)
- Aug 29 Leo Horn, Dutch soccer referee, columnist and businessman, born in Sittard, Netherlands (d. 1995)
- Aug 30 John Thoday, British geneticist, born in Chinley, Derbyshire (d. 2008)
- Aug 30 Kenneth Keith, Lord Keith of Castleacre, English banker, born in Castle Acre, England (d. 2004)
- Aug 31 Daniel Schorr, American broadcast journalist (CBS), born in The Bronx, New York (d. 2010)
- Aug 31 Everett Lee, American violinist, and theater and classical conductor (Cosmopolitan Little Symphony, 1947-55; Norrkoping Symphony, 1962-72), born in Wheeling, West Virgina (d. 2022)
Famous Deaths
- Aug 1 Claude Newberry, South African cricket All-rounder (v England 1913-14), dies
- Aug 2 Hamish MacCunn, Scottish composer (The Land of the Mountain and the Flood), and teacher, dies at 48
- Aug 3 Roger Casement, Irish diplomat, ardent Irish nationalist (Easter uprising 1916) and poet, hanged after conviction for treason by the British at 51
- Aug 5 George Butterworth, English composer, dies at 31
- Aug 5 Nikolay Ivanovich Kazanli, Russian composer, dies at 46
- Aug 7 Charles E. Manning, Australian judge and major, dies in battle at 36
- Aug 9 Lily Braun, German feminist and socialist writer (Im Schatten Titanen), dies at 51
- Aug 13 Fritz Steinbach, German conductor and composer, dies at 61
- Aug 17 Umberto Boccioni, Italian painter and sculptor (Unique Forms of Continuity in Space), dies in a military training mishap at 33
- Aug 18 Edward D Pain, English journalist (NY World), dies in battle at 36
- Aug 28 Francis Warre-Cornish, English writer and scholar, dies at 77
- Aug 29 Johann Oskar Backlund, Swedish-Russian astronomer (planets/asteroids), dies at 64
