Historical Events
Film & TV History
Aug 1 Actress Hedy Lamarr, aged 77 is arrested for shoplifting in Florida
Music History
Aug 2 Funk singer Rick James, arrested on sexual torture charges
- Aug 2 Hedy Lamaar is arrested for shoplifting in LA
- Aug 2 Pan Am games open in Havana
- Aug 2 Space shuttle STS 43 (Atlantis 9) launched
- Aug 3 Giant Victory driven by Jack Moiseyev wins Hambletonian, 2nd $1m purse in 22 days for Moiseyev after winning Meadowlands Pace
- Aug 4 The Greek cruise ship Oceanos sinks off the Wild Coast of South Africa
- Aug 5 Sergei Bubka of the Soviet Union breaks his own world pole vault record (6.10m) in Malmö Sweden
- Aug 6 American softball pitcher Debbie Doom strikes out 17 in her 2nd consecutive perfect game at the Pan American Games in Havana, Cuba; beats Nicaragua, 8-0
Historic Communication
Aug 6 Tim Berners-Lee releases files describing his idea for the World Wide Web. WWW debuts as a publicly available service on the Internet.
World Record
Aug 7 American team of Carl Lewis, Mike Marsh, Leroy Burrell & Dennis Mitchell set 4 x 100m relay world record of 37.67 seconds in Zürich, Switzerland
Event of Interest
Aug 7 Courts rules Manuel Noriega, may access some secret US documents
- Aug 7 Manhattan Cable final day of amnesty to return illegal cable boxes
Film & TV History
Aug 8 Actor Gary Oldman is arrested for drunk driving
Music History
Aug 8 Rock guitar hero Carlos Santana pleads no contest to marijuana possession charge in Houston, Texas
- Aug 8 Shi'ite Muslims release British hostage John McCarthy
Music History
Aug 8 Singer-keyboardist Billy Preston charged with exhibiting pornography to a minor
- Aug 8 The Warsaw radio mast, at one time the tallest construction ever built, collapses.
- Aug 8 With two months left, White Sox set new home attendance (2,150,951)
- Aug 9 British radio show "On the Hour" debuts on BBC Radio 4 with first appearance of Alan Partridge character
- Aug 10 New York City Opera's limited run production of Stephen Sondhiem's musical "A Little Night Music" closes at New York State Theater, NYC, after 7 performances
- Aug 10 NFL sportscaster Paul Maquire suffers a heart attack at 53
- Aug 11 400,000 demonstrate for democracy in Madagascar, 31 killed
PGA Championship
Aug 11 PGA Championship Men's Golf, Crooked Stick GC: John Daly wins by 3 strokes from fellow American Bruce Lietzke
- Aug 11 Shiite Muslims release US hostage Edward Tracy
- Aug 11 Space shuttle STS 43 (Atlantis 9) lands
- Aug 11 Wilson Alvarez hurls a no-hitter in his 1st big league start
- Aug 12 Creditors vote to support Greyhound Bus reorganization plan
Cricket History
Aug 12 Last day in Test Cricket for Viv Richards, Dujon & Marshall
- Aug 13 American Michael Ray Barrowman swims world record 200m breaststroke (2:10.60) at the World Championships in Fort Lauderale, Florida
- Aug 13 US Vice-President Dan Quayle makes a speech attacking lawyers at the annual meeting of the American Bar Association
Sports History
Aug 14 MLB Minnesota Twins Dave Winfield is 23rd to hit 400 HR
Music Concert
Aug 15 Paul Simon performs a free concert in Central Park, NYC
- Aug 15 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
- Aug 16 Belgium census is 10,000,963 inhabitants
Event of Interest
Aug 16 John Gutfreund announces his resignation as chief executive of Salomon Brothers amid illegal bidding scandal
Event of Interest
Aug 16 US President George H. W. Bush declares recession is near an end
Coup d'état
Aug 19 Conservative members of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union attempt to depose Mikhail Gorbachev in a coup d'état
- Aug 19 Janel Bishop, 17, of New Hampshire, crowned 9th Miss Teen USA
Sports History
Aug 20 Dolphin Dan Marino surpasses Joe Montana as the highest paid NFL player with a 5-year extension for $25 million
- Aug 20 Estonia formally declares its independence from the USSR
- Aug 20 Norbert Rosza swims world record 100m breast stroke (1:01.29)
- Aug 20 The United Democratic Front, one of the most prominent anti-apartheid movements, comprising of over 400 workers', church, civic and student organisations, dissolves
Conservative Coup Fails
Aug 21 Conservative coup in the Soviet Union is crushed by popular resistance led by Boris Yeltsin in three days
- Aug 21 Latvia declares its independence from USSR
- Aug 22 Krizstina Egerszegi swims world record 100m backstroke (1:00.31)
- Aug 23 3rd Athletics World Championships open at Tokyo, Japan
- Aug 24 Mikhail Gorbachev resigns as head of USSR Communist Party
- Aug 24 Silky Stallone, wins the Cane Pace at Yonkers Raceway
- Aug 24 Taiwan captures its 15th Little League World Series, 11-0
- Aug 24 Ukraine declares independence from USSR
- Aug 25 "Getting Married" closes at Circle in Sq Theater NYC after 70 performances
- Aug 25 43rd Emmy Awards: "LA Law", "Cheers", Kirstie Alley & Patricia Wettig win
- Aug 25 91st US Golf Amateur Championship won by Mitch Voges
- Aug 25 Carl Lewis runs 100m in a world record 9.86 seconds
- Aug 25 Cubs Doug Dascenzo commits his 1st career error after 242 games
- Aug 25 Krizstina Egerszegi swims world record 200m backstroke (2:06.62)
Linux is Born
Aug 25 Linux is born when Linus Torvalds sends off an email announcing his project to create a new computer operating system
Event of Interest
Aug 27 Nigerian President Ibrahim Babangida creates nine states: Abia, Enugu, Delta, Jigawa, Kebbi, Osun, Kogi, Taraba, and Yobe
- Aug 28 Lexington Ave IRT subway train derails at Union Square, 5 die
Baseball Record
Aug 28 Red Tom Browning vs Expo Dennis Martínez both perfect game pitcher
- Aug 29 JFK Jr. wins his 1st battle as an attorney
Event of Interest
Aug 29 Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev signs decree to close Semipalatinsk test site (site of 456 Soviet nuclear tests 1949-89) after protests by Nevada-Semipalatinsk anti-nuclear movement [1]
- Aug 29 USSR suspends Communist Party activities
- Aug 30 Dan O'Brien sets US decathlon record with 8,812 points
- Aug 30 Mike Powell of US sets then long jump record at 29' 4½" (8.95m)
- Aug 30 Tamil Tigers capture Sri Lanka poet Selvi
- Aug 31 Houston QB David Klingler sets NCAA record with 6 touchdown passes in the 2nd quarter as the Cougars clobbered Louisiana Tech 73-3
- Aug 31 Richard J. Kerr, ends term as deputy director of CIA
- Aug 31 Rockies bat out of order against Expos in 1st inning
- Aug 31 Uzbekistan declares independence from the Soviet Union following the failed coup in Moscow
Event of Interest
Aug 31 William H. Webster ends term as 14th director of CIA
1991 History
Famous Birthdays
- Aug 2 Gabe Cohen, American journalist, son of journalists Meredith Viera & Richard Cohen
- Aug 9 Alexa Bliss [Alexis Cabrera], American professional wrestler (WWE), born in Columbus, Ohio
- Aug 9 Hansika Motwani, Indian actress (Desamuduru), born in Bombay, India
- Aug 12 Khris Middleton, American NBA player (Milwaukee Bucks), born in Charleston, South Carolina
- Aug 12 Lakeith Stanfield, American actor (Straight Outta Compton), born in San Bernardino, California
- Aug 16 Evanna Lynch, Irish actress, born in Termonfeckin, Republic of Ireland
- Aug 16 Sarah-Jeanne Labrosse, Canadian actress, born in Montreal, Quebec
- Aug 16 Young Thug [Jeffery Williams], American rapper and songwriter ("Stoner"; "This Is America"), born in Atlanta, Georgia
- Aug 17 Austin Butler, American actor (Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, Elvis), born in Anaheim, California
- Aug 18 Liz Cambage, Australian basketball center (WNBA single game record 53), born in London, England
- Aug 19 Salem Al-Dawsari, Saudi Arabian football player (Al Hilal, Saudi Arabia), born in Wadi ad-Dawasir, Saudi Arabia
- Aug 21 Christian Navarro, American actor (13 Reasons Why), born in The Bronx, New York
Dylan O'Brien (32 years old)
Aug 26 American actor (Thomas-Maze Runner, Stiles Stilinski-Teen Wolf), born in New York City
- Aug 27 Young Mazino [Christopher Young Kim ], American actor (Beef), born in Montgomery County, Maryland
- Aug 28 Kyle Massey, American actor and rapper, born in Atlanta, Georgia
- Aug 28 Sarah Jane Santos, Filipina pop singer, born in Manila, Philippines
- Aug 31 Shi Tingmao, Chinese diver (4 x Olympic gold 3m springboard, 3m synchro 2016, 2020; 8 x World C'ship gold), born in Chongqing, China
Famous Weddings
Tucker Carlson
Aug 10 American political commentator Tucker Carlson (22) weds Susan Andrews at St. George's School, Rhode Island
Jackie Mason
Aug 14 Comedian Jackie Mason marries his manager Jyll Rosenfeld (37)
- Aug 31 American "Jan & Dean" surf-pop vocalist Jan Berry (50) weds Gertie Filip on stage at the Stardust Convention Center in Las Vegas, Nevada; Dean Torrence serves as best man
Famous Deaths
- Aug 1 Stuart Wilson, actor (The Girl Who Had Everything), dies at 87
- Aug 2 Helen Page Camp, American actress, dies at 60
- Aug 3 Jackie Verdell, American gospel singer (The Davis Sisters, 1955-66), pop singer-songwriter ("Why Not Give Me A Chance") and session vocalist (Wilson Picket; Van Morrison), dies at 53
- Aug 4 Jeri Southern [Genevieve Hering], American jazz singer ("You Better Go Now"; "Joey"), dies of a heart attack at 64
- Aug 4 Nikiforos Vrettakos, Greek poet (Hodyne), dies at 80
- Aug 5 Gaston Litaize, French organist (St François-Xavier, Paris, 1946-91), composer, broadcaster, and pedagogue, dies at 81
Paul Brown (1908-1991)
Aug 5 American NFL Hall of Fame coach (Cleveland Browns, 1946-62, 1968-69; Cincinnati Bengals, 1970-75), dies of pneumonia at 82
- Aug 5 Soichiro Hondo, Japanese CEO and founder of Honda, dies of liver cancer at 84
Harry Reasoner (1923-1991)
Aug 6 American newscaster (60 Minutes, ABC, CBS), dies at 68
- Aug 6 Roland Michener, 20th Governor General of Canada (1967-74), dies at 91
- Aug 6 Shapour Bakhtiar, Iranian politician (Prime Minister, for 36 days in 1979), assassinated in his home in Suresnes. France at 79
- Aug 7 Billy T. James, New Zealand comedian and singer (Billy T. James Show), dies of heart failure at 42
- Aug 7 Schottzie Schott, Cincinnati Red dog mascot, dies at 9
- Aug 7 Shapur Bahktiar, Iranian politician, Prime Minister of Iran (1979), assassinated at 77
- Aug 8 James Irwin, American air force officer and NASA astronaut (Apollo 15, 8th person to walk on the moon), dies at 61
- Aug 8 John Brasser, Dutch Zaans resistance fighter (White Ko), dies at 79
- Aug 8 Julissa Gomez, American gymnast (b. 1972)
- Aug 8 [Magdalena] M. G. Schenk, Dutch journalist, dies at 84
- Aug 9 Corrie Hartong, Dutch dance pioneer, dies at 85
- Aug 10 (Henry) "Buster" Smith, American jazz alto saxophonist, arranger, and bandleader (Blue Devils; Count Basie), dies of a heart attack at 86
- Aug 10 Josef Lipski, Polish Senator, anti-Communist dissident, and human rights advocate, dies of heart disease at 65
- Aug 11 Helmut Walcha, a blind German organist (church music), dies at 83
- Aug 11 J. D. McDuffie, American auto racer (653 x NASCAR Cup Series races; 106 x top-10 finishes), dies in a race accident at 52
- Aug 11 Jef Contryn, Flemish pioneer puppet theatre, dies at 89
- Aug 11 Rodolfo Cornejo, Filipino classical pianist, composer, and conductor, dies at 82
- Aug 12 Irene Campbell, British actress/dancer (Wicker Man, St Justice), dies
- Aug 13 Jack Ryan, American toy developer at Mattel (Barbie Doll; Hot Wheels), dies at 65
- Aug 14 Douglas Kiker, American newscaster (NBC-TV), dies of a heart attack at 61
- Aug 15 Marietta Tree, American diplomat and ambassador (1st woman to serve as chief U.S. delegate to the UN in 1961), dies at 74
- Aug 16 Robert DiMatte Jr, stage director/actor, dies at 43
- Aug 16 Shamu the Whale, dies of respiratory failure at 16
- Aug 16 Stuart Karl, CEO (Karl Home Video), dies at 38 of skin cancer
- Aug 17 Donald "Don" Dubbins, American actor (From Here to Eternity, The Caine Mutiny), dies of cancer at 63
- Aug 17 Leo Geerts [Marcel van der Linden], Belgian writer and critic, dies at 56
- Aug 17 Mervyn Nelson, American stage director (Some of My Best Friends Are...), dies at 76
- Aug 18 Clarence Hutchenrider, American jazz clarinetist (Casa Loma Orchestra), dies at 83
- Aug 18 Rick Griffin, American artist and a leading designer of psychedelic posters in the 1960s (Grateful Dead), dies in a motorcycle accident on his Harley at 47
- Aug 18 Vaughn Shoemaker, US cartoonist (John Q Public, Pulitzer), dies
- Aug 19 Richard Maltby Sr., American musician and orchestra leader ("(Themes from) The Man with the Golden Arm"; Vaughn Monroe Show), dies at 77
- Aug 20 Betty Bowden, British dancer and actress (Vote for Nigel), dies at 86
- Aug 20 Lenore Strunsky Gershwin, widow of Ira Gershwin, dies at 90
- Aug 21 Oswald von Nell-Breuning, German theologist and philosopher, dies at 101
- Aug 21 Richard Wilson, American producer, writer and actor (worked with Orson Welles), dies at 75
- Aug 21 Wolfgang Hildesheimer, German-Swiss architect and writer (Mozart biographer), dies at 74
- Aug 22 Boris Pugo, USSR minister of Interior (1990), commits suicide
- Aug 22 Colleen Dewhurst, Canadian-American Tony and Emmy Award-winning stage and screen actress (The Blue and the Grey - "Maggie"; Anne of Green Gables), dies of cervical cancer at 67
- Aug 23 Florence B Seibert, bio-chemist (TB), dies at 93
- Aug 24 Abel Kiviat, American athlete (Olympic gold 3000m team race, silver 1500m 1912), dies at 99
- Aug 24 Beb] Vuyk, Dutch-Indonesian writer (Camp Diary), dies at 86
- Aug 24 Bernard Castro, American inventor of the patented convertible couch, dies at 87
- Aug 24 Mark Lawrence, American pianist (Alice Pearce), and songwriter, and theatrical producer, dies at 70
- Aug 24 Mike Sokoll, Hungarian-American cowboy actor, dies at 97
- Aug 25 Don Nute, American actor, dies of AIDS at 56
- Aug 25 Niven Busch, American screenwriter (Duel in the Sun), dies at 88
- Aug 25 Sergei Ajromeiev, soviet general, commits suicide
- Aug 27 Gordon Heath, actor (Sapphire, Staircase, Animal Farm), dies
- Aug 27 Vince Taylor [Brian Holden], British rock and roll singer (Brand New Cadillac), dies of lung cancer at 52
- Aug 28 Eleanor Berry, actress (Death Valley Days), dies
- Aug 29 Dallas Adams, British painter, writer and actor (Terror from Within), dies
- Aug 29 Daniel Ocko, American actor dies of a respiratory condition at 78
- Aug 29 Dixie Dunbar [Charlotte King], American singer and actress, dies of a heart attack at 72
- Aug 29 Kathryn Cravens, American early news correspondent, dies at 92
- Aug 29 Libero Grassi, Italian underwear manufacturer/anti mafia, dies
- Aug 30 Alan Wheatley, British actor (The Adventures of Robin Hood), dies from a heart attack at 84
- Aug 30 Hans Koetsier, Dutch sculptor artist (KLM-Schiphol), dies at 61
- Aug 30 Jean Tinguely, Swiss sculptor artist (moving objects), dies at 66
- Aug 31 Gerry Davis, British screenwriter (Dr Who), dies at 61
- Aug 31 Leigh Watson, American aviation pioneer and air force general, dies at 93
