Historical Events
- Aug 1 Indiana Pacers NBA super-star Paul George suffers a gruesome compound fracture of his lower right leg in a Team USA scrimmage
- Aug 1 USA and UN announce a 72 hour ceasefire between Israel and Palestine, though it quickly breaks down
- Aug 2 Super Rugby Final, ANZ Stadium, Sydney: NSW Waratahs win their first SR title in a nail-biting 33-32 home effort against New Zealand's Canterbury Crusaders
- Aug 3 Alex Puccio ascends Jade in Rocky Mountain National Park, becoming the fourth-ever woman to climb V14
- Aug 3 At least 13 Palestinians reported killed in ongoing air raids and tank shelling by Israel
- Aug 3 The Israeli Defence Force remove much of its ground forces from the Gaza Strip following the destruction of 32 tunnels built by Hamas and other militants
- Aug 4 Hamas and Israel agree to another 72 hour ceasefire
PGA Championship
Aug 10 PGA Championship Men's Golf, Valhalla GC: Rory McIlroy of Northern Ireland wins his second PGA C'ship by 1 shot from Phil Mickelson
- Aug 10 Unrest breaks out in Ferguson, Missouri after the shooting death of African-American Michael Brown (18) by a police officer Darren Wilson
- Aug 12 Ebola outbreak death toll exceeds 1000
- Aug 12 World Health Organization (WHO) gives its 'cautious blessing' to the use of experimental drugs to treat the Ebola virus
- Aug 13 Iranian mathematician Maryam Mirzakhani is the first woman to win the Fields Medal in mathematics
- Aug 13 Israeli and Palestinian cease fire agreed to on August 8 is extended for another 120 hours to provide time for further negotiations
LPGA Championship
Aug 17 LPGA Championship Women's Golf, Monroe GC: Defending champion Inbee Park of South Korea beats runner-up Brittany Lincicome on 1st hole of a sudden-death playoff for her 5th major title
Death of the Aral Sea
Aug 19 NASA satellites take photos showing that the eastern basin of the Aral Sea had for the first time completely dried up
- Aug 19 The 24 hour ceasefire extension renewal between Israel and Palestine is violated as Hamas fire rockets; Israeli Air Force respond, killing 9 Gazans
- Aug 21 Israeli airstrike in Rafah kills Mohammed Abu Shammala, Raed al Atar and Mohammed Barhoum - 3 of Hamas's top commanders
- Aug 22 2nd Ebola death in Nigeria, Africa’s most populated country
- Aug 23 Alex Puccio places second in the Boulder World Championship in Munich, Germany
- Aug 24 Canadian Open Women's Golf, London Hunt CC: Ryu So-yeon wins by 2 from fellow South Korean Na Yeon Choi
- Aug 24 Nurse William Pooley flies back to the UK for emergency treatment after contracting Ebola virus after attempting to treat patients in Sierra Leone
Emmy Awards
Aug 25 66th Primetime Emmy Awards hosted by Seth Meyers broadcast on NBC
Agreement of Interest
Aug 26 Burger King agrees to purchase Canadian donut chain Tim Hortons for $11.4 billion
- Aug 26 Democratic Republic of Congo's health ministry informs the WHO of an outbreak of Ebola; later confirmed as a different strain to that affecting west Africa
- Aug 26 Israel and Hamas accept another ceasefire
Birdman
Aug 27 "Birdman" directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu and starring Michael Keaton and Zach Galifianakis premieres at the Venice Film Festival (Best Picture, 2015)
- Aug 27 71st Venice Film Festival: "A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence" directed by Roy Andersson wins Golden Lion
- Aug 27 Medical charity Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) calls the international response to Ebola “irresponsible” and “slow and derisory”
- Aug 29 Riots break out in Guinea following rumours that health workers are deliberately transmitting the Ebola virus to locals
- Aug 29 Senegal is 5th country hit by Ebola
Famous Weddings
Kamala Harris
Aug 22 California Attorney General Kamala Harris marries lawyer Douglas Emhoff in Santa Barbara
Angelina Jolie & Brad Pitt
Aug 23 Actress Angelina Jolie (39) weds actor and film producer Brad Pitt (50) in Correns, France
Dwyane Wade
Aug 30 NBA basketball star Dwyane Wade (32) weds actress Gabrielle Union (41) at Miami's Chateau Artisan castle
- Aug 31 American model and TV host Jenny McCarthy (41) weds American singer and actor Donnie Wahlberg (45) at the Hotel Baker in St. Charles, Illinois
- Aug 31 American singer-songwriter Ashlee Simpson (29) weds American "Hunger Games" actor Evan Ross (26) in Greenwich, Connecticut
Famous Deaths
- Aug 2 Rosetta Hightower, American pop singer (The Orlons - "Don't Hang Up"), dies at 70
- Aug 4 James Brady, U.S. press secretary (wounded during Reagan assassin attempt), dies at 73
- Aug 4 Walter Massey, Canadian stage and screen actor (Shoestring Theatre; Arthur), dies at 85
- Aug 5 Arvind Apte, Indian cricketer (brother of Madhav Scored 8 & 7 in one Test), dies at 79
- Aug 5 Chapman Pincher, British journalist and author (about secret service), dies at 100
- Aug 5 Jesse Leonard Steinfeld, 11th US Surgeon General (1969-73), dies at 87
- Aug 6 LeRoy Pearce, American collegiate athlete and college football coach, 1950-70 (University of Miami, University of Tennessee, University of Arkansas, and 3 others), dies of complications from Alzheimer's disease at 86
- Aug 8 Charles Keating, English actor, dies from lung cancer at 72
- Aug 8 Peter Sculthorpe, Australian composer (Kakadu), dies at 85
- Aug 9 Edwin "Ed" Nelson, American actor (Peyton Place, A Long Came a Spider), dies of heart failure at 85
- Aug 9 Michael Brown, American shooting victim whose death provoked nationwide protests and civil unrest, shot dead by white Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson at 18
- Aug 10 Graham Gedye, New Zealand cricket batsman (4 Tests, 2 x 50; Auckland), dies at 85
Robin Williams (1951-2014)
Aug 11 American actor and comedian (Mork & Mindy, Jumanji, Dead Poets Society, Good Will Hunting), commits suicide by hanging himself at 63
Lauren Bacall (1924-2014)
Aug 12 American actress and singer named the 20th greatest female star of classic Hollywood cinema (Dark Passage, Key Largo), dies of a stroke at 89
- Aug 13 Frans Brüggen, Dutch flautist, recorder player, and conductor (Orchestra of the 18th Century), dies at 79
- Aug 15 Jay Adams, American skateboarder (Z-Boys; Skateboarding HOF), dies of a heart attack at 53
- Aug 15 Jerry Lumpe, American baseball player, dies at 81
- Aug 15 Licia Albanese, Italian-American operatic soprano (NY Metropolitan Opera, 1940-66), dies at 105
- Aug 18 Don Pardo, TV announcer (Jeopardy, Saturday Night Live), dies at 96
- Aug 18 Jim Jeffords, American politician (Senator-R+I-Vermont 1989-2007, Rep-R-VT, 1975-89), dies at 80
- Aug 20 (Hugh) "Buddy" MacMaster, Canadian Cape Breton fiddler, dies at 89
- Aug 20 B.K.S. Iyengar, Indian yoga advocate, dies at 95
- Aug 21 Roy Miller, West Indian cricket all-rounder (1 Test; Jamaica), dies at 89
- Aug 22 John Akers, American business executive (head of IBM, 1983-93), dies of a stroke at 79
Richard Attenborough (1923-2014)
Aug 24 English actor and director (Gandhi, Young Winston), dies at 90
- Aug 27 (Alexander) "Sandy" Wilson, British theatrical composer and lyricist (The Boy Friend; Divorce Me, Darling!), dies at 90
- Aug 27 Yehezkel Braun, Israeli composer (Shir ha-shirim), dies of natural causes at 92
- Aug 28 Bill Kerr, South African-born Australian actor (Hancock's Half Hour), dies at 92
- Aug 28 Glenn Cornick, British rock bassist (Jethro Tull, 1967-70; Wild Turkey), dies from heart failure at 67
- Aug 29 Björn Waldegård, Swedish rally driver (World Rally Championship 1979), dies from cancer at 70
