Ben-Gurion Wins Election
Aug 1 David Ben-Gurion's Mapai-party wins Israeli parliamentary election
- Aug 3 William H Jackson ends term as deputy director of CIA
- Aug 5 Uprising by Moluccan soldiers from Indonesia at Ambonezen Camp, Netherlands
- Aug 6 The National Museum of Racing opens in Congress Park at Saratoga Springs, N.Y
- Aug 6 Typhoon floods kill 4,800 in Manchuria
- Aug 7 Douglas D-558-II Skyrocket reaches 1,992 kph
- Aug 7 US Viking rocket reaches 210 km height (record)
- Aug 9 Dutch Korea volunteers win US Collective Unit Citation
- Aug 11 First televised baseball game in colour on WCBS in New York City; Boston Braves beat Brooklyn Dodgers, 8-1
- Aug 11 New York Giants (NFL) beat Ottawa Roughriders (CFL), 38-6 in Ottawa
- Aug 11 NY Giants lose 4-0 to Philadelphia Phillies at the Polo Grounds, NYC to go 13½ games behind Brooklyn Dodgers; go on to win NL pennant with 98-59-0 record
- Aug 13 Great Britain & Iraq sign new oil contract
A Place in the Sun
Aug 14 "A Place in the Sun", film adptation of Theodore Dreiser's "An American Tragedy", directed by George Stevens, starring Montgomery Clift, Elizabeth Taylor and Shelley Winters premieres in Los Angeles, California; wins 6 Academy Awards, including Best Director, 1952
Sports History
Aug 19 Bill Veeck (St. Louis Browns) sends Eddie Gaedel, a 3'7" little person, to pinch-hit; he walked on four pitches.
Venice Film Festival
Aug 20 12th Venice Film Festival: "Rashomon" directed by Akira Kurosawa wins the Golden Lion
- Aug 22 Harlem Globetrotters play in Olympic Stadium, Berlin before 75,052
- Aug 24 Bill Veeck's MLB St. Louis Browns hold "Grandstand Manager's Day" - coaches hold up placards for fans to vote on strategy options; Browns defeat visiting A's, 5-3
- Aug 25 Cleveland Indians win 16th straight home game
- Aug 26 Dutch professor Jacob Jongbloed demonstrates an artificial heart in Paris
An American In Paris
Aug 26 Film "An American In Paris" with music by George Gershwin, directed by Vincente Minnelli, starring Gene Kelly and Leslie Caron premieres in London (Academy Awards Best Picture, 1952)
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