Catholic Encyclical
Aug 1 Pope John XXIII publishes encyclical Sacerdotii nostri primordia
- Aug 1 WAAY TV channel 31 in Huntsville, AL (ABC/NBC) begins broadcasting
Willie McCovey's 1st HR
Aug 2 Future Hall of Fame 1st baseman Willie McCovey hits 1st of his 521 MLB home runs in SF Giants 5-3 win v Pittsburgh Pirates
- Aug 2 Milwaukee Braves outfielder Bill Bruton hits 3 triples in 11-5 win v St. Louis Cardinals; 2 of them bases loaded, first time in 20th Century
- Aug 2 PGA Championship Men's Golf, Minneapolis GC: Bob Rosburg wins by 1 stroke from Jerry Barber and Doug Sanders
- Aug 3 27th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 5-3 at Memorial Coliseum, LA
- Aug 3 50 killed in uprising in Guinea-Bissau
- Aug 3 AL beats NL 5-3 in Game 2 of All Star Baseball doubleheader (to boost player pension fund) at LA Memorial Coliseum
- Aug 4 "Billy Barnes Revue" opens at John Golden Theater NYC for 87 performances
- Aug 5 42.4 cm rainfall in Decatur Co, Iowa (state record)
- Aug 5 Chicago Cardinals (NFL) beat Toronto Argonauts (CFL), 55-26 in a pre-season exhibition at CNE Stadium in Toronto
- Aug 7 Explorer 6 transmits 1st TV photo of Earth from space
- Aug 12 1st ship firing of a Polaris missile, Observation Island
- Aug 12 Progressive Party under John Steytler forms in South Africa
- Aug 13 US Military satellite Discoverer 5 launches into polar orbit
- Aug 14 26th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: Baltimore 29, All-Stars 0 (70,000)
- Aug 14 First (American Football League) meeting is held in Chicago; charter memberships handed to Dallas, NY, Houston, Denver, LA and Minneapolis-Saint Paul; 'AFL' named following week
- Aug 16 LPGA Western Open Women's Golf, Ranier G&CC: Betsy Rawls wins her second WO by 6 strokes from JoAnne Gunderson and Patty Berg
- Aug 16 USSR introduces installment buying
- Aug 17 7.1 quake strikes Yellowstone National Park
- Aug 17 USSR & Iraq signs contract for building Iraqi nuclear reactor
Baseball History
Aug 18 Branch Rickey resigns as MLB Pittsburgh Pirates' CEO to be President of new baseball Continental League
- Aug 19 Honolulu, Hawaii seeks a franchise in baseball's new Continental League
- Aug 19 Satellite Discoverer 6 launched into polar orbit
- Aug 20 Belgium shortens military conscription to 12 months
- Aug 21 Hawaii becomes the 50th US state
- Aug 22 American Football League officially named at a meeting in Dallas, Texas; charter members Dallas, NY, Houston, Denver, LA and Minneapolis-Saint Paul
Baseball Record
Aug 22 Cincinnati Reds future Baseball Hall of Fame outfielder Frank Robinson hits 3 consecutive HRs (6 RBIs) in 11-4 win over St. Louis Cardinals at Crosley Field
Venice Film Festival
Aug 23 20th Venice Film Festival: "The Great War" directed by Mario Monicelli and "General della Rovere" directed by Roberto Rossellini jointly awarded Golden Lion
- Aug 24 England complete 5-0 series drubbing of India
- Aug 24 Hiram L Fong sworn in as 1st Chinese-American US Senator while Daniel K Inouye sworn in as 1st Japanese-American US Representative; both from Hawaii
Morris Mini-Minor
Aug 26 British Motor Corporation introduces the Morris Mini-Minor, designed by Alec Issigonis, it was only 10 ft long but seated 4 passengers
- Aug 31 48th Davis Cup: Australia beats USA in New York (3-2)
Baseball Record
Aug 31 Sandy Koufax breaks Dizzy Dean's NL mark of 18 strikeouts in a game
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