Music History
Aug 1 3-day Atlantic City Pop Festival opens at the Atlantic City Race Course in Hamilton Township, New Jersey; performers include: Procol Harum; Joni Mitchell; Chicago; Santana; Little Richard; Booker T and the MG's; Sir Douglas Quintet; Janis Joplin; Jefferson Airplane, B.B. King; The Byrds; Creedence Clearwater Revival; Tim Buckley; Hugh Masekela; Dr. John; and The Mothers of Invention; attendance estimated at 110,000
- Aug 1 36th Chicago Charities College All-Star Game: NY Jets 26, All-Stars 24 (74,208)
- Aug 1 Mariner 6 sends close-up photos of Mars
Event of Interest
Aug 2 US President Richard Nixon visits Romania
Baseball Record
Aug 5 Pirates outfielder Willie Stargell smashes first and longest home run ever hit out of Dodger Stadium; the incomparable shot off Alan Foster, measures 506 feet
- Aug 5 The UVF plant their first bomb in the Republic of Ireland, damaging the RTÉ Television Centre in Dublin
- Aug 8 The Beatles are photographed by Iain MacMillan crossing the street as they walk away from EMI Recording Studios, for the cover of their "Abbey Road" album [1]
- Aug 9 Kander and Ebbs' musical "Zorba" closes at Imperial Theater, NYC, after 305 performances
- Aug 9 Manson family commits Tate-LaBianca murders
Sports History
Aug 10 Don Sutton breaks his 13-game losing streak to Cubs with a 4-2 win
Sports History
Aug 11 Future Baseball HOF'er Don Drysdale, the last LA Dodger to play in Brooklyn, retires because of damage to his right pitching shoulder
- Aug 12 Battle of the Bogside: RUC officers, backed by loyalists, entered the nationalist Bogside in armoured cars and tried to suppress the riot by using CS gas, water cannon and eventually firearms; the almost continuous rioting lasted for two days
- Aug 12 Boston Celtics sold for an NBA record $6 million
Sports History
Aug 13 Baltimore Oriole Jim Palmer no-hits Oakland A's, 8-0
Election of Interest
Aug 13 Temp Commissioner Bowie Kuhn elected for 7-year term by unanimous vote
- Aug 14 British Army deploys on the streets of Northern Ireland, marking the beginning of Operation Banner
- Aug 14 In response to events in Derry, Irish nationalists hold protests throughout Northern Ireland, some of these became violent
- Aug 14 NY Mets fall 9½ games back, later to win pennant
Woodstock Music and Art Fair
Aug 15 Woodstock Festival opens in Bethel, New York on Max Yasgur's Dairy Farm; performers include Richie Havens, Tim Hardin, Ravi Shankar, Melanie, Arlo Guthrie, and Joan Baez
- Aug 16 First performance of Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young (Auditorium Theater, Chicago)
Music Concert
Aug 16 Second day of the Woodstock Festival in Bethel, New York; performers include Santana, John Sebastian; Mountain, Grateful Dead, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Janis Joplin, Sly and the Family Stone, The Who, and Jefferson Airplane
- Aug 16 V.V. Giri is elected the fourth President of India
- Aug 16 WATL TV channel 36 in Atlanta, GA begins broadcasting
- Aug 17 Hurricane Camille strikes US coastline and kills 259 people (mainly in Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana)
- Aug 17 NY Jets beat NY Giants, 37-14 in their first meeting (pre-season)
PGA Championship
Aug 17 PGA Championship Men's Golf, NCR CC: Ray Floyd wins first of his 4 major titles by 1 stroke from South African Gary Player
Music Concert
Aug 17 Woodstock Festival closes with Jimi Hendrix and the Band of Gypsys as final act (taking the stage at 9AM on the 18th); other performers included Joe Cocker, Country Joe MacDonald & The Fish, The Band, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, and Sha Na Na
Music History
Aug 18 Mick Jagger accidentally shot while filming "Ned Kelly" in Australia; he survives
Film Premiere
Aug 19 Film adaptation of Arlo Guthrie's song "Alice's Restaurant", directed by Arthur Penn, and starring Guthrie premieres
Sports History
Aug 19 MLB Chicago Cubs pitcher Ken Holtzman no-hits visiting Atlanta Braves, 3-0 at Wrigley Field
Famous Photo
Aug 22 The Beatles last official group photo session, at John & Yoko's home 'Tittenhurst Park', near Ascot
- Aug 23 30th Venice Film Festival opens
- Aug 23 Audrey McElmory (US) wins World Cycling Championships, Brno Czechoslovakia
- Aug 23 France's Une De Mai wins International Trot at Roosevelt Raceway Czechoslovakia (1st American to win cycling race title since 1912)
- Aug 24 Peru nationalizes US oil interests
- Aug 25 Det Lions beat Boston Patriots 22-9 in Montreal (NFL expo)
- Aug 27 Lindy's Pride wins Hambletonian Stakes
- Aug 27 Mike Procter hits six consecutive sixes (across two overs)
Sports History
Aug 29 Joe Pepitone quits NY Yankees after being fined $500 for leaving the bench
- Aug 29 KYUS TV channel 3 in Miles City, MT (ABC/NBC) begins broadcasting
Sky River Rock Festival
Aug 30 3-day 2nd Annual Sky River Rock Festival opens in Tenino Washington - 25,000 attend; performers include: James Cotton; Country Joe and the Fish; Flying Burrito Brothers; Dan Hicks and His Hot Licks; Mississippi Fred McDowelll; Steve Miller Band; and Sons of Champlin
- Aug 30 3-day New Orleans Pop Festival opens - 25,000 attend; performers include: Spiral Staircase;. Rex; The Byrds; Janis Joplin: Grateful Dead; Chicago; Dr. John; and Santana
- Aug 30 3-day Texas International Pop Festival opens in Lewisville, Texas - 125,000 attend; performers include: Chicago Transit Authority; Delaney and Bonnie and Friends; Grand Funk Railroad; Janis Joplin; B.B. King; Led Zeppelin; Nazz; Sam and Dave; Sly and the Family Stone; and Johnny Winter
- Aug 30 69th US Golf Amateur Championship won by American Steve Melnyk
- Aug 30 Racial disturbances in Fort Lauderdale, Florida
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