- Aug 1 2nd San Diego Comic-Con International opens at U.S. Grant Hotel
- Aug 1 EAA Convention moves from Rockford Ill to Oshkosh, Wi
Baseball Record
Aug 1 Future Hall of Fame outfielder Willie Stargell smacks 3 doubles and 2 homers in a 20-10 Pirates win v Braves at Atlanta Stadium
- Aug 1 KTSD TV channel 10 in Pierre, SD (PBS) begins broadcasting
- Aug 2 France performs nuclear test at Fangataufa Island
- Aug 2 Rubber bullets used for the first time in Northern Ireland during 'The Troubles'
- Aug 3 Christopher Hampton's "Philanthropist" premieres in London
- Aug 3 Hurricane "Celia" becomes most expensive Gulf storm in history
- Aug 3 Mairiam Hargrave of Yorkshire passes her driving test on 40th try
- Aug 3 The second ever NFL work stoppage ends with NFL and Players' Association agreeing to a 4-year, $19.1 million deal
Music History
Aug 4 Jim Morrison arrested for public drunkenness in Los Angeles
- Aug 5 Robert Morley's "How the Other Half Loves" premieres in London
- Aug 5 US Black P. Panther leader Huey Newton freed from jail after two trials ended in hung juries and the district attorney decides against a 4th trial
Music History
Aug 6 "Festival for Peace" concert held at Shea Stadium, NYC to mark 25th anniversary of Hiroshima bombing; performers include Janis Joplin, Paul Simon, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Steppenwolf, Miles Davis, Johnny Winter, Herbie Hancock, Dionne Warwick, John Sebastian, The Rascals, and the Broadway cast of "Hair"
- Aug 6 France performs nuclear test at Mururoa atoll
- Aug 6 Italian government of Mariano Rumor resigns
Music History
Aug 7 British keyboard playing singer-songwriter Christine McVie (née Perfect) joins rock band Fleetwood Mac
- Aug 7 First all-computer chess championship is conducted in New York and won by CHESS 3.0 (CDC 6400), a program written by Slate, Atkin & Gorlen at Northwestern University
- Aug 7 Shootout at Marin Courthouse in San Rafael, California, kills 4, including the presiding judge
- Aug 7 WDHN TV channel 18 in Dothan, AL (ABC) begins broadcasting
Baseball History
Aug 8 NY Yankees honor Casey Stengel, retiring his number 37 (BTG was there)
Jim Morrison's Trial
Aug 10 Jim Morrison's trial for "lewd and lascivious behavior" begins in Miami, Florida
- Aug 11 Cincinnati Reds slugger Tony Perez becomes 1st to hitter to launch a HR into the red seats at Riverfront Stadium in Cincinnati, Ohio
Sports History
Aug 11 Future Baseball HOF pitcher Jim Bunning becomes second Cy Young Award winner to win 100 games in both NL and AL, as his Philadelphia Phillies beat Astros 6-5 at Astrodome in Houston, Texas
- Aug 11 Two Royal Ulster Constabulary officers are killed by the Irish Republican Army when they set off a booby trap bomb planted in a car near Crossmaglen, County Armagh
Sports History
Aug 12 Curt Flood loses his $41 million antitrust suit against baseball [1]
- Aug 13 Pamphlet bombs which scatter revolutionary African National Congress propaganda leaflets explode in Cape Town, Johannesburg, Durban and Port Elizabeth, South Africa
- Aug 14 City University of NY inaugurates open admissions
- Aug 14 Steven Stills arrested for drug possession
- Aug 15 Patricia Palinkas becomes 1st woman pro football player (Orlando)
PGA Championship
Aug 16 PGA Championship Men's Golf, Southern Hills CC: Dave Stockton wins 1st of 2 PGA C'ships by 2 shots from Bob Murphy and Arnold Palmer
Event of Interest
Aug 21 The Social and Democratic Labour Party (SDLP) is established with Gerry Fitt as the first leader of the party
Baseball Record
Aug 23 Roberto Clemente compiles his record 2nd straight 5-hit game
- Aug 24 Bomb kills 1 at U of Wisconsin's Army Math Research Center in Madison
Music History
Aug 25 Elton John's 1st US appearance (Troubador - West Hollywood, Los Angeles, California)
- Aug 26 Minister of Home Affairs Robert Porter resigns from the Stormont government (North Ireland parliament)
Slow Blues
Aug 27 Jimi Hendrix creates his last studio recording at Electric Lady Studios in NYC, an instrumental called "Slow Blues"
- Aug 28 "I'll Be There" single by The Jackson 5 is released (Billboard Song of the Year 1970)
- Aug 28 Phillies Larry Bowa steals home for 2nd time in 1970
- Aug 29 Black Panthers confront cops in Philadelphia (1 cop killed)
- Aug 31 59th Davis Cup: US beats Germany in Cleveland (5-0); American 22nd title
- Aug 31 Lonnie McLucas, a Black Panther activist, convicted of conspiracy to commit murder
- Aug 31 Molukkers occupy Indonesian ambassador's home in Wassenaar
- Aug 31 WKMJ TV channel 68 in Louisville, Kentucky (PBS) begins broadcasting
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