- Aug 1 American athlete Michael Johnson wins 200m at the Atlanta Olympics in a world record 19.32 seconds to become the first man to complete the 200m-400m double
- Aug 1 Dan O'Brien wins the decathlon gold medal at the Atlanta Olympics to become the first American since Bruce Jenner in 1976 to win the gruelling event
- Aug 1 French sprinter Marie-José Pérec wins the 200m final at the Atlanta Olympics to become only the 2nd athlete to win the 200-400m Olympic double (Valerie Brisco-Hooks 1984)
A Game of Thrones
Aug 1 George R.R. Martin publishes the epic fantasy novel "A Game of Thrones", the first in his series "A Song of Ice and Fire"
- Aug 1 Launch of MTV's second TV channel, M2
- Aug 1 Tiffeny Milbrett scores the winner as the US beats China 2-1 at the Atlanta Olympics for the first ever Olympic gold medal in women's soccer
Dream Team III
Aug 2 The star-studded United States men's basketball team, Dream Team III, beat Yugoslavia 95-69 to win the gold medal at the Atlanta Olympics
Tour de France
Aug 3 5-time Tour de France winner Miguel Induráin of Spain wins the 52.2k road time trial in 1:04:05, 12 seconds ahead of countryman Abraham Olano at the Atlanta Olympics
Andre Agassi
Aug 3 American Andre Agassi wins the men's singles Tennis gold medal at the Atlanta Olympics beating Spaniard Sergi Bruguera 6-2, 6-3, 6-1
- Aug 3 US General William F. Garrison accepts responsibility for outcome of the 1993 raid in Somalia, and retires from military service
Canadian Women's Open
Aug 4 Canadian Open Women's Golf (du Maurier Classic), Edmonton CC: Laura Davies wins by 2 from Karrie Webb and Nancy Lopez
Baseball Hall of Fame
Aug 4 Jim Bunning, Earl Weaver, Bill Foster and Ned Hanlon inducted into Baseball Hall of Fame, Cooperstown, NY
- Aug 4 XXVI Summer Olympic Games close in Atlanta, Georgia
- Aug 5 Kansas City Chiefs rout Dallas Cowboys 32-6 in an NFL pre-season exhibition game in Monterrey Mexico
- Aug 6 Korean Air Flight 801 crashes in the United States territory of Guam, killing 228 people
- Aug 6 NASA announces that life may have existed on Mars after examining meteorite ALH84001, thought to be from Mars
US Sanctions Against Libya
Aug 6 US President Bill Clinton signs a new bill imposing sanctions on non-US companies which invest over $40 million a year in the energy sectors of Iran or Libya
- Aug 8 American jazz artist Mel Tormé (70), suffers a stroke, ending his 65-year singing career
- Aug 10 Dare & Go ends Cigars record tying victory streak at 16
- Aug 10 New Zealand beats South Africa, 29-18 in Cape Town to win the inaugural Tri Nations Rugby Series with an unbeaten record; All Blacks flyhalf Andrew Mehrtens lands 5 penalties and 2 conversions
- Aug 10 Parlisha Williams (Louisiana) crowned Ms Black USA Metroplex
- Aug 10 Yanks lose ending 3rd best home series victory streak at 24
- Aug 11 PGA Championship Men's Golf, Vallhalla GC: Mark Brooks wins his first major title with birdie on first playoff hole against fellow American Kenny Perry
A Thousand Clowns
Aug 11 Revival of Herb Gardner's stage comedy-drama "A Thousand Clowns" starring Judd Hirsch, closes at Criterion Theater, NYC, after 32 performances
Women's British Open
Aug 18 British Open Women's Golf, Woburn, Duke's Course: Emilee Klein wins by 7 strokes ahead of fellow Americans Amy Alcott and Penny Hammel
- Aug 18 Record 6,654 tap at Macy's Tap-o-mania in NYC
- Aug 19 The major South African political parties begin their submission to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC)
- Aug 20 India defeat Pakistan in Under-15 World Challenge Final at Lord's
- Aug 21 Christie Lee Woods, 18, of Texas, crowned 14th Miss Teen USA
- Aug 21 In Venezuela, a subsidiary of state-owned Petroleos de Venezuela (PdVSA), Corpoven, signs a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with U.S.-based ARCO
- Aug 21 Netscape Browser 3.0 is released
Hughie
Aug 21 Revival of Eugene O'Neill's' drama "Hughie", directed by Al Pacino, and starring Pacino and Paul Benedict, opens at Circle in the Square Theater, NYC; runs for 56 performances
- Aug 22 ANC makes its first submission to Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC)
Bin Laden's Declaration of War
Aug 23 Osama bin Laden issues message entitled "A declaration of war against the Americans occupying the land of the two holy places"
- Aug 25 96th US Golf Amateur Championship won by Tiger Woods
7th Heaven
Aug 26 "7th Heaven", starring Jessica Biel, debuts on The WB
- Aug 26 US President Bill Clinton signs welfare reform into law, representing major shift in welfare policy
Sports History
Aug 27 Dino Ciccarelli is traded by the Detroit Red Wings to the Tampa Bay Lightning
Venice Film Festival
Aug 28 53rd Venice Film Festival: "Michael Collins" directed by Neil Jordan wins Golden Lion
- Aug 28 Liam Botham takes 5-67 on 1st-class debut Hants v Middlesex
- Aug 29 Vnukovo Airlines Flight 2801, a Vnukovo Airlines Tupolev Tu-154, crashes into a mountain on the Arctic island of Spitsbergen, killing all 141 aboard.
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