- Aug 1 Indiana Pacers NBA super-star Paul George suffers a gruesome compound fracture of his lower right leg in a Team USA scrimmage
- Aug 1 USA and UN announce a 72 hour ceasefire between Israel and Palestine, though it quickly breaks down
- Aug 2 Super Rugby Final, ANZ Stadium, Sydney: NSW Waratahs win their first SR title in a nail-biting 33-32 home effort against New Zealand's Canterbury Crusaders
Sports History
Aug 3 Alex Puccio ascends Jade in Rocky Mountain National Park, becoming the fourth-ever woman to climb V14
- Aug 3 At least 13 Palestinians reported killed in ongoing air raids and tank shelling by Israel
- Aug 3 The Israeli Defence Force remove much of its ground forces from the Gaza Strip following the destruction of 32 tunnels built by Hamas and other militants
- Aug 4 Hamas and Israel agree to another 72 hour ceasefire
PGA Championship
Aug 10 PGA Championship Men's Golf, Valhalla GC: Rory McIlroy of Northern Ireland wins his second PGA C'ship by 1 shot from Phil Mickelson
- Aug 10 Unrest breaks out in Ferguson, Missouri after the shooting death of African-American Michael Brown (18) by a police officer Darren Wilson
- Aug 12 Ebola outbreak death toll exceeds 1000
- Aug 12 World Health Organization (WHO) gives its 'cautious blessing' to the use of experimental drugs to treat the Ebola virus
- Aug 13 Iranian mathematician Maryam Mirzakhani is the first woman to win the Fields Medal in mathematics
- Aug 13 Israeli and Palestinian cease fire agreed to on August 8 is extended for another 120 hours to provide time for further negotiations
LPGA Championship
Aug 17 LPGA Championship Women's Golf, Monroe GC: Defending champion Inbee Park of South Korea beats runner-up Brittany Lincicome on 1st hole of a sudden-death playoff for her 5th major title
Death of the Aral Sea
Aug 19 NASA satellites take photos showing that the eastern basin of the Aral Sea had for the first time completely dried up
- Aug 19 The 24 hour ceasefire extension renewal between Israel and Palestine is violated as Hamas fire rockets; Israeli Air Force respond, killing 9 Gazans
- Aug 21 Israeli airstrike in Rafah kills Mohammed Abu Shammala, Raed al Atar and Mohammed Barhoum - 3 of Hamas's top commanders
- Aug 22 2nd Ebola death in Nigeria, Africa’s most populated country
- Aug 23 Alex Puccio places second in the Boulder World Championship in Munich, Germany
- Aug 24 Canadian Open Women's Golf, London Hunt CC: Ryu So-yeon wins by 2 from fellow South Korean Na Yeon Choi
- Aug 24 Nurse William Pooley flies back to the UK for emergency treatment after contracting Ebola virus after attempting to treat patients in Sierra Leone
Emmy Awards
Aug 25 66th Primetime Emmy Awards hosted by Seth Meyers broadcast on NBC
Agreement of Interest
Aug 26 Burger King agrees to purchase Canadian donut chain Tim Hortons for $11.4 billion
- Aug 26 Democratic Republic of Congo's health ministry informs the WHO of an outbreak of Ebola; later confirmed as a different strain to that affecting west Africa
- Aug 26 Israel and Hamas accept another ceasefire
Birdman
Aug 27 "Birdman" directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu and starring Michael Keaton and Zach Galifianakis premieres at the Venice Film Festival (Best Picture, 2015)
- Aug 27 71st Venice Film Festival: "A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence" directed by Roy Andersson wins Golden Lion
- Aug 27 Medical charity Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) calls the international response to Ebola “irresponsible” and “slow and derisory”
- Aug 29 Riots break out in Guinea following rumours that health workers are deliberately transmitting the Ebola virus to locals
- Aug 29 Senegal is 5th country hit by Ebola
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