01 August 1933 : NRA (National Recovery Administration) forms
01 August 1928 : Babe Ruth hits HR # 42 and is 4 weeks ahead of his 1927 pace
01 August 1927 : Earliest date for a film to be considered for the Academy Awards
01 August 1926 : Battles between Druzen and French in Damascus
01 August 1926 : Failed assassination on General Primo de Rivera in Barcelona
01 August 1925 : Shortwave-radio link between Kootwijk and Netherlands East-Indies
01 August 1922 : Hendrikus Colijn becomes political editor-in-chief of The Standard
01 August 1920 : Papendrecht soccer team forms
01 August 1920 : Peace of Riga-Independence of Latvia
01 August 1919 : Queen Wilhelmina opens 1st Air Fair in Amsterdam
01 August 1919 : Treffers soccer team forms in Groesbeek
01 August 1918 : British troops enter Vladivostok
01 August 1918 : Pittsburgh Pirates beat Boston Braves, 2-0, in 21 innings
01 August 1917 : Frank Little, IWW organizer, lynched in Butte, Montana
01 August 1916 : Hawaii National Park forms