In August 1967 Capp was the narrator and host of an ABC network special called Do Blondes Have More Fun?

On August 18, 1967, Red Sox batter Tony Conigliaro was hit almost directly in the left eye by a fastball thrown by Jack Hamilton of the California Angels.

* Alfredo Ottaviani ( 3 August 1961 – 26 June 1967 )

At the time, the final episode of The Fugitive held the record for the greatest number of American homes with television sets to watch a series finale, at 72 % in August 1967.

Herbert Blaize was the first Premier of the Associated State of Grenada from March to August 1967.

Eric Gairy served as Premier from August 1967 until February 1974, as the Grenada United Labour Party party won majorities in both the 1967 and 1972 general elections.

Hugo Gernsback ( August 16, 1884 – August 19, 1967 ), born Hugo Gernsbacher, was a Luxembourgian American inventor, writer, editor, and magazine publisher, best remembered for publications that included the first science fiction magazine.

He died at Roosevelt Hospital in New York City on August 19, 1967.

Gernsback held 80 patents by the time of his death in New York City on August 19, 1967.

Harold Edward Holt, CH ( 5 August 190817 December 1967 ) was an Australian politician and the 17th Prime Minister of Australia.

The entire area of the West Bank and Gaza, previously annexed by Jordan and occupied by Egypt respectively, was controlled by Israel from the 1967 war until August 2005, when Israel withdrew from Gaza.

James Tiptree, Jr. ( August 24, 1915 – May 19, 1987 ) was the pen name of American science fiction author Alice Bradley Sheldon, used from 1967 to her death.

John Kingsley (" Joe ") Orton ( 1 January 1933 – 9 August 1967 ), was an English playwright and author.

On 9 August 1967, Kenneth Halliwell bludgeoned 34-year-old Orton to death at his home in Islington, London, with nine hammer blows to the head, and then committed suicide with an overdose of 22 Nembutal tablets washed down with the juice from canned grapefruit.

The 22 November 1970 edition of The Sunday Times reported that on 5 August 1967, four days before the murder, Orton went to the Chelsea Potter pub in the King's Road.

Two archive recordings of Orton are known to survive: a short BBC radio interview first transmitted in August 1967 and a video recording, held by the British Film Institute, of his appearance on Eamonn Andrews ' ITV chat show transmitted 23 April 1967.

Bench was drafted 36th overall by the Cincinnati Reds in the second round of the 1965 amateur draft, playing for the minor-league Buffalo Bisons in the 1966 and 1967 seasons before being called up to the Reds in August 1967.

He was a member of the Grateful Dead from September 1967 to February 1971, and from October 1974 to August 1995.

Several key events occurred, which raised public awareness of the New Age subculture: the production of the musical Hair: The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical ( 1967 ) with its opening song " Aquarius " and its memorable line " This is the dawning of the Age of Aquarius "; publication of Linda Goodman's best-selling astrology books Sun Signs ( 1968 ) and Love Signs ( 1978 ); the release of Shirley MacLaine's book Out on a Limb ( 1983 ), later adapted into a television mini-series with the same name ( 1987 ); and the " Harmonic Convergence " planetary alignment on August 16 and 17, 1987, organized by José Argüelles at Sedona in the U. S. state of Arizona.

An August 1940 plebiscite endorsed Estigarribia's constitution, which remained in force until 1967.

In August 1967, a new Constitution created the two-house Paraguayan legislature and formally allowed Stroessner to serve for two more five-year presidential terms.

In August 1825 Baker was resighted by Captain Obed Starbuck of the Loper, also a Nantucket whaler.

As Bush lagged in the polls in the weeks preceding the August 1992 Republican National Convention, some Republican strategists ( led by Secretary of State James Baker ) viewed Quayle as a liability to the ticket and pushed for his replacement.

The debut album was then re-mixed by producer Roy Thomas Baker and re-released on August 20, 1982, two months after its Canadian Warner Music Group release using the original Leathür mixes, to coincide with the tour.

* August 19 – Ginger Baker, English drummer

* August 26 – Art Baker, American actor ( b. 1898 )

* August 28 – Tom Baker, American actor ( d. 1982 )

* August 9 – Augustine Baker, Welsh Benedictine mystic ( b. 1575 )

Johnson was touched by a Senate scandal in August 1963 when Bobby Baker, the Senate Majority Secretary and a protégé of Johnson's, came under investigation by the Senate Rules Committee for allegations of bribery and financial malfeasance.

Baker was merged with Collins and Aikman Corporation ( C & A ), becoming a major industry in Person County for several decades before closing in August 2006.

Still Pond Vineyard & Winery, a family-owned and operated Vineyard, bordering Baker County in southern region, hosts 3 festivals including a Bud Break Bash the first Saturday in April, a Grape Stomp the first Saturday in August, and a Holiday Festival the first Saturday in December.

But disaster struck on August 6, 1856, when dams on the Upper and Lower Baker ponds in Orford breached during a flood, releasing a wall of water down Pond Brook to the Baker River.

Baker, though he had opposed James, refused to take the oaths to William ; he resigned Long Newton on 1 August 1690, and retired to St John's, in which he was protected till 20 January 1716 / 1717, when he and twenty-one others were deprived of their fellowships.

Kenneth George " Kenny " Baker ( born 24 August 1934 ) is a British actor and musician, best known as the man inside R2-D2 in the popular Star Wars film series.

Peter Edward " Ginger " Baker ( born 19 August 1939, Lewisham, South London ) is an English drummer, best known for his work with Cream and Blind Faith.

* 1948 North Ridge of Mount Baker, North Cascades Fred Beckey, Ralph and Dick Widrig ( August 1948 )

James Addison Baker was born in Houston, Texas at 1216 Bissonnet, to James A. Baker, Jr. ( 1892 – 1973 ) and Ethel Bonner ( née Means ) Baker ( August 6, 1894 – April 26, 1991 ).

## George Baker ( August 3, 1999 )

## James Baker ( January 20, 1989 – August 23, 1992 )

In August, Baker and another pilot were promoted and given command of their own squadron ; Baker was given charge of the 141st Squadron, composed of 26 pilots and 180 enlisted men stationed behind the front line, where they had to wait for equipment to arrive before leaving for the front.

* August 9-Augustine Baker, religious writer ( born 1575 )

* In Jackson v. Abercrombie, federal District Court judge Alan Kay on August 8, 2012, citing Baker v. Nelson as controlling, rejected the claim by two lesbians that Hawaii's failure to provide for same-sex marriage violated the U. S. Constitution's guarantees of due process and equal protection under the Fourteenth Amendment.