Boeing and McDonnell Douglas complete a merger.
Steve Jobs returns to Apple Computer, Inc at Macworld in Boston.
August 2 – Australian ski instructor Stuart Diver is rescued as the sole survivor from the Thredbo landslide in New South Wales, in which 18 die.
August 3 – Between 40–76 villagers are killed in the Oued El-Had and Mezouara massacre in Algeria.
August 4
185,000 Teamsters Union United Parcel Service drivers walk off the job.
Jeanne Calment, the oldest person ever, dies at age 122 years 164 days in Arles, France.
August 6
Microsoft buys a $150 million share of financially troubled Apple Computer
Korean Air Flight 801 crash lands west of Guam International Airport, resulting in the deaths of 228 people.
August 13 –
In Belo Horizonte, Brazil, Cruzeiro defeat Sporting Cristal of Peru 1–0, becoming the Copa Libertadores de Amщrica champions for the second time.
South Park premiers on Comedy Central.
August 20 – Over 60 are killed, 15 kidnapped in the Souhane massacre in Algeria; .
August 21 – Be Here Now, the third album from English rock band Oasis, becomes the fastest selling album in UK history.
August 26
60–100 are killed in the Beni-Ali massacre in Algeria.
The Independent International Commission on Decommissioning is set up in Northern Ireland, as part of a peace process.
August 29 – Over 98 (and possibly up to 400) are killed in the Rais massacre in Algeria.
August 31 – Death of Diana, Princess of Wales: Diana, Princess of Wales is taken to hospital after a car accident shortly after midnight, in the Pont de l'Alma road tunnel in Paris. She is pronounced dead at 3:00 am.