13 August 2006 (Sunday)
- Baseball: Cleveland Indians designated hitter Travis Hafner hits his sixth grand slam of the season in a 13–0 win over the Kansas City Royals. Hafner ties the record for grand slams in a season set by Don Mattingly in 1987 (AP via Yahoo)
- Football: FA Community Shield at Millennium Stadium, Cardiff
- Liverpool 2 – 1 Chelsea
- Auto racing: Kevin Harvick wins the NEXTEL Cup AMD at The Glen.
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Famous quotes containing the word august:
“If August passes
flowerless,
and the frosts come,
will I have learned to rejoice enough
in the sober wonder of
green healthy leaves?”
—Denise Levertov (b. 1923)