Detroit Tigers pitcher Denny McLain becomes the first major league pitcher since 1934 to win 30 games with a 5-4 win over the Oakland A's.
Actor William Talman, most famous for playing District Attorney Hamilton Burger on the Perry Mason TV series, died on August 30th, 1968. He made two anti-smoking commercials and passed away of lung cancer four weeks after filming the second one. He was 53 years old.