Today in History for 19th August 2015 From JJD

Events 1 - 5 of 182
43 BC - Octavian, later known as Augustus, compels the Roman Senate to elect him Consul.
1839 - Details of Louis Daguerre's 1st practical photographic process are released in Paris
1942 - WWI: Over 4,000 Canadian & British soldiers killed, wounded or captured raiding Dieppe, France
1988 - Iran-Iraq begin a cease-fire in their 8-year-old war (11 PM EDT)
2010 - Operation Iraqi Freedom ends, with the last of the United States brigade combat teams crossing the border to Kuwait.

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Famous Birthdays

Birthdays 1 - 4 of 237

Bill Clinton (1946)

Malcolm Forbes (1919)

Manuel L. Quezon (1878)

Orville Wright (1871)

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Famous Weddings

Weddings 1 - 5 of 7
1800 - Social reformer Elizabeth Fry (20) weds tea dealer Joseph Fry (23) at the Norwich Quaker Meeting House in Norwich, England
1935 - French singer Edith Piaf (19) weds Andrew Johnseppe in Belleville, Paris
1956 - Actor Christopher Plummer (26) weds actress Tammy Grimes (22) at Cherokee Castle in Sedalia, Colorado
1973 - Kris Kristofferson weds Rita Coolidge
1974 - Oscar-winning lyricist Tim Rice (29) weds Jane McIntosh

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Famous Divorces

Divorces 1 - 2 of 2
2008 - Actor-comedian Tom Arnold (48) divorces Shelby Roos (35) after six years of marriage
2011 - "My Fair Brady" actress Adrianne Curry (28) divorces "The Brady Bunch" actor Christopher Knight (53) due to irreconcilable differences after 5 years of marriage

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