On This Day in History August 19, 2023

Historical Events 1839  Details of Louis Daguerre's 1st practical photographic process are released in Paris 1942  World War II: Over 4,000 Canadian and British soldiers killed, wounded or captured raiding Dieppe, France 1988  Iran and Iraq begin a cease-fire in their 8-year-old war (11 PM EDT) 1991  Conservative members of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union attempt to depose Mikhail Gorbachev in a coup d'état 2010  Operation Iraqi Freedom ends, with the last of the United States brigade combat teams crossing the border to Kuwait Famous Birthdays Bill Clinton 77th Birthday Christina Perri 37th Birthday Coco Chanel 1883 - 1971 John Flamsteed 1646 - 1719 More Famous Birthdays Famous Deaths Blaise Pascal 1623 - 1662 Jean Baptiste Joseph Delambre 1749 - 1822 More Famous Deaths