Once Upon A Time – August 19 – 1970 – The Chinese Community In South Africa Is Granted ‘White’ Status

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 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

Historical Events Today
Today in Film & TV
1950 ABC begins Saturday morning kid shows (Animal Clinic & Acrobat Ranch)

Today in Music
2008 “The Fame”, debut album by Lady Gaga, is released (Grammy Award Album of the Year, Best Electronic/Dance Album 2009)

Today in Sport
1909 Indianapolis Motor Speedway, home of automobile race Indianapolis 500, opens in Speedway, Indiana

MORE FACTS…
1970 The Chinese Community in South Africa is granted ‘White’ status

1900 Start of first and only Olympic cricket match in Paris; GB beats France by 158 runs

Famous Weddings
1800 Social reformer Elizabeth Fry née Gurney (20) weds tea dealer Joseph Fry (23) at the Norwich Quaker Meeting House in Norwich, England

1935 French singer Édith Piaf (19) weds Andrew Johnseppe in Belleville, Paris

1956 Actor Christopher Plummer (26) weds actress Tammy Grimes (22) at Cherokee Castle in Sedalia, Colorado