43BC - 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-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
2004 – The search engine company Google Inc. raised $1.66 billion in its initial public offering; in an unusual move, the shares were sold in a public auction intended to put the average investor on an equal footing with financial industry professionals.
2010 - Operation Iraqi Freedom ends, with the last of the United States brigade combat teams crossing the border to Kuwait
Births & Deaths: 1883 – French fashion designer Coco Chanel—who, with her elegantly casual creations, ruled over Parisian haute couture for almost six decades—was born. 1946 - Bill Clinton [William Jefferson], 42nd US President (Democrat, 1993-2001), born in Hope, Arkansas
1964 – The Beatles took America by storm during their famous first visit, wowing the millions who watched them during their historic television appearances on The Ed Sullivan Show in February 1964.
