2005 – Adriana Iliescu gives birth at the age of 66
The Romanian university lecturer broke the record for the world's oldest birth mother.
1992 – The civil war in El Salvador ends
The war had lasted over 12 years and left more than 75,000 people dead.
1979 – The Shah of Iran flees the country
As a consequence, Ayatollah Khomeini later took power and proclaimed the Islamic Republic.
1919 – Prohibition begins in the United States
The 18th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution prohibited the manufacture, sale, or transportation of intoxicating liquors.
1974 – Kate Moss
English model
1959 – Sade Adu
Nigerian/English singer-songwriter, producer
1948 – John Carpenter
American director
1933 – Susan Sontag
American author
1932 – Dian Fossey
American zoologist
2009 – John Mortimer
English lawyer, author
1986 – Herbert W. Armstrong
American evangelist, author, publisher
1979 – Ted Cassidy
American actor
1957 – Arturo Toscanini
Italian conductor
1917 – George Dewey
American Admiral
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