Adriana Iliescu gives birth at the age of 66
The Romanian university lecturer broke the record for the world’s oldest birth mother.

The civil war in El Salvador ends
The war had lasted over 12 years and left more than 75,000 people dead.

The Shah of Iran flees the country
As a consequence, Ayatollah Khomeini later took power and proclaimed the Islamic Republic.

Prohibition begins in the United States
The 18th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution prohibited the manufacture, sale, or transportation of intoxicating liquors.

The Roman Empire is established
One of the events marking the beginning of the Imperium Romanum was the Roman Senate’s granting of the honorific Augustus to Octavian on this day.