87Let’s look at major events that happened today in history;
Today in History
2005 Adriana Iliescu gives birth at the age of 66
The Romanian university lecturer set the world record for the oldest birth mother.
1992 The civil war in El Salvador ends
The war 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.
27 BC The Roman Empire is established
On this day, the Roman Senate bestowed the honorific Augustus upon Octavian, marking the beginning of the Imperium Romanum.
Births On This Day, January 16
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
Deaths On This Day, January 16
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
