Rock metal singer Caroline Westendorp

Events in 1989 and 11-1

Events in the world in the birth year of Caroline Westendorp

• US planes shoot down two Libyan fighters over international waters in Mediterranean (Jan. 4).
• Iran's Ayatollah Khomeini declares author Salman Rushdie's book The Satanic Verses offensive and sentences him to death (Feb. 14).
• Tens of thousands of Chinese students take over Beijing's Tiananmen Square in rally for democracy (April 19 et seq.). More than one million in Beijing demonstrate for democracy; chaos spreads across nation (mid-May et seq.). Thousands killed in Tiananmen Square as Chinese leaders take hard line toward demonstrators (June 4 et seq.).
• Mikhail S. Gorbachev named Soviet President (May 25).
• P. W. Botha quits as South Africa's President (Aug. 14).
• Deng Xiaoping resigns from China's leadership (Nov. 9).
• After 28 years, Berlin Wall is open to West (Nov. 11).
• Czech Parliament ends Communists' dominant role (Nov. 30).
• Romanian uprising overthrows Communist government (Dec. 15 et seq.); President Ceausescu and wife executed (Dec. 25).
• US troops invade Panama, seeking capture of General Manuel Noriega (Dec. 20).

Birthday Caroline Westendorp (11-1) in history

• Day 11-1 year 1935: Amelia Earhart became the first person to fly solo from Hawaii to California.
• Day 11-1 year 1964: The first government report regarding the dangers of cigarette smoking was issued by the U.S. Surgeon General, Luther Terry.
• Day 11-1 year 1973: Baseball's American League adopted the "designated hitter" rule which allowed another player to bat for the pitcher.
• Day 11-1 year 2002: The first al-Qaeda prisoners arrive at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
• Day 11-1 year 2003: Outgoing Illinois governor George Ryan cleared the state's death row by commuting the sentences of 167 inmates.
• Day 11-1 year 2011: The Arab Spring movement begins in Tunisia when demonstrators take to the streets to protest chronic unemployment and police brutality.