Sunday 26th of October 1919 (+) — Shah of Iran Mohammad Reza Pahlavi is born
Friday 27th of March 1970 (+) — Princess of Iran Leila Pahlavi is born
Sunday 1st of April 1979 (x) — Founder of the Islamic Republic of Iran Ruhollah Khomeini calls out the Islamitic Republic
Friday 25th of April 1980 (x) —
'Operation Eagle Claw' was an aborted attempt to free the American hostages in their embassy.
Tuesday 14th of February 1989 (x) — Spiritual leader of Iran Ayatollah Khomeini proclaims a fatwā requiring the execution of Writer Salman Rushdie on Radio Tehran
Saturday 3rd of June 1989 (-) — Founder of the Islamic Republic of Iran Ruhollah Khomeini dies of a heart attack
Khomeini suffered five heart attacks in ten days.
Tuesday 12th of August 1997 (-) — Serial killer Ali Reza Kordiyeh is executed by hanging from a crane
Twenty thousand spectators turned out for the event chanting "Allahu Akbar" while Kordiyeh received a flogging of 214 lashes from relatives of his victims and then tied to a yellow building crane and lifted, legs kicking, high into the air with a rope around his neck. Relatives of the victims had called for Kordiyeh to be stoned to death. They had also called for his hands to be cut off before execution because he had also been accused of theft.
