Caption: Salvador Allende was a Chilean physician and politician, known as the first Scientific Socialist to become president of a Latin American country through open and democratic elections. And he was the only one politician who pursued the socialist revolution by the peaceful and democratic methods.
Born: June 26, 1908
Star sign: Cancer
Source: IMDB
Allende became the Socialist President of Chile--elected by popular vote--in 1970 who was replaced by the now notorious Augusto Pinochet. It has been reported that Allende committed suicide. But it has not been determined whether his death was the result of a self-inflicted gunshot wound or by fire caused by invading troops in the military coup ...