Fashion designer Van Thanh Cong

Events in 1980 and 10-10

Events in the world in the birth year of Van Thanh Cong

• Six US embassy aides escape from Iran with Canadian help (Jan. 29). Background: Iran Hostage Crisis
• US breaks diplomatic ties with Iran (April 7).
• Eight US servicemen are killed and five are injured as helicopter and cargo plane collide in abortive desert raid to rescue American hostages in Teheran (April 25). Background: Iran Hostage Crisis
• Anastasio Somoza Debayle, ousted Nicaraguan ruler, and two aides are assassinated in Paraguayan capital of Asunción (Sept. 17).
• Iraqi troops hold 90 square miles of Iran after invasion; 8-year Iran-Iraq War begins (Sept. 19).
• Three US nuns and a lay worker are found shot in El Salvador (Dec. 4).

Birthday Van Thanh Cong (10-10) in history

• Day 10-10 year 1845: The U.S. Naval Academy opened in Annapolis, Maryland
• Day 10-10 year 1886: The tuxedo dinner jacket made its debut at a ball in Tuxedo Park, N.Y.
• Day 10-10 year 1911: Sun Yat-sen's revolutionaries overthrew the Manchu dynasty in China.
• Day 10-10 year 1935: George Gershwin's opera Porgy and Bess debuted on Broadway.
• Day 10-10 year 1943: Chiang Kai-shek took the oath of office as president of China.
• Day 10-10 year 1970: Fiji gained its independence from Great Britain.
• Day 10-10 year 1973: Vice President Spiro Agnew resigned after being charged with tax evasion.
• Day 10-10 year 1985: Actor and director Orson Welles died in Hollywood at age 70.
• Day 10-10 year 2001: California representative Nancy Pelosi became minority whip.
• Day 10-10 year 2002: The US Congress gave President Bush authorization to use military force against Iraq.