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Events in 1980 and 14-5

Events in the world in the birth year of Yagala

• 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 Yagala (14-5) in history

• Day 14-5 year 1796: Edward Jenner administered the first smallpox vaccine to 8-year-old James Phipps.
• Day 14-5 year 1804: The Lewis and Clark expedition set out from St. Louis.
• Day 14-5 year 1904: The Olympic Games were held in the United States for the first time, in St. Louis, Missouri.
• Day 14-5 year 1948: British rule in Palestine came to an end as The Jewish National Council proclaimed the State of Israel. Within hours, Israel was under attack from Arab forces.
• Day 14-5 year 1955: The Warsaw Pact was signed by the Soviet Union and seven other Communist bloc countries. It finally dissolved in 1991.
• Day 14-5 year 1973: Skylab, the United States’ first space station, was launched into orbit.
• Day 14-5 year 1998: Frank Sinatra died at the age of 82.