Novelist Marie Lanza

Events in 1980 and 5-6

Events in the world in the birth year of Marie Lanza

• 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 Marie Lanza (5-6) in history

• Day 5-6 year 1783: Inventors Joseph and Jacques Montgolfier first flew in a hot air balloon they invented successfully.
• Day 5-6 year 1884: Civil War hero Gen. William T. Sherman refused the Republican nomination for president with the words, “I will not accept if nominated and will not serve if elected.”
• Day 5-6 year 1933: The United States went off the gold standard.
• Day 5-6 year 1947: Sen. George Marshall proposed a plan (Marshall Plan) to help Europe recover financially from the effects of World War II.
• Day 5-6 year 1967: The Arab-Israeli Six-Day War began.
• Day 5-6 year 1968: Sen. Robert F. Kennedy was shot by an assassin and died the next day.
• Day 5-6 year 1981: The Centers for Disease Control published the first report about the disease that would later become known as AIDS.
• Day 5-6 year 2002: Elizabeth Smart was kidnapped from her Salt Lake City home.
• Day 5-6 year 2004: Former president Ronald Reagan died.
• Day 5-6 year 2013: The British newspaper the Guardian published the first of many stories based on leaks by Edward Snowden about the top-secret surveillance activities of the National Security Agency.