TV actor Mathew Baynton

Events in 1980 and 18-11

Events in the world in the birth year of Mathew Baynton

• 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 Mathew Baynton (18-11) in history

• Day 18-11 year 1820: Captain Nathaniel Palmer discovered Antarctica.
• Day 18-11 year 1883: Standard time began in the United States.
• Day 18-11 year 1886: Chester A. Arthur, the 21st president of the United States (1881–1885), died in New York at 56.
• Day 18-11 year 1928: Mickey Mouse made his debut in Steamboat Willie.
• Day 18-11 year 1976: Spain's parliament approved a bill to establish a democracy after 37 years of dictatorship.
• Day 18-11 year 1978: Jim Jones, a U.S. pastor, led 914 of his followers to their deaths at Jonestown, Guyana, by drinking a cyanide-laced fruit drink. Cult members who refused to swallow the drink were shot.
• Day 18-11 year 2003: The Massachusetts Supreme Court ruled 4-3 that the right to same sex marriage was guaranteed by the state constitution.
• Day 18-11 year 2004: The UN Security Council held a two-day session in Nairobi. This was the first time it had convened outside of New York headquarters.