TV show host Egill Einarsson

Events in 1980 and 13-5

Events in the world in the birth year of Egill Einarsson

• 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 Egill Einarsson (13-5) in history

• Day 13-5 year 1568: Queen Mary of the Scots was defeated at the Battle of Langside and immediately fled to Northern England.
• Day 13-5 year 1846: The United States formally declared war on Mexico after several days of fighting.
• Day 13-5 year 1938: Louis Armstrong and his orchestra recorded the New Orleans's jazz classic, When the Saints Go Marching In, on Decca Records.
• Day 13-5 year 1940: Winston Churchill gave his first speech as prime minister: "I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat."
• Day 13-5 year 1973: Tennis male chauvinist Bobby Riggs defeated Margaret Smith Court, 6-2, 6-1 in front of a world-wide television audience. He would lose to Billie Jean King later that year.
• Day 13-5 year 1981: Pope John Paul II was shot and wounded by Mehmet Ali Agca as he drove through a crowd in St. Peter's Square, Rome.