TV show host Jennifer Maguire

Events in 1980 and 9-4

Events in the world in the birth year of Jennifer Maguire

• 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 Jennifer Maguire (9-4) in history

• Day 9-4 year 1731: Robert Jenkins had his ear cut off, which sparked the "Jenkins' Ear" War between Spain and England.
• Day 9-4 year 1865: Gen. Robert E. Lee surrendered to Gen. Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Court House.
• Day 9-4 year 1914: The first full-color film, The World, The Flesh and the Devil, was shown in London.
• Day 9-4 year 1939: Contralto Marian Anderson, after being denied performing at Constitution Hall in Washington, D.C., gave a concert at the Lincoln Memorial.
• Day 9-4 year 1942: American and Philippine troops on Bataan were overwhelmed by Japanese forces during World War II. The "Bataan Death March" began soon after.
• Day 9-4 year 1959: NASA announced the selection of America’s first astronauts, including Alan Shepard and John Glenn.
• Day 9-4 year 1963: Winston Churchill became the first honorary U.S. citizen.
• Day 9-4 year 1992: Former Panamanian ruler Manuel Noriega was convicted of drug and racketeering charges.
• Day 9-4 year 2003: American Marines pulled down Saddam Hussein’s statue in Baghdad after U.S. commanders declared his rule ended.
• Day 9-4 year 2005: Britain's Prince Charles marries Camilla Parker Bowles.