Wizard Piff the Magic Dragon

Events in 1980 and 9-6

Events in the world in the birth year of Piff the Magic Dragon

• 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 Piff the Magic Dragon (9-6) in history

• Day 9-6 year 1870: Author Charles Dickens died.
• Day 9-6 year 1898: China agreed to lease Hong Kong to Britain for 99 years.
• Day 9-6 year 1934: Donald Duck made his screen debut in The Wise Little Hen.
• Day 9-6 year 1944: The Republic of Iceland was established.
• Day 9-6 year 1973: Secretariat won the Belmont Stakes and became the first Triple Crown winner in 25 years.
• Day 9-6 year 1978: After 148 years, the leaders of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints finally allowed black men to become priests.
• Day 9-6 year 1993: Japan's Crown Prince Naruhito married commoner Masako Owada.