Canadian Caper
1980 · Event
Six American diplomats sheltered by Canada's ambassador escape Iran on Canadian passports, with a CIA cover story devised by Tony Mendez.
On these timelines: Canada, USA, Master, Persia and Iran
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- Canadian Confederation (1867)
- Battle of the Plains of Abraham (1759)
- Champlain founds Quebec (1608)
- New France (1608)
- Cartier claims Canada for France (1534)
- Constitution patriated with the Charter (1982)
- John Cabot reaches North America (1497)
- Canadian Pacific Railway built (1881)
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- Iranian Revolution (1978)
- Gulf War (1990)
- Watergate scandal (1972)
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- Invention of the World Wide Web (1989)
- Birth of hip-hop (1973)
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- Night Fever (Bee Gees) (1978)
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