Updated at December 14, 2024 by BirthdayDBs Team
Full Name | Tony Mendez |
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Birthdate | November 15, 1940 |
Birth Place | Eureka, NV |
Age (in 2024) | 84 Years Old |
Zodiac | Scorpio |
Tony Mendez was born on November 15, 1940 in Eureka, NV. Currently, Tony Mendez is 84 years, 0 months and 29 days old. Tony Mendez will celebrate 85th birthday on Saturday, 15th of November 2025. Below the countdown to Tony Mendez upcoming birthday.
Famous for his work with the United States' Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), he was instrumental in the Iran Hostage Crisis' "Canadian Caper" hostage rescue operation. After retiring from the CIA, he penned several memoirs and nonfiction works, including Master of Disguise: My Secret Life in the CIA (1999).
He spent his childhood in Eureka, Nevada, and his teen years in Colorado. After attending the University of Colorado, he pursued a career as an illustrator and graphic designer and was ultimately hired as an artist for the CIA's Technical Services Division.
In 1980, he received the CIA's prestigious Intelligence Star.
His marriage to Karen Mendez resulted in three children, including an artist son named Antonio Tobias Mendez. Following his first wife's death, Mendez married fellow CIA agent Jonna Goeser; the couple subsequently welcomed a son.
Mendez is portrayed by Ben Affleck in the acclaimed 2012 thriller Argo.
Tony Mendez is 84 years old today.
Tony Mendez was born on November 15, 1940 in Eureka, NV.
Tony Mendez zodiac sign is Scorpio.
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Below are historical events that coincided with Tony Mendez's birthday including important historical events as well as births and deaths of historical figures.
Year | Event |
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1988 | Israeli-Palestinian conflict: An independent State of Palestine is proclaimed by the Palestinian National Council. |
1988 | The first Fairtrade label, Max Havelaar, is launched in the Netherlands. |
1990 | The Communist People's Republic of Bulgaria is disestablished and a new republican government is instituted. |
1994 | A magnitude 7.1 earthquake hits the central Philippine island of Mindoro, killing 78 people, injuring 430 and triggering a tsunami up to 8.5 m (28 ft) high. |
2000 | A chartered Antonov An-24 crashes after takeoff from Luanda, Angola, killing more than 40 people. |
2000 | Jharkhand officially becomes the 28th state of India, formed from eighteen districts of southern Bihar. |
2001 | Microsoft launches the Xbox game console. |
2002 | Hu Jintao becomes General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party and a new nine-member Politburo Standing Committee is inaugurated. |
2003 | The first day of the 2003 Istanbul bombings, in which two car bombs, targeting two synagogues, explode, kill 25 people and wound 300 more. |
2006 | Al Jazeera English launches worldwide. |
2007 | Cyclone Sidr hits Bangladesh, killing an estimated 5,000 people and destroying parts of the world's largest mangrove forest, the Sundarbans. |
2012 | Xi Jinping becomes General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party and a new seven-member Politburo Standing Committee is inaugurated. |
2013 | Sony releases the PlayStation 4 (PS4) game console. |
2016 | Hong Kong's High Court bans elected politicians Yau Wai-ching and Baggio Leung from the city's Parliament. |
2020 | Lewis Hamilton wins the Turkish Grand Prix and secures his seventh drivers' title, equalling the all-time record held by Michael Schumacher. |
1991 | The birth of Maxime Colin, French footballer |
1991 | The birth of Shailene Woodley, American actress |
1992 | The birth of Sofia Goggia, Italian skier |
1992 | The birth of Minami Minegishi, Japanese singer |
1992 | The birth of Daniela Seguel, Chilean tennis player |
1992 | The birth of Trevor Story, American baseball player |
1992 | The birth of Kevin Wimmer, Austrian footballer |
1993 | The birth of Paulo Dybala, Argentine footballer |
1993 | The birth of Saaya Irie, Japanese actress and singer |
1994 | The birth of Ekaterina Alexandrova, Russian tennis player |
1994 | The birth of Bryce Cartwright, Australian rugby league player |
1995 | The birth of Blake Pieroni, American swimmer |
1995 | The birth of Karl-Anthony Towns, Dominican-American basketball player |
1997 | The birth of Paula Badosa, Spanish tennis player |
1997 | The birth of Catie Munnings, British rally driver |
2012 | The death of Maleli Kunavore, Fijian rugby player (b. 1983) |
2012 | The death of K. C. Pant, Indian politician, 18th Indian Minister of Defence (b. 1931) |
2012 | The death of Frode Thingnæs, Norwegian trombonist, composer, and conductor (b. 1940) |
2013 | The death of Sheila Matthews Allen, American actress and producer (b. 1929) |
2013 | The death of Glafcos Clerides, Cypriot lawyer and politician, 4th President of Cyprus (b. 1919) |
2013 | The death of Mike McCormack, American football player and coach (b. 1930) |
2014 | The death of Jack Bridger Chalker, English painter and academic (b. 1918) |
2014 | The death of Lucien Clergue, French photographer and educator (b. 1934) |
2014 | The death of Valéry Mézague, Cameroonian footballer (b. 1983) |
2014 | The death of Reg Withers, Australian soldier and politician, Australian Minister for the Capital Territory (b. 1924) |
2015 | The death of Gisèle Prassinos, French author (b. 1920) |
2015 | The death of Herbert Scarf, American economist and academic (b. 1930) |
2015 | The death of Saeed Jaffrey, Indian-British actor (b. 1929) |
2016 | The death of Mose Allison, American pianist and songwriter (b. 1927) |
2017 | The death of Lil Peep, American singer and rapper (b. 1996) |
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