Then came the hostage crisis during which Carter did nothing to rattle the ayatollahs who hung tough until Ronald Reagan was inaugurated, when they suddenly backed down.
Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.
| Willie Aames, Actor (1960) |
| Nicola Abbagnano, Philosopher (1901) |
| Kim Alexis, Model (1960) |
| Jacques Derrida, Philosopher (1930) |
| Dorothy Fields, Musician (1905) |
| Scott Foley, Actor (1972) |
| Alex Karras, Athlete (1935) |
| Ayatollah Khamenei, Statesman (1939) |
| Franklin Knight Lane, Politician (1864) |
| Irving Babbitt, Critic (1933) |
| Rosalia De Castro, (1885) |
| Paul Gallico, Writer (1976) |
| Gottfried Keller, Writer (1890) |

