Remember this Day? 19th of January

Likely irrelevant but anyways for the record:

1981 - US HostagesThe United States and Iranian officials sign the Algiers Accords in Algeria to release 52 American hostages held by Islamist students in the Tehran American embassy after 14 months of captivity

1983 : Klaus Barbie ( the Butcher of Lyon ) is arrested in Bolivia and extradited to France to face trial for crimes against humanity. He was later convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment .

2011 - Swiss Banker on Trial

Rudolf Elmer, a former Swiss banker is put on trial after being accused of money extortion and breaking banking secrecy laws. Elmer had admitted to providing details of Cayman Islands accounts to the website Wikileaks

2012 - New Zealand Megaupload Website Shut Down

The file-sharing website Megaupload was shut down by US officials. Founders of the website were arrested in New Zealand and charged with violating piracy laws.