Kenneth D. Taylor

Kenneth Douglas Taylor was a Canadian diplomat, educator and businessman, best known for his role in the 1979 covert operation called the "Canadian Caper" when he was the Canadian ambassador to Iran. With the cooperation of the American Central Intelligence Agency, Taylor helped six Americans escape from Iran during the Iran hostage crisis by procuring Canadian passports for the Americans to deceive the Iranian Revolutionary guard by posing as a Canadian film crew scouting locations. Had the IRG known, every Canadian in the embassy would have been executed. Before the escape, the six Americans spent several weeks hiding in the homes of Taylor and another Canadian diplomat, John Sheardown.

5 October 1934

Born on the same birth date (5 October 1934): Angelo Buono Jr.

Born on the same birth day (5 October): Benny Howell • Bernard Bolzano • Bill Wirtz • José Donoso • Korina Sanchez • Nick Robinson (journalist) • October 5 • Patrick Roy • Paul Fleming (poet)

Born in the same month (October 1934): Albert Shiryaev • Carlos Sherman • Gerry Hitchens • Hot Rod Hundley • Julian Thompson (Royal Marines officer) • Kader Asmal • Keith Barnes • Oğuz Atay • Princess Margaretha, Mrs. Ambler • Rico Rodriguez (musician) • Sam Huff