January 20, 1981: Iran Hostage Crisis ends - Minutes after Ronald - TopicsExpress



          

January 20, 1981: Iran Hostage Crisis ends - Minutes after Ronald Reagans inauguration as the 40th president of the United States, the 52 U.S. captives held at the U.S. embassy in Teheran, Iran, are released, ending the 444-day Iran Hostage Crisis. On November 4, 1979, the crisis began when militant Iranian students, outraged that the U.S. government had allowed the ousted shah of Iran to travel to New York City for medical treatment, seized the U.S. embassy in Teheran... ht.ly/2D6WHO
Posted on: Tue, 21 Jan 2014 00:55:05 +0000

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