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nov 4, 1979 - US Hostage Crisis

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A group of Iranian students stormed the US Embassy in Tehran and took more than 60 Americans, keeping them hostage for 444 days. This was caused by President Jimmy Carter's decision to allow exiled Shah into the US for cancer treatment.

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nov 4, 1979
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~ 46 years ago

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