nov 4, 1979 - Iran Hostage Crisis
Description:
On this day 500 Persian students raided the US Embassy in Iran and took 66 out of the 90 people either waiting in the embassy or working their. Later on most of them were released after President Carter got involved but there were still 6 US citizens that worked at the embassy that got left in the dust until they were rescued.Added to timeline:
Date:
nov 4, 1979
Now
~ 46 years ago