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This Day in History, 1979
Nov. 4th, 2004 09:17 amIRANIANS STORM U.S. EMBASSY
Student followers of the Ayatollah Khomeini send shock waves across America when they storm the U.S. embassy in Tehran. The radical Islamic fundamentalists took 90 hostages. The students were enraged that the deposed Shah had been allowed to enter the United States for medical treatment and they threatened to murder hostages if any rescue was attempted. Days later, Iran's provincial leader resigned, and the Ayatollah Khomeini, the leader of Iran's fundamentalist revolutionaries, took full control of the country--and the fate of the hostages.
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I don't recall where I was when I heard about the hostages -- I was only 9 -- but I do remember vividly hearing about their being freed on Tuesday, January 20, 1981. I was in elementary school, in a music class, and the announcement came over the loudpseaker. The teacher at the piano immediately launched into the Star-Spangled Banner, and we all stood up spontaneously and sang. It was an incredible sense of relief to know that the hostages were coming home.
Student followers of the Ayatollah Khomeini send shock waves across America when they storm the U.S. embassy in Tehran. The radical Islamic fundamentalists took 90 hostages. The students were enraged that the deposed Shah had been allowed to enter the United States for medical treatment and they threatened to murder hostages if any rescue was attempted. Days later, Iran's provincial leader resigned, and the Ayatollah Khomeini, the leader of Iran's fundamentalist revolutionaries, took full control of the country--and the fate of the hostages.
( Read more... )
I don't recall where I was when I heard about the hostages -- I was only 9 -- but I do remember vividly hearing about their being freed on Tuesday, January 20, 1981. I was in elementary school, in a music class, and the announcement came over the loudpseaker. The teacher at the piano immediately launched into the Star-Spangled Banner, and we all stood up spontaneously and sang. It was an incredible sense of relief to know that the hostages were coming home.
