There was still room for something else now and then. That's a Good point. Yeah. One year later, 1979, the Iran Hostage crisis. A group of Iranian college students overran the US Embassy in Tehran and took hostages, some of whom would remain in captivity for 444 days. One year later, in 1980, Ronald Reagan would be elected 40th president of the United States States, defeating incumbent Jimmy Carter. And our country has never been the same since. (27:50–27:59)
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Asserts that Iranian students took hostages at the US Embassy in Tehran, with some held for 444 days.
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