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Jimmy Carter

Fifty-two American hostage

Tuesday Jan 20, 1981
Tehran, Iran

Fifty-two American diplomats and citizens were held hostage for the next 444 days until they were finally freed immediately after Ronald Reagan succeeded Carter as President on January 20, 1981.


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