Iranian militants seized the U.S. embassy in Tehran and took 63 Americans hostage (90 total hostages) on this day in 1979. The
militants, mostly students, demanded that the U.S. send the
former shah back to Iran to stand trial. Many hostages were
later released, but 52 were held for the next 14 months.
Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin was assassinated by right-
wing Israeli Yigal Amir after attending a peace rally on this day
in 1995. He was 73.
Soviet forces enter Hungary on this day in 1956 in order to suppress
the uprising that had begun on October 23, 1956.
It was on this day in 1955.
Denton True "Cy" Young
(March 29, 1867 – November 4, 1955)
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