MATT FRIEDMAN

Terry Alan Anderson (October 27, 1947 – April 21, 2024)

Anderson was an American journalist and combat veteran. He
reported for the Associated Press.

In 1985, he was taken hostage by Shia Hezbollah militants of
the Islamic Jihad Organization in Lebanon and held until this 
day in 1991. 

Anderson being welcomed home to Lorain, Ohio, on June 21, 1992.

ROSS SIMPSON

MIKE GRACIA

Marvin Gaye (Marvin Pentz Gay Jr.)  (April 2, 1939 – April 1, 1984)

CARLATA BRADLEY

On this day in 1979. Iranian militants seized the U.S. embassy in
Tehran and took 63 Americans hostage (90 total hostages). 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.

World leaders watch as the coffin of assassinated Israeli Prime
Minister Yitzhak Rabin is placed on a stand during funeral
services November 6.