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A group of pro-Ayatollah students smashed the gates and scaled the walls of the American embassy in Tehran
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The 13 hostages that were released were all women or African-american
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President Carter launches a rescue mission for the hostages named Operation Eagle Claw
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Due to a severe dust storm, a helicopter malfunctions, crashing into another one, taking the lives of eight servicemen
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A fourteenth hostage is released do to medical issues
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President Carter loses to Ronald Reagan in the 1980 election, due to the Iran Hostage Crisis
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The 53 hostages still in captivity were released a few hours after Reagan's inaugural address.
