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Iran hostage crisis ends, 1981
Posted on January 20, 2016 | in Uncategorized | by Lexington Herald-Leader
A sign at 2950 Richmond Road in Lexington on Jan. 20, 1981, celebrated the release of 52 Americans held hostage by Iran for 444 days. The crisis began Nov. 4, 1979, after the U.S. Embassy in Tehran was taken over. Today, Burke furniture remains on Richmond Road, but the Godfather’s Pizza restaurant closed in the late 1980s. Photo by Charles Bertram | Staff
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