Hostages in Tehran (Nov. 4, 1979)

The Daily Muster · Nov 4, 2026 · 10m

Fifty-two Americans would spend 444 days as hostages.

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CHAPTERS

0:00 Intro

1:00 Over the Walls

2:39 Days Become Months

4:06 Desert One

5:44 Eight Men

7:09 Four Hundred Forty-Four Days

8:53 Why It Matters

SOURCES

- Library of Congress, American Folklife Center: Gerald E. Parsons, How the Yellow Ribbon Became a National Folk Symbol (archived copy; quotes the Washington Post, Dec. 10, 1979): https://web.archive.org/web/2016/http://www.loc.gov/folklife/ribbons/ribbons.html

- The American Presidency Project: Remarks at the Welcoming…