Video: 'CBS Sunday Night News open - 1979-11-04 - U.S. embassy taken'

(Sunday, November 4, 1979, 6:30 a.m. Iran Standard Time) — The Iran hostage crisis, a diplomatic standoff between the United States and Iran, began today as a group of Iranian college students belonging to the Muslim Student Followers of the Imam’s Line, who supported the Iranian Revolution, stormed the United States Embassy in Tehran, seizing its occupants. Continue reading Tehran militants seize U.S. embassy and hold hostages 40 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Nov 4 1979) →

Video: 'CNN: Surviving a 'massacre''

(Saturday, November 3, 1979, 11:20 a.m. EST) — Four members of the Communist Workers Party and one other individual participating in a “Death to the Klan” rally in Greensboro, North Carolina, were shot to death today by a group of Klansmen and neo-Nazis. Continue reading Five shot to death at anti-Klan march in Greensboro 40 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Nov 3 1979) →

Video: '10/26/79: South Korean President Killed'

(Friday, October 26, 1979, 7:40 p.m. Korea Standard Time) — South Korean President Park Chung-hee, 61, was assassinated tonight during a dinner at the Korean Central Intelligence Agency (KCIA) safehouse inside the Blue House presidential compound in Gangjeong-dong, Seoul, South Korea. Continue reading South Korean President Park Chung-hee assassinated 40 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Oct 26 1979) →