Video: 'Iran Hostage Crisis: Release of 52 Hostages in 1981 (ABC News Report From 1/20/1981)'

(Tuesday, January 20, 1981, 8:55 p.m. Iran Standard Time/12:25 p.m. EST) — The Iran hostage crisis, a diplomatic standoff between the United States and Iran in which 52 American diplomats and citizens were held hostage for 444 days, ended today only 25 minutes after Jimmy Carter’s term as the 39th President of the United States had ended.
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Video: 'NBC NEWS INAUGURATION 1981 - 10:00 A.M E.T - 2:59 P.M E.T'

(Tuesday, January 20, 1981, 11:57 a.m. EST) — Promising “an era of national renewal,” former California Governor Ronald Reagan, 68, was inaugurated today as the 40th President of the United States on the West Front of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., with Chief Justice Warren E. Burger administering the oath of office.
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Video: 'Jimmy Carter Farewell Address (January 14 1981)'

(Wednesday, January 14, 1981, 9:00 p.m. EST) — Six days before his term of office expired, U.S. President Jimmy Carter said farewell to the nation tonight in an address from the Oval Office in which he called on Americans to continue the struggle to avoid nuclear war, protect the environment and enhance human rights.
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