April

1980

 * Apr 20 — Climax of Berber Spring in Algeria sees hundreds of Berber political activists arrested.


 * Apr — sever as a result of the Iran hostage crisis.

ABC News
On ABC News Great TV News Stories series, VHS tape - "The story of 444 days that changed the course of history. In November of 1979, fanatical supporters of Ayatollah Khomeini stormed the US embassy in Tehran, taking everyone they found captive, and holding 52 of them hostage for over a year."

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