The Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, religious dictator of the Shi’ite (partisans of Ali) Islamic Republic of Iran, orders the release of 11 American hostages who are either female or of African heritage.

       [restored 11/23/2022]

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“Today in History,” Orange County (California) Register, 17 November 2010, News:3.

Current U.s. National Debt:

$36,167,124,467,492

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