History of the United States II / Unit 15 USH2 2173 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Four Hundred Forty-Four Days
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The idea
The fifty-two hostages were freed on January twentieth, nineteen eighty-one, the day Ronald Reagan took office, the anchor records.
In practice
Freed hostages flying home on the day a new president was sworn in.
Where people slip
The Yawp counts four hundred forty-four days of captivity. Unit sixteen opens on that inauguration day.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
Builds on
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