[DOC] [TLE] Foreign policy of the Ronald Reagan administration - Wikipedia [PAR] The foreign policy of the Ronald Reagan administration was the foreign policy of 
the United ... Most visible was the massive American military build-up. ... During 
the Soviet war in Afghanistan, Reagan deployed CIA Special Activities ...... 
release of Americans being held hostage by the Iranian-backed Hezbollah in 
Lebanon. [DOC] [TLE] The History Guy: Iran-U.S. Hostage Crisis (1979-1981) [PAR] Apr 11, 2016 ... Americans held hostage in Iran for 444 days ... move leading up an American-
backed return to power by the Shah. ... of the U.S. Embassy on November 4, 
1979, taking 63 Americans hostage. ... the Soviet Union invaded Iran's neighbor, 
Afghanistan, in order to crush ... 1981-1988-Contra War in Nicaragua. [DOC] [TLE] 1970-2000 Timeline - Digital History [PAR] July 19: Somoza regime in Nicaragua is overthrown; Sandinistas take power 
November 4: Iranian militants seize American hostages December 27: Soviet 
Union invades Afghanistan ... January 20: American hostages are released from 
Iran. [DOC] [TLE] War in The Reagan Era - Shmoop [PAR] When Ronald Reagan took his oath of office as commander-in-chief in January 
1981, ... the American Embassy in Tehran, seizing 52 American citizens as 
hostages and ... late December brought a full-fledged Soviet military invasion of 
Afghanistan. ... The Sandinistas quickly consolidated their power in Nicaragua 
while the... [DOC] [TLE] Obama, Carter, and the Missing Words on Iran - | National Review [PAR] May 11, 2012 ... In 1979 the Sandinistas seized power in Nicaragua, a coup put leftists in charge 
in Grenada, the Soviets invaded Afghanistan, the Shah left Iran in January, and in 
November ... the U.S. Embassy and took more than 60 American hostages. ... At 
this time in Iran, 50 Americans are still held captive, innocent... [DOC] [TLE] Jimmy Carter's Legacy of War | The American Spectator [PAR] Jun 19, 2014 ... ... and invites Nicaragua's new Communist Sandinista leaders to the ... Iranian 
fury at the U.S. rose, and in 1979 hostages were taken at the American embassy 
in Tehran. ... IRAQ: Saddam Hussein took power in Iraq in July of 1979. ... The 
Carter legacy of weakness begat the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan,... [DOC] [TLE] 1978-1979 - History Central [PAR] 1978 Sandinista Guerillas Seize Hostages Sandinista Guerillas captured the ... 
The hostages were released when the Somoza government agreed to the ... 
1979 Soviets invade Afghanistan Soviet troops poured into Afghanistan to ... In its 
aftermath, the building of almost all nuclear power plants in the US came to a halt
. [DOC] [TLE] The Unfinished Presidency - The New York Times [PAR] Carter had come to power four years earlier with an expansionary economic 
platform and a ... fifty-two American hostages still held captive in Iran, and 
unsettling memories of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan lingering, ..... Carter 
discussed the hostage crisis, Nicaragua and El Salvador, and the war between 
Iran and Iraq. [DOC] [TLE] Ronald Reagan: Foreign AffairsMiller Center [PAR] But Reagan believed that the Soviets had taken advantage of dtente, as 
practiced .... sales to the Soviet Union as punishment for the invasion of 
Afghanistan in 1979. ... applied to the Contras opposing the Sandinista 
government in Nicaragua. .... As a result of the arms sales, a few more American 
hostages were released. [DOC] [TLE] Latin America, Africa, and The Middle East [PAR] After they did, the US killed Chile's economy to get him out of there. ... Lies about 
Iran .... Contra anti-Sandinista forces in Nicaragua received up to a million 
dollars in covert funds. ... Carter refuses   hostages held until end of his 
presidency ... Soviets invade Afghanistan in order to maintain Marxist Kremlin 
regime (who... [DOC] [TLE] WH 33-4.pptx - North Bergen School District [PAR] U.S., U.S.S.R. gain influence in Third World by backing revolution, liberation, ... 
U.S. gives military aid, builds schools, sets up anti-poverty programs, sends 
volunteer ... revolutionaries seize U.S. embassy in Tehran; 60 American hostages 
taken; ... Soviets

Question: Soviets invade Afghanistan, Sandinistas take power in Nicaragua, U.S. hostages taken in Iran
Answer: 1979