fifty-two american diplomats and citizens were held Defending hostage for 444 days from november 4 , 1979 , to january 20 , 1981 , after a group of iranian college students belonging to the muslim student followers of the imam 's line , who supported Supporting the iranian revolution Change_of_leadership , took over Conquering the u.s. embassy in tehran .

It was fought Hostile_encounter over two days , March 8–9 , 1862 , in Hampton Roads , a roadstead in Virginia where the Elizabeth and Nansemond rivers meet the James River just before it enters Chesapeake Bay adjacent to the city of Norfolk .

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Eleven days after the assault Attack , she was transferred Sending to a hospital in Singapore for emergency treatment Cure but succumbed Death to her injuries Bodily_harm two days later .

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Castillo Armas became Becoming president ten days later , following negotiations Communication in San Salvador .

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A few days before 14 August , activists said Statement they had gathered Come_together tens of thousands of signatures Sign_agreement in support Supporting of highly anticipated protests Self_motion .

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Coalition aircraft flew Self_motion patrols Patrolling on an average of 18 days per month , and were usually fired Use_firearm upon .

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The rest of those indicted Criminal_investigation or convicted Legal_rulings were all pardoned Rewards_and_punishments in the final days of the presidency of George H. W. Bush , who had been Vice President at the time of the affair .

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The storm deepened Cause_change_of_strength significantly over the next few days , and by August 22 , it peaked Arriving as a Category 3 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 125 mph ( 205 km/h ) .

Sandy continued drifting Self_motion inland for another few days while gradually weakening Cause_change_of_strength , until it was absorbed by another approaching Arriving extratropical storm on November 2 .

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The remains were tracked Self_motion into the Mid-Atlantic States for five more days .

However , the resulting tropical depression persisted for several days as it paralleled the Mississippi and Ohio rivers .

Irene persisted for 14 days as a tropical system , the longest duration of any storm Catastrophe of the 2005 season .

Beginning Process_start on 7 May , the carrier forces from the two sides engaged Participation in airstrikes over two consecutive days .

The meteorological history of Hurricane Gustav spanned Expansion eleven days , from August 25 to September 4 , 2008 .

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The nor'easter increased Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale tides across the northeastern United States for several days due Causation to its slow movement .

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The killings took place Process_start during and in the immediate aftermath of the occupation of the village by the Yugoslav People 's Army ( `` Jugoslovenska Narodna Armija '' – JNA ) supported Supporting by Croatian Serb forces and `` Dušan Silni '' paramilitaries on 10 October , two days after Croatia declared Expressing_publicly independence from Yugoslavia .

Practically all schools in the Metrowest and South East regions of Massachusetts were closed for at least two days .

Multiple school districts , California State University at San Marcos , MiraCosta College , and Palomar College were forced Hostile_encounter to cancel classes and close Self_motion schools for one or more days ; CSUSM and Palomar also postponed Change_event_time or cancelled Change_event_time commencement exercises due to the fires .