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December 26th In NYC History
Updated: Updated 12/26/2012 01:00 AM
By: NY1 News

On this date in...


1980...At the height of the Iranian hostage crisis, Brooklyn's Barry Rosen is among the 53 captured Americans who send holiday greetings home to their families from Iran. The Americans are released the following month after 444 days in captivity.

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