Reagan was inaugurated as the 40th president of the United States on Tuesday, January 20, 1981. Chief Justice Warren E. Burger administered the presidential oath of office.
Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, 89, the Unwavering Iranian Spiritual Leader (nytimes.com) The life of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini was so shadowy, so overlain with myth and rumor, that there was lingering disagreement or uncertainty about his ancestry, his true name and his date of birth.
On July 31, 1987, thousands of chanting Iranian pilgrims in the holy city of Mecca, in Saudi Arabia, rampaged and fought with the Saudi Arabian riot police.
On 23 February 1980, Khomeini proclaimed Iran’s Majlis would decide the fate of the American embassy hostages, and demanded that the United States hand over the Shah for trial in Iran for crimes against the nation.