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On This Day: June 16, 1981 - President Reagan Awards Congressional Gold Medal to Ken Taylor

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On This Day: June 16, 1981 - President Reagan Awards Congressional Gold Medal to Ken Taylor.

On this day June 16, 1981, President Ronald Reagan awarded the Congressional Gold Medal to Canadian diplomat Ken Taylor, making him the first foreign citizen in history to receive the prestigious honor.

Ken Taylor served as the Canadian Ambassador to Iran during the 1979 Iran hostage crisis. While American diplomats were being held captive, Taylor and his staff secretly sheltered six Americans who had evaded capture. With the help of false Canadian passports and careful planning, Taylor...
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