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Canada was prepared to ration gas in the 1979 oil crisis. Could we be running on fumes once again? | CBC News

Canada prepared 50-litre gasoline rationing stamps in 1979 amid the oil crisis, though ultimately did not circulate them. A national rationing system would have allowed essential services like ambulances and farmers to get priority access to gas.
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The story behind the only Van Gogh in Iran: 'At Eternity's Gate'"

A Van Gogh lithograph titled 'At Eternity's Gate' from 1882, depicting an elderly man, remains locked in Tehran's museum vaults since the 1979 Islamic Revolution, symbolizing cultural disconnection amid Middle East tensions.
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2 weeks ago

7 key points in U.S.-Iran relations since 1953

The U.S. and Iran have a decades-long history of military and political conflict, beginning with the 1953 CIA-orchestrated coup against Prime Minister Mosaddegh and escalating through the 1979 Iranian Revolution and subsequent hostage crisis.
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