Thirty-nine American hostages from the hijacked <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TWA_Flight_847" id="mwAUI" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="TWA Flight 847">TWA Flight 847</a> are freed in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beirut" id="mwAUM" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Beirut">Beirut</a> after being held for 17 days.