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March 16, 1984

On March 16, 1984, william Buckley, the CIA station chief in Lebanon, is kidnapped by Hezbollah; he later dies in captivity. The year's #1 song was "When Doves Cry" by Prince. Gilberto Macena, Faustina Agolley, Jeremy Barrett would arrive in the same year.

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William Buckley, the CIA station chief in Lebanon, is kidnapped by Hezbollah; he later dies in captivity.

William Francis Buckley was an American intelligence officer, and was the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) station chief in Beirut from 1984 until his kidnapping and killing in 1985.

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1984 (MCMLXXXIV) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1984th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 984th year of the 2nd millennium, the 84th year of the 20th century, and the 5th year of the 1980s decade.

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On March 16, 1984

1984 William Buckley, the CIA station chief in Lebanon, is kidnapped by Hezbollah; he later dies in captivity.

US Army officer, CIA station chief

William Francis Buckley was an American intelligence officer, and was the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) station chief in Beirut from 1984 until his kidnapping and killing in 1985.

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