1995 Death Ahmad Khomeini, youngest son of Iran ayatollah Khomeini, dies at 48 1989 Death Ayatalloh Ruhullah Khomeini, Iranian leader (-1989), dies at 89 1989 Death Ruhollah Khomeini, Iranian ayatollah, dies at 89 1989 Death Ayatollah Khomeini, Leader 1989 Event Iran's Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini offers $1M-$3M bounty on Salman Rushdie's death due to his novel, "Satanic Verses" 1989 Event Khomeini orders Moslems to murder "Satanic Verses" novelist Rushdie 1987 Death Mehdi Hashemi, Iranian aid of Ayatollah Khomeini, shot for treason 1982 Event 150 Khomeini followers assault student dormitory in West Germany 1980 Event Ayatollah Khomeini releases Iran hostage Richard I. Queen 1979 Event Ayatollah Khomeini charges U.S. ambassador/embassy espionage 1979 Event Khomeini frees most black and female U.S. hostages 1979 Event Ayatolla Khomeini takes over in Iran 1979 Event Iran's Ayatollah Khomeini declares U.S. The Great Satan 1979 Event Iranian Ayatollah Khomeini orders mass executions to stop 1979 Event Iran Ayatollah Khomeini demands Saint War against Kurds 1979 Event Iran's premier Bakhtiar resigns, Ayatollah Khomeini seizes power 1979 Event Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini returns to Iran after 15 years in exile 1978 Event Khomeini followers attack British embassy/El Al office in Iran 1978 Event Iraq declares Ayatollah Khomeini an undesirable person 1978 Event Iraqi Ayatollah Khomeini calls for uprising in Irani army 1978 Event Irani army shoots on Khomeini followers in Teheran, 100s killed 1974 Event Ayatollah Khomeini calls for an Islamic Republic in Iran 1963 Event State of siege proclaimed in Iran, Ayatollah Khomeini arrested 1900 Birthday Ayatollah Khomeini, Leader
