Labels:text | font | screenshot | paper | letter | number OCR: CHRONOLOGY 1900 Bom Ruholla Hendi, in Khomein, Persia (now Iran). 1941 Starts career as a religious teacher, eventually earning the title of Ayatollah ("Gift of God"). JUNE 1963 Arrested and exiled after condemning the shah's policies. OCTOBER 1978 Directs strikes and demonstrations from exile in Paris. FEBRUARY 1,1979 Returns to Iran after the fall of Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlevi. NOVEMBER 4, 1979 Supports revolutionaries who take hostage U.S. Embassy staff in Tehran and holds them for 15 months. DECEMBER 4, 1979 Elected Iran's political and religious leader for life. JULY 20, 1988 Announces the end of the eight-year Holy War with Iraq. FEBRUARY 14, 1989 Issues death sentence against author Salman Rushdie. JUNE 3, 1989 Dies in Tehran.
