On this day in 1979, the “other” embassy attack of November 1979 was underway. U.S. Embassy Islamabad was attacked by rioters incited by false radio claims of American attacks on Saudi Islamic sites.

This attack, which happened 17 days after the much more famous attack on the U.S. embassy in Tehran, is not widely known in American history.

Read on at the link to learn more about the siege.