Today in History: December 13, Saddam Hussein captured in Iraq
Saddam Hussein is seen in this file image from television Sunday Dec. 14, 2003 soon after his capture near Tiktit, Iraq. (AP Photo/US Military via APTN)
Today in history:
On Dec. 13, 2003, Saddam Hussein was captured by U.S. forces while hiding in a hole under a farmhouse in Adwar, Iraq, near his hometown of Tikrit.
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This photo shows a scene from the Battle of Fredericksburg. The battle, which took place on Dec. 13-15, 1862, was a victory for the Confederate troops under Gen. Robert E. Lee. (AP Photo/ Mathew B. Brady)
This photo shows a scene from the Battle of Fredericksburg. The battle, which took place on Dec. 13-15, 1862, was a victory for the Confederate troops under Gen. Robert E. Lee. (AP Photo/ Mathew B. Brady)
In 1862, Union forces led by Maj. Gen. Ambrose Burnside launched futile attacks against entrenched Confederate soldiers during the Civil War Battle of Fredericksburg; the soundly defeated Northern troops withdrew two days later.
In 1937, during the Second Sino-Japanese War, Japanese soldiers massacred an estimated 200,000 to 300,000 citizens, war prisoners and soldiers in the Chinese city of Nanjing.
United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations Kofi Annan smiles in his U.N. office Friday, Dec. 13, 1996 in New York. The U.N. Security Council agreed Friday to appoint Annan as the world body’s next secretary-general. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)
United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations Kofi Annan smiles in his U.N. office Friday, Dec. 13, 1996 in New York. The U.N. Security Council agreed Friday to appoint Annan as the world body’s next secretary-general. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)
In 1996, the U.N. Security Council chose Kofi Annan of Ghana to become the world body’s seventh secretary-general.
In 2000, Republican George W. Bush claimed the presidency a day after the U.S. Supreme Court shut down further recounts of disputed ballots in Florida; Democrat Al Gore conceded, delivering a call for national unity.
Israelis watch a broadcast of the Osama bin Laden video tape released by the Pentagon at a store in Tel Aviv, Thursday Dec. 13, 2001. (AP Photo/Eitan Hess-Ashkenazi)
Israelis watch a broadcast of the Osama bin Laden video tape released by the Pentagon at a store in Tel Aviv, Thursday Dec. 13, 2001. (AP Photo/Eitan Hess-Ashkenazi)
In 2001, the Pentagon publicly released a captured videotape of Osama bin Laden in which the al-Qaida leader said the deaths and destruction achieved by the September 11 attacks exceeded his “most optimistic” expectations.
Former senator George Mitchell delivers his remarks at a New York news conference, Thursday Dec. 13, 2007, about his report on the illegal use of steroids in baseball. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
Former senator George Mitchell delivers his remarks at a New York news conference, Thursday Dec. 13, 2007, about his report on the illegal use of steroids in baseball. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
In 2007, Major League Baseball’s Mitchell Report was released, identifying 85 names to differing degrees in connection with the alleged use of performance-enhancing drugs.
Demonstrators march on Pennsylvania Avenue toward Capitol Hill in Washington, Saturday, Dec. 13, 2014, during the Justice for All march. More than 10,000 protesters are converging on Washington in an effort to bring attention to the deaths of unarmed black men at the hands of police. Civil rights organizations are holding a march to the Capitol on Saturday with the families of Michael Brown and Eric Garner, two unarmed black men who died in incidents with white police officers. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
Demonstrators march on Pennsylvania Avenue toward Capitol Hill in Washington, Saturday, Dec. 13, 2014, during the Justice for All march. More than 10,000 protesters are converging on Washington in an effort to bring attention to the deaths of unarmed black men at the hands of police. Civil rights organizations are holding a march to the Capitol on Saturday with the families of Michael Brown and Eric Garner, two unarmed black men who died in incidents with white police officers. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
In 2014, thousands of protesters marched in New York, Washington and other U.S. cities to call attention to the killing of unarmed Black men by white police officers.
Member of the committee work during a House Judiciary Committee markup of the articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump, Friday, Dec. 13, 2019, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Trump impeachment goes to full House after Judiciary panel approves charges of abuse of power, obstruction of Congress. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, Pool)
Member of the committee work during a House Judiciary Committee markup of the articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump, Friday, Dec. 13, 2019, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Trump impeachment goes to full House after Judiciary panel approves charges of abuse of power, obstruction of Congress. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, Pool)
In 2019, the House Judiciary Committee approved two articles of impeachment accusing President Donald Trump of abuse of power in his dealings with Ukraine and obstruction of Congress in the investigation that followed.
President Joe Biden signs the Respect for Marriage Act, Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2022, on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
President Joe Biden signs the Respect for Marriage Act, Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2022, on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
In 2022, President Joe Biden signed the Respect for Marriage Act providing federal recognition and protection for same-sex and interracial marriages, saying “the law, and the love it defends, strike a blow against hate in all its forms.”