20 December 1973 Spanish Prime Minister Carrero Blanco assassinated

A confidant of dictator Francisco Franco, Blanco was assassinated by the Basque nationalist and separatist group Euskadi Ta Askatasuna or ETA.

Jennifer Connelly, 1990

Anna Nicole Smith,Courtney Love & Avril Lavigne partying,2004

13 December 2003 Saddam Hussein captured

Saddam Hussein, the fifth president of Iraq, was found hiding in a camouflaged hole in the ground and was captured by American forces near Tikrit, Iraq. The military operation that led to his capture was called Operation Red Dawn. He was subsequently handed over to the interim Iraqi government. After a trial where he was found guilty of crimes against humanity, he was executed 3 years after his capture in December 2006.

Births On This Day, December 13

1989 Taylor Swift
American singer-songwriter, guitarist, actress

1948 Ted Nugent
American singer-songwriter, guitarist, actor

1936 Aga Khan IV
Swiss/French 49th Nizari Ismaili Imam

1902 Talcott Parsons
American sociologist

1818 Mary Todd Lincoln
American wife of Abraham Lincoln, 17th First Lady of the United States

Deaths On This Day, December 13

2010 Richard Holbrooke
American journalist, banker, diplomat, 22nd United States Ambassador to the United Nations

2005 Stanley Williams
American gang leader, co-founded the Crips

1944 Wassily Kandinsky
Russian/French painter

1784 Samuel Johnson
English author, lexicographer

1204 Maimonides
Spanish rabbi, philosopher

Former U.S. President Calvin Coolidge loved to press the security button and hide under the table, making the security team search for him in a panic.

12 December 1969 Piazza Fontana bombing

A bomb exploded at the building of the National Agrarian Bank, Milan, Italy, killing 17 people and injuring 88.

12 December 2009 Houston, Texas elects Annise Parker

The City of Houston becomes the most populous city in the United States to have an openly gay mayor.

12 December 1963 Kenyan independence

Kenya declared its independence from the UK.

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