Historical Events
Event of Interest
Saddam Hussein, former president of Iraq, and his co-defendants Barzan Ibrahim al-Tikriti and Awad Hamed al-Bandar are sentenced to death in the al-Dujail trial for the role in the massacre of the 148 Shi'as in 1982.
Saddam Hussein
Famous Deaths
- Bülent Ecevit, four term Turkish Prime Minister (between 1974 and 2002), dies at 81
- LeMar Clark, American heavyweight boxer, dies at 71