Daily Archives: December 13, 2023

Saddam Hussein captured by U.S. forces while hiding in a hole under farmhouse in Adwar, Iraq 20 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Dec 13 2003)

2000s


Video: 'The capture of Saddam Hussein (2003) | 60 Minutes Archive'

(Saturday, December 13, 2003, approximately 8:30 p.m. Arabia Standard Time; part of the Iraq War, the Iraq conflict and the War on terror) — A bearded and apparently disoriented Saddam Hussein, the deposed president of Iraq, was captured tonight by the United States military forces while hiding in a hole under a farmhouse in Adwar, Iraq, ending an eight-month manhunt. Continue reading Saddam Hussein captured by U.S. forces while hiding in a hole under farmhouse in Adwar, Iraq 20 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Dec 13 2003) →

German infantry division murders 693 civilians in Massacre of Kalavryta 80 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Dec 13 1943)

1940s, World War II


Video: 'Kalavryta in Greece: City of widows | Focus on Europe'

(Monday, December 13, 1943, around 9:00 a.m. Central European Time; part of the War crimes of the Wehrmacht during World War II) — The German 117th Jäger Division today carried out the Kalavryta massacre, the near-extermination of the male population and the total destruction of the town of Kalavryta, in Axis-occupied Greece, in retaliation for the earlier killing of German troops. Continue reading German infantry division murders 693 civilians in Massacre of Kalavryta 80 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Dec 13 1943) →