It was on December 30, 2006, that the world witnessed the execution of one of its most infamous figures – Saddam Hussein. The former Iraqi dictator had been in American custody since his capture in a hiding spot north of Baghdad on December 13, 2003. His death marked the end of an era, not just …
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Soviet Union formally dissolves
The dissolution of the Soviet Union on December 26, 1991, marked the end of an era and brought to a close one of the most pivotal moments in modern history. The Soviet Union had been formed in 1922 by Vladimir Lenin’s Bolshevik Party following the Russian Revolution of 1917, which overthrew the Tsarist dynasty that …