Saddam Hussein, the President of Iraq, was hung in Baghdad in 2006 at the age of 69.
Saddam Hussein was executed by hanging on the morning of Eid al-Adha, December 30, 2006, for crimes against humanity. It is a day that will live on in the minds of...
Grigori Rasputin, a Russian monk and companion of Russian Tsar Nicholas II, was killed by reactionary Russian aristocracy in 1916 at the age of 47.
The assassination of Rasputin, Russia's iconic "Mad Monk," provides fuel for a wonderful historical storey that combines truth and mythology. However...
LeBron James, an American basketball player, was born in Akron, Ohio in 1984.
LeBron James was born on December 30, 1984, in Akron, Ohio, to Gloria Marie James and ex-convict Anthony McClelland. Gloria raised him on her alone because his fat...
Tiger Woods, an American golfer, was born in Cypress, California in 1975.
Tiger Woods was born Eldrick Woods in Cypress, California, on December 30, 1975. Earl and Kultida Woods raised him as their only child. His parents recognised his ...
Rudyard Kipling, an English novelist, was born in Bombay, British India, in 1865.
Rudyard Kipling, an English poet and story writer, was one of the earliest masters of the short tale in English, and he was the first to utilise Cockney accent in ...
Subhash Chandra Bose waves the Indian independence flag in Port Blair in 1943.
Subhash Chandra Bose raised the Tricolour for the first time on free Indian soil on December 30, 1943, at the Cellular Jail in Port Blair during his visit to Andam...
Marie Curie earns her second Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1911 for her work with radioactivity.
Marie received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1911 for discovering the elements polonium and radium, which she discovered using procedures she created for isolati...
Anthony Hopkins, a Welsh actor, was born in Port Talbot, Glamorgan, Wales in 1937.
Philip Anthony Hopkins was born in Margam, Port Talbot, Wales on December 31, 1937. Anthony Hopkins is widely recognised as one of the best actors living, having e...
Ben Kingsley, an English actor, was born in Scarborough, England in 1943.
Ben Kingsley was born on December 31, 1943, in North Riding of Yorkshire, England, as Krishna Pandit Bhanji. Rahimtulla Harji Bhanji, his father, was a medical pra...
Will Smith, an American rapper and actor known as "The Fresh Prince," marries actress Jada Pinkett Smith in Baltimore, Maryland in 1997.
Will Smith married Jada Koren Pinkett Smith in 1997. They met when Pinkett attended an audition for the role of Smith's character's girlfriend in The Fresh...
