Today in History

Deposed Iraqi President Saddam Hussein captured; he is found hiding in near his home town of Tikrit.

Terrorists attach the Parliament of India Sansad; 15 people are killed, including the terrorists

Taylor Swift, multiple award-winning crossover country singer, actress; youngest-ever Country Music Association Entertainer of the Year and youngest artist ever to win an Album of the Year Grammy.

France sues the United States over the discovery of an AIDS serum.

Polish labor leader Lech Walesa is arrested and the government decrees martial law, restricting civil rights and suspending operation of the independent trade union Solidarity.

Great Britain cuts the work week to three days to save energy.

Astronaut Gene Cernan climbs into his lunar lander on the moon and prepares to lift off. He is the last man to set foot on the moon.

President Lyndon B. Johnson and Mexico’s President Gustavo Diaz Ordaz meet on a bridge at El Paso, Texas, to officiate at ceremonies returning the long-disputed El Chamizal area to the Mexican side of the border.

Jamie Foxx, actor, singer.

John Anderson, country singer, musician.

After meeting with FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover, President Harry S Truman vows to purge all disloyal government workers.

Ted Nugent, singer, songwriter, musician, actor.

France and Britain agree to quit Syria and Lebanon.

British forces launch an offensive in Libya.