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Saddam Hussein is born in a village near desert town of Tikrit, north of Baghdad.
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Hussein moves to Baghdad, where he attends a nationalist school.
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Saddam Hussein becomes president of Iraq
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Hussein was found in a spider hole and taken into custody
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Hussein refused to identify himself except as "president of the Iraqi state" and later entered a "not guilty" plea to the charges against him.
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Hussein refuses to attend trial, a day after yelling: "I will not come to an unjust court! Go to hell!"
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Hussein is hospitalized on the 17th day of his hunger strike
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Saddam Hussein is sentenced to death by hanging for crimes against humanity.
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Saddam Hussein is put to death by hanging