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