Saddam Hussein Captured…..
December 13, 2003……
Former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein is captured during the Iraq War while hiding in a spider hole near his home town of Tikrit. The operation was code named “Operation Red Dawn” after the film Red Dawn (1984). Saddam Hussein was hanged to death for crimes against humanity in 2006.
Sandy Hook School Shooting……
December 14, 2012……
20-year-old Adam Lanza fatally shoots 20 children between 6 and 7 years old, as well as six adult staff members at Sandy Hook Elementary School. Prior to driving to the school, Lanza shot and killed his mother at their Newtown home. As first responders arrived at the scene, Lanza committed suicide by shooting himself in the head. The shootings occurred over the course of less than five minutes with 156 shots fired – 154 shots from a rifle. Lanza then fired a shot in the hallway from a pistol, then killed himself with another shot from the pistol to his head. This was the deadliest school shooting in U.S. history. His motive and why he chose this school is still unknown. However, this was not the worst U.S. school massacre. That was the Bath School Massacre bombing in 1927.
Bill of Rights…..
December 15, 1791……
The Bill of Rights is ratified, providing the first 10 amendments to the U.S. Constitution. They provided guarantees of personal freedoms and rights, clear limitations on the government’s power in judicial and other proceedings, and explicit declarations that all powers not specifically delegated to Congress by the Constitution are reserved for the states or the people. Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Georgia did not officially ratify it until 1939.