HISTORY QUIZ OF THE DAY (Dec-13)

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Dec 13, 2003 :: SADDAM HUSSEIN :: Former Iraqi President was captured on this day near his home town of , in an operation called 'Red Dawn'.

Dec 13, 2001 :: TERRORISM :: On this day, the was attacked by terrorists, killing 15 people, including all the terrorists.

Dec 13, 1974 :: MALTA :: On this day, it became a .

Dec 13, 1959 :: Archibishop MAKARIOS :: On this day, he became the of Cyprus.

Dec 13, 1949 :: On this day, the Knesset voted to move the capital of Israel to .

Dec 13, 1816 :: Ernst Werner von SIEMENS :: Born this day, he was a engineer, inventor, and industrialist.

Dec 13, 1678 :: YONGZHENG :: born this day, he was an Emperor of .

Dec 13, 1048 :: AL-BIRUNI :: He was a Muslim scholar and of the 11th century. He was the first Muslim scholar to study India
and the tradition, and has been described as the founder of Indology, and "the first anthropologist".