NOW & THEN

0 On this day in 2003, Saddam Hussein was captured by US forces from a hideout near his hometown of Tikrit president FW de Klerk to discuss prospects for negotiating an end to South Africa’s racial conflict.

1990: ANC president Oliver Tambo arrived in South Africa after 30 years in exile.

2001: The Indian parliament in New Delhi was attacked by five Islamist terrorists, one wearing an explosive vest. Fifteen people were killed, including the terrorists.

2003: Saddam Hussein was captured near Tikrit.

2006: The Baiji, or Chinese river dolphin, was declared extinct.

2010: Experts from the University of Texas revealed that sleepdeprived bees were sloppier and less precise when at work.

2014: The British government announced it would send troops to Iraq to train Iraqi and Kurdish forces in the conflict with Islamic State.