Iraqi judges and prosecutors gathered this morning in a tightly guarded complex in downtown Baghdad as Saddam Hussein and seven defendants prepared to face charges in a 1982 massacre, kicking off the lengthy process of public reckoning for Mr. Hussein's decades of ruthless repression. The tribunal had postponed making a decision on giving a live broadcast until the very last minute, apparently due to concerns about endangering the safety of witnesses, tribunal officials, and others who would be in the courtroom and whose faces would likely be displayed on television. The television stream will be delayed by 20 minutes to allow officials to censor any sensitive pictures or testimonies.

Jonathan Swift, a renowned Anglo-Irish author took his last breath on October 19 in the year 1745 at the age of 77. He is best known for his most celebrated novel Gulliver's Travel. Besides this novel he has wirtten some more great pieces that are worth to read.

Belgian actor Jean-Claude Van Damme He was also a martial artist in the past. Van Damme is well-known for his high-octane action flicks. He is regarded as a living legend in the Action genre. Van Damme is regarded as one of the greatest action stars of all time. Bloodsport, Universal Soldier, Street Fighter, and The Expendables 2 are among his most successful films. Jean-Claude Camille François Van Varenberg was Van Damme's birth name. He was born on October 18, 1960. He was born in the Belgian city of Brussels. His parents are Eliana and Eugène Van Varenberg.

Ernest Rutherford, the discoverer of famous alpha and beta rays took his last breath on October 19 in the year 1937 at the age of 66. He is still a renowned name in the fields of radioactivity and nuclear physics. He was the one to set forth the laws of radioactive decay. He now rests at Westminster Abbey.

Eminem is a Grammy Award-winning American rapper, record producer, and actor who is widely regarded as one of the most controversial and best-selling musicians of all time. Eminem was born Marshall Bruce Mathers III in Missouri in 1972 and had a difficult upbringing. He dropped out of school in the ninth grade and did odd jobs before breaking out as a rapper in early 1999 with the release of The Slim Shady LP. Eminem received two Grammy Awards and four MTV Video Music Awards for the album, which reached multi-platinum. Eminem released The Marshall Mathers LP in 2000, which became the fastest-selling album in rap history.

Astrophysicist Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar He showed that huge stars may collapse under their own gravity to achieve immense, if not infinite, densities. These collapsing stars are now known as neutron stars and black holes. He was the third of ten children born into a well-educated family; his mother was a translator who taught her children to read, and his father was the Deputy Auditor General of the Northwestern Railways. C. V. Raman, the Nobel Prize-winning scientist, was his father's brother. His parents and private tutors home-schooled him as a child.

In 2003, Eunuchs in MP declared the formation of their own political party, ‘Jeeti Jitai Politics.' Shweta, another eunuch and the president of the District Kinnar (Transgender) Association in Uttar Pradesh, stood as an independent candidate in the Lok Sabha elections in 2004 from the Ballia Parliamentary seat. Previously, Gorakhpur residents chose Asha Devi, a eunuch, as Mayor. Madhu Bai Kinnar, an independent candidate, was elected mayor of Raigarh, Chhattisgarh, in January 2015.

In a ceremony in the Capitol Rotunda on October 17, 2007, The Dalai Lama, the spiritual head of Tibetan Buddhists, received the Congressional Gold Medal for his work with peace and human rights. At a congressional ceremony, President Bush awarded the medal. China, which considers the exiled monk to be a Tibetan separatist, objected to the accolade. At the ceremony, the Dalai Lama also replied to the criticism, stressing that he does not regard autonomy for Tibet as a stepping-stone toward eventual independence.

Sunny Deol, the son of Bollywood legend Dharmendra, came onto the scene in the 1980s and quickly established himself as one of the industry's most renowned performers. Since his debut in 1983, he's had a string of successes and established himself as one of the industry's most bankable performers. For more than three decades, he has delivered many hits, received awards, and evolved into a famous action hero. Now, he is preparing to enter the political arena as a BJP candidate, and he is likely to run in the forthcoming Punjab elections.

On October 17, the Master Blaster overtook Brian Lara's record to become the Tests' top run-scorer. Tendulkar scored 11,953 runs in the second Test against Australia in Mohali, with old buddy Sourav Ganguly — who was playing his farewell series — at the non-end. striker's He got the milestone a few minutes after tea by stealing three fast runs from Peter Siddle. Tendulkar accomplished the feat in 152 Tests and 247 innings at an average of 54.03. Lara has completed 131 tests.

Lee Harvey Oswald, a native of New Orleans, joined the United States Marine Corps before defecting to the Soviet Union for a while. He moved back to the United States with his family and ultimately obtained guns. On November 22, 1963, in Dallas, Texas, Oswald reportedly murdered President John F. Kennedy. On November 24, 1963, while being transported to county prison, Oswald was assassinated by Jack Ruby. Oswald was born on October 18, 1939, in New Orleans, Louisiana, to Marguerite and Robert Oswald Sr., who died two months earlier of a heart attack.

Thomas Edison who is credited as an inventor of light bulb and phonograph took his last breath on October 18th in the year 1931. He is the one who contributed in the economy of America during the Industrial Revolution. He is cnsidered to be America's leading buismessman and innovator.

The shortcomings of the police investigations became clear following an attempted assassination attempt on Bhutto on 18 October 2007, two and a half months before her death. More than 150 people were murdered when two suicide bombers struck her convoy. It is still considered one of the worst strikes carried out by militant Islamists in Pakistan. Because the police effort was so haphazard, the bombers were never identified.

Zeng Xueming was a Chinese midwife who married Ho Chi Minh, the Vietnamese leader. She married Ho in October 1926 as a Catholic from Guangzhou. They shared a home until April 1927, when Ho fled China in the aftermath of an anti-communist coup. Ho returned to Vietnam in 1940 to lead the communist rebels against the French colonial authorities, the pro-Communist Viet Minh. In 1954, he was elected President of North Vietnam. Despite several attempts by both Zeng and Ho to reestablish contact, the couple was never reunited.