Iraq War Begins: Bush Orders First Strikes on Baghdad
American and coalition forces launched a bombing campaign against Baghdad just as President George W. Bush declared the start of military operations to disarm Iraq and defend the world from grave danger. This invasion immediately toppled Saddam Hussein's regime, yet the subsequent failure to locate the alleged weapons of mass destruction fundamentally eroded public trust in U.S. intelligence and reshaped global security policy for decades.
March 20, 2003
23 years ago
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What Else Happened on March 20
lecture publique du testament de Jules César faisant d'Octave son héritier à Rome.Buste de Maximin le Thrace
A Thracian shepherd who couldn't speak proper Latin became master of Rome. Maximinus Thrax never set foot in the Senate, never visited the capital during his en…
Maximino el Tracio es proclamado emperador romano.
Emperor Tenmu ascended the throne at the Palace of Kiyomihara, consolidating imperial authority after his victory in the Jinshin War. By centralizing power and …
O imperador Tenmu do Japão assume o Trono do Crisântemo no Palácio de Kiyomihara em Asuka.
Alfonso VIII y Alfonso II, reyes de Castilla y Aragón, respectivamente, firman el Tratado de Cazorla, por el que ambos reinos se reparten las zonas de conquista…
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