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The Events that Happened on December 13th

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This research paper is about the events that happened on December 13th. I will take you through sum very interesting events that happened on this date, which is also my birthday. Personally I didn’t know that there were events like this that happened on this day. It was very interesting what I learned during this research project. I will be able to take the knowledge that I absorbed by doing this project with me through high school, college and eventually a career that fits me.

My first topic is an avalanche that many soldiers died in because they were fighting for their country. This takes place in the time of WWI. This particular avalanche killed an estimate of 9,000 soldiers who were in its path. Witnesses say the avalanches were sometimes used as a weapon to kill the enemies on the mountain, soldiers that survived say the condition on the mountain was worse than the actual fighting itself. The French and Russians were against the Germans and Austrians. Most of the battle camps were set up directly under unstable snow, so whoever was in there at the time of the avalanche, they would have died. Only a few people were found out of thousands of soldiers in the battles.

Another interesting event was the capturing of Saddam Hussein. Operation Red Dawn was the plan that the U.S. would try to find and execute Saddam Hussein for good He was raised into a poor family as a little child by his mother. His first wife, was his first cousin Sajida. Saddam spent many years running

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