1998 Event U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan lands in Baghdad, for peace negotiations 1973 Birthday Alyson Annan, born in Sydney, Australia, field hockey midfielder 1996 Olympics 1938 Birthday Kofi Annan, born in Ghana, Kofi Atta Annan, diplomat, statesman, Secretary-General of the United Nations 1997 - 2007, received 2001 Nobel Peace Prize 1788 Birthday Hugh Clapperton, Annan Scotland, African explorer
