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2005 King Fahd of Saudi Arabia dies and is succeeded by Prince Abdullah
2004 At least 250 Muslim pilgrims crushed to death during the annual stoning of Satan ritual in the Mena Valley, Saudi Arabia 1998 At least 119 Muslim pilgrims crushed to death during the annual stoning of Satan ritual in the Mena Valley, Saudi Arabia 1991 U.S., barracks in Dhahran Saudi Arabia, hit by scud missile, kills 28 1990 George Bush visits U.S. troops in Saudi Arabia 1990 Secretary of State James Baker visits U.S. troops in Saudi Arabia 1990 Saudi Arabia expels many Jordanian and Yemeni envoys 1990 Soviet Union and Saudi Arabia restore diplomatic ties 1990 Egypt and Morocco troops land in Saudi Arabia to prevent Iraqi invasion 1990 12 Arab leaders agree to send pan-Arab forces to protect Saudi Arabia 1990 Desert Shield begins - U.S. deploys troops to Saudi Arabia 1990 Iraq invades and occupies Kuwait, Emir flees to Saudi Arabia 1986 Captured Iraqi Airways Boeing-737 in Saudi Arabia, about 60 killed 1983 Syria and Saudi Arabia announce cease-fire in PLO civil war in Tripoli 1982 Fahd becomes king of Saudi Arabia when King Khalid dies at 69 1980 63 beheaded in Mecca, Saudi Arabia 1975 Gas stove explodes and starts fire killing 138 (Mecca Saudi Arabia) 1974 U.S. and Saudi Arabia sign military-economic contract 1968 Donald Wolfit, actor (Lawrence of Arabia), dies of heart ailment at 65 1964 Faisal succeeds Saudi as king of Saudi Arabia 1963 35th Academy Awards - "Lawrence of Arabia," A Bancroft and G Peck win 1962 David Lean's "Lawrence of Arabia" premieres 1962 Saudi Arabia proclaims abolishing slavery 1957 Lisa Eilbacher, Dharan, Saudi Arabia, actress, Beverly Hills Cop 1955 Al-Waleed bin Talal, born in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, member of the Saudi Royal Family, businessman 1953 Abdul-Aziz ibn Sa'ud, founder of Saudi Arabia, dies at about 73 1950 Egypt, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia and Syria sign security pact 1948 Saudi Arabia joins invasion of Israel 1940 Paul Nizan, French journalist and writer (Ce Soir/Aden Arabia), dies at 35 1939 Iraq and Saudi Arabia declare war on nazi-Germany 1935 Thomas E. Lawrence, Lawrence of Arabia, dies in a motorcycle crash 1932 Kingdom of Hejaz and Nejd merge into Kingdom of Saudi Arabia 1932 Peter O'Toole, born in Ireland, actor, Lord Jim, Beckett, Lawrence of Arabia 1927 Saudi Arabia becomes independent of Great Britain (Treaty of Jedda) 1926 Abdul-Aziz ibn Sa'ud becomes king of Hejaz; renames it Saudi Arabia 1915 Anthony Quinn, born in Mexico, actor, Zorba the Greek, Lawrence of Arabia 1913 Anthony Quayle, born in England, actor, Anne of 1000 Days, Lawrence of Arabia 1910 Virginia Bruce, actress, Action in Arabia 1908 David Lean, British director, Lawrence of Arabia 1902 Donald Wolfit, born in England, actor, Lawrence of Arabia, Becket, Accursed 1902 Abd al-Aziz ibn Abd al-Rahman al-Faisal al-Saud, king, Saudi Arabia 1902 Ibn Abdul-Aziz Saud, Kuwait, king, Saudi Arabia 1889 Gertrude Caton-Thompson, British archaeologist, Zimbabwe, So Arabia |
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