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
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 (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
1916 T. E. Lawrence meets with Fasal Hoessein
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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