2010 Event A Chinese ship with 29 crew is attacked by Somali pirates in the Arabian Sea 1991 Death Gijsbert Perlee, Amsterdam's organ builder/grinder (Arabian), dies 1990 Event Saddam fires his army chief and threatens to destroy Arabian peninsula 1982 Event 10 Arabian oryx, extinct except in zoos, released in Oman 1980 Event Saudi Arabian Lockhead Tristar crashes on landing at Riyadh, 301 die 1953 Death Abdul Aziz Ibn Saud, Saudi Arabian Statesman 1951 Death Maria Montez, actress (Arabian Nights), dies of heart seizure at 33 1951 Death Maria Montez, actress, 'Arabian Nights', 'Sudan', dies at 31 1948 Event Egypt, Lebanon, Syria, Iraq and Saudi Arabian troops attack Israel 1918 Birthday Maria Montez, Dominican Rep, actress, Arabian Nights 1882 Event Cyclone in Arabian Sea, Bombay, India, drowns 100,000 1876 Birthday Abdul Aziz Ibn Saud, Saudi Arabian Statesman 1821 Birthday Richard Burton, explorer/translator, Arabian Nights
