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2006 Saddam Hussein is hanged in Baghdad
1998 U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan lands in Baghdad, for peace negotiations 1993 Clinton orders cruise missle strike on Iraqi secret service in Baghdad 1969 14 spies hung in Baghdad 1963 Abdul Karim Kassem, Prime Minister of Iraq 1958 - 1963, assassinated in Baghdad at 48 1961 Anna May Wong, actress (Thief of Baghdad), dies at about 56 1959 Iraq withdraws from the Baghdad Pact 1958 Faisal II, King of Iraq (1939-58), assassinated at Baghdad 1956 Jordan government refuses to join Pact of Baghdad 1955 Persia signs Pact of Baghdad 1955 Pakistan signs Pact of Baghdad 1955 Pact of Baghdad between Iraq and Turkey signed 1955 Baghdad Pact signed, making Turkey and Iraq a defense alliance 1953 Shah of Persia and princess Soraya flee to Baghdad and Rome 1945 Kabir Bedi, actor, Thief of Baghdad, Terminal Entry 1941 English Army enters Baghdad, chasing pro-German coup government 1941 British troops attack Baghdad 1936 Martha Layne Collins, Baghdad, Kentucky, Gov-D-Kentucky 1917 British troops occupy Baghdad 1903 Definitive treaty for construction of Baghdad railway drawn 1899 Tentative Turkish and German treaty on construction of Baghdad railway 1895 John Boles, Greenville, Texas, singer and actor, Babes in Baghdad 1892 Raoul Walsh, born in New York City, director, Thief of Baghdad, Battle Cry 1888 Eric Blore, English/US actor, Great Gatsby, Bowery to Baghdad 1887 Eric Blore, born in London, England, actor, Great Gatsby, Bowery to Baghdad 1640 Murad IV, sultan of Turkey (1623-40), dies in Baghdad at 27 1612 Murad IV, sultan of Turkey, 1623 - 1640, conquered Baghdad 1534 Turkish sultan Suleiman occupies Baghdad 1520 Selim I, captured Baghdad/Sultan of Turkey (1512-20), dies at 53 1401 Mongol monarch Timur Lenk destroys Baghdad 1055 Seldjuken under Toghril Beg occupy Baghdad |
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