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, PM of Iraq (58-63), 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-Ky
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, 1623-40, /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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