2014 Event Afghan officials have signed a pact with the U.S. to maintain troops in the country beyond the end of 2014 and provide Afghanistan with funding; former Afghan President Hamid Karzai would not sign the agreement due to his opposition to U.S. presence 2011 Event In Kabul, a rocket is fired into the compound of Hamid Karzai, President of Afghanistan 1957 Birthday Hamid Karzai, born in Karz, Afghanistan, Pashtun of the Popalzai tribe, Sunni Muslim, politician, Independent Party, 12th President of Afghanistan 1945 Birthday Farooq Hamid, cricketer, 1-107 in Test, Pakistan vs. Australia 1964 1909 Event Sultan of Turkey Abdul Hamid II is overthrown 1852 Birthday Hamid Abdulhak, Istanbul, Turkish romantic poet/playwright
