2011 Event A Mongolian bulk carrier sailing off the coast of Oman is seized by Somali pirates 1992 Death Queen Mother of Oman, dies 1982 Event 10 Arabian oryx, extinct except in zoos, released in Oman 1973 Event Qaboos bin Said Al Said, becomes Sultan and Prime Minister of Oman 1972 Event Danish airliner hit mountain in Sheikdom of Oman killing 112 1967 Event Kuria Muria Islands ceded by Britain to Oman 1958 Event Oman turns over Gwadur (on Baluchistan coast) to Pakistan 1957 Event British offensive against imam Galeb Ben Ali of Oman 1942 Birthday Qabus bin Said, sultan of Oman, 1970-
