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2005 King Fahd of Saudi Arabia dies and is succeeded by Prince Abdullah 2004 At least 250 Muslim pilgrims crushed to death during the annual stoning of Satan ritual in the Mena Valley, Saudi Arabia 1998 At least 119 Muslim pilgrims crushed to death during the annual stoning of Satan ritual in the Mena Valley, Saudi Arabia 1997 Saudi Arab billionaire Prince al-Waleed bin Talal aquires 5% of Apple Computer 1991 U.S., barracks in Dhahran Saudi Arabia, hit by scud missile, kills 28 1990 George Bush visits U.S. troops in Saudi Arabia 1990 Secretary of State James Baker visits U.S. troops in Saudi Arabia 1990 Saudi Arabia expels many Jordanian and Yemeni envoys 1990 Soviet Union and Saudi Arabia restore diplomatic ties 1990 Egypt and Morocco troops land in Saudi Arabia to prevent Iraqi invasion 1990 12 Arab leaders agree to send pan-Arab forces to protect Saudi Arabia 1990 Desert Shield begins - U.S. deploys troops to Saudi Arabia 1990 Iraq invades and occupies Kuwait, Emir flees to Saudi Arabia 1986 Captured Iraqi Airways Boeing-737 in Saudi Arabia, about 60 killed 1983 Syria and Saudi Arabia announce cease-fire in PLO civil war in Tripoli 1982 Fahd becomes king of Saudi Arabia when King Khalid dies at 69 1980 Saudi Arabian Lockhead Tristar crashes on landing at Riyadh, 301 die 1980 63 beheaded in Mecca, Saudi Arabia 1975 Gas stove explodes and starts fire killing 138 (Mecca Saudi Arabia) 1975 Faisal Ibn Mussed Abdul Aziz, Saudi prince, beheaded in Riyadh shopping center parking lot for killing his uncle the king 1974 U.S. and Saudi Arabia sign military-economic contract 1973 "Black September" terrorists occupy Saudi Embassy in Khartoum 1964 Faisal succeeds Saudi as king of Saudi Arabia 1962 Saudi Arabia proclaims abolishing slavery 1960 King Saudi of Saudi-Arabia takes power 1958 Faisal succeeds Saudi as king of Saudi-Arabia 1957 Lisa Eilbacher, Dharan, Saudi Arabia, actress, Beverly Hills Cop 1953 Abdul-Aziz ibn Sa'ud, founder of Saudi Arabia, dies at about 73 1953 Abdul Aziz Ibn Saud, Saudi Arabian Statesman 1950 Egypt, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia and Syria sign security pact 1948 Saudi Arabia joins invasion of Israel 1948 Egypt, Lebanon, Syria, Iraq and Saudi Arabian troops attack Israel 1939 Iraq and Saudi Arabia declare war on nazi-Germany 1935 Adnan Khashoggi, Saudi businessman/billionaire/arms dealer 1932 Kingdom of Hejaz and Nejd merge into Kingdom of Saudi Arabia 1927 Saudi Arabia becomes independent of Great Britain (Treaty of Jedda) 1926 Abdul-Aziz ibn Sa'ud becomes king of Hejaz; renames it Saudi Arabia 1924 Wahhabietes under Ibn Saudi take Mecca 1902 Abd al-Aziz ibn Abd al-Rahman al-Faisal al-Saud, king, Saudi Arabia 1902 Ibn Abdul-Aziz Saud, Kuwait, king, Saudi Arabia 1876 Abdul Aziz Ibn Saud, Saudi Arabian Statesman

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