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Saudi
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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