2015 Event King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz al Saud of Saudi Arabia dies at age 90 after hospitalization for pneumonia three weeks earlier; he has been succeeded by his half brother Salman of Saudi Arabia 2013 Event U.S. Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton steps down from her post; she is succeeded by Senator John Kerry 2005 Event King Fahd of Saudi Arabia dies and is succeeded by Prince Abdullah 1997 Event Scientists in Scotland announced they succeeded in cloning an adult mammal, producing a lamb named "Dolly" 1979 Event Premier/president al-Bakr of Iraq is succeeded by Saddam Hussein 1955 Event King Norodom Sihanukh of Cambodia succeeded by his father 1951 Birthday Robert Iger, born in Los Angeles, California, CEO of The Walt Disney Company, succeeded Michael Eisner 1936 Event Spanish premier Casares Quiroga succeeded by Jose Giral 1921 Event William Lyon Mackenzie King succeeded Arthur Meighen as Canadian PM 1889 Event New York World reporter Nellie Bly (Elizabeth Cochrane) began her attempt to surpass fictitious journey of Jules Verne's Phileas Fogg by traveling around world in less than 80 days She succeeded, by finishing trip following January in 72 days, 6
