2014 Event Four former guards of security company Blackwater have been convicted of manslaughter and murder charges in the shooting of 31 unarmed Iraqi civilians seven years ago in Baghdad; the incident resulted in 14 deaths and 17 injuries The U.S. may cooperate with Iran in identifying options to address the violence in Iraq, though such options would not include military aid; President Barack Obama has sent 257 troops to Baghdad to provide additional security for the U.S. embassy 2010 Event A series of bomb explosions in Baghdad, near Shia mosques, kill dozens of people and wound 100 others 2006 Event Saddam Hussein is hanged in Baghdad 1998 Event U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan lands in Baghdad, for peace negotiations 1993 Event Clinton orders cruise missle strike on Iraqi secret service in Baghdad 1969 Event 14 spies hung in Baghdad 1963 Death Abdul Karim Kassem, Prime Minister of Iraq 1958 - 1963, assassinated in Baghdad at 48 1961 Death Anna May Wong, actress (Thief of Baghdad), dies at about 56 1959 Event Iraq withdraws from the Baghdad Pact 1958 Death Faisal II, King of Iraq (1939-58), assassinated at Baghdad 1956 Event Jordan government refuses to join Pact of Baghdad 1955 Event Persia signs Pact of Baghdad Pakistan signs Pact of Baghdad Pact of Baghdad between Iraq and Turkey signed Baghdad Pact signed, making Turkey and Iraq a defense alliance 1953 Event Shah of Persia and princess Soraya flee to Baghdad and Rome 1945 Birthday Kabir Bedi, actor, Thief of Baghdad, Terminal Entry 1941 Event English Army enters Baghdad, chasing pro-German coup government British troops attack Baghdad 1936 Birthday Martha Layne Collins, Baghdad, Kentucky, Gov-D-Kentucky 1917 Event British troops occupy Baghdad 1903 Event Definitive treaty for construction of Baghdad railway drawn 1899 Event Tentative Turkish and German treaty on construction of Baghdad railway 1895 Birthday John Boles, Greenville, Texas, singer and actor, Babes in Baghdad 1892 Birthday Raoul Walsh, born in New York City, director, Thief of Baghdad, Battle Cry 1888 Birthday Eric Blore, English/US actor, Great Gatsby, Bowery to Baghdad 1887 Birthday Eric Blore, born in London, England, actor, Great Gatsby, Bowery to Baghdad 1640 Death Murad IV, sultan of Turkey (1623-40), dies in Baghdad at 27 1612 Birthday Murad IV, sultan of Turkey, 1623 - 1640, conquered Baghdad 1534 Event Turkish sultan Suleiman occupies Baghdad 1520 Death Selim I, captured Baghdad/Sultan of Turkey (1512-20), dies at 53 1401 Event Mongol monarch Timur Lenk destroys Baghdad 1055 Event Seldjuken under Toghril Beg occupy Baghdad
