** Fahd becomes King of Saudi Arabia upon the death of his brother, Khalid.

** Khalid Boulahrouz, Dutch footballer

** Khalid al-Mihdhar, 26, Saudi Arabian, one of the hijackers of American Airlines Flight 77.

** P108 – Shah Alam – Khalid Abdul Samad

** Khalid bin Zayed Al Nahyan

** Khalid bin Ali Al Khalifa

** P124 – Bandar Tun Razak – Abdul Khalid Ibrahim

** Riyadh-King Khalid International Airport

** Khalid ibn Barmak, vizier

** Yahya ibn Khalid, vizier

** Riyadh – King Khalid International Airport **

** Riyadh – King Khalid International Airport

** Mohammed Abdel Wahab, Egyptian singer and composer ( b. 1907 )

** In Lebanon, Hezbollah announces that it has hanged United States Marines U. S. Marine Lt. Col. William R. Higgins in retaliation for Israel's July 28 kidnapping of Hezbollah leader Abdel Karim Obeid.

** Gamel Abdel Nasser is nominated as the first president of the United Arab Republic.

** HIH Princess Fatma Neslişah Osmanoğlu Sultan ( Istanbul, Nişantaşı, Nişantaşı Palace, 4 February 1921 – 1 April 2012 ), married in Heliopolis Palace, Cairo, on 26 September 1940 to her cousin HE Damat HH Prince / HRH Prince Muhammad Abdel Moneim Beyefendi ( Alexandria, Montaza Palace, 20 February 1899 – Istanbul, 1 / 2 December 1979, buried in Cairo ), Heir Apparent to the Throne of Egypt from 1899 to 1914, created HH in 1922, created HRH in 1952, Regent of Egypt from 1952 to 1953, and had issue.

** Sidi Abdel Kader el Alami

** Zaouïa de Sidi Abdel Hamid.

** HIH Princess Fatma Neslişah Osmanoğlu Sultan ( Constantinople, Nişantaşı, Nişantaşı Palace, 4 February 1921 – 1 April 2012 ), married in Heliopolis Palace, Cairo, on 26 September 1940 to her cousin HE Damat HH Prince / HRH Prince Muhammad Abdel Moneim Beyefendi ( Alexandria, Montaza Palace, 20 February 1899 – Constantinople, 1 / 2 December 1979, buried in Cairo ), Heir Apparent to the Throne of Egypt from 1899 to 1914, created HH in 1922, created HRH in 1952, Regent of Egypt from 1952 to 1953, and had issue

** Malak, Samir Abdel ( Maronite )

** Shadi Sami Abdel Gadir, remanded in custody until 11 August.

** Gamal Abdal Nasser, 2nd President of Egypt ( d. 1970 )

** Nasser Hussain, English cricketer

** President Gamal Abdal Nasser of Egypt demands withdrawal of the peacekeeping UN Emergency Force in the Sinai.

** Maya Nasser, Syrian journalist ( d. 2012 )

** Nasser bin Zayed Al Nahyan ( 1967 – 2008 )

** Nasser Hejazi, former goalkeeper of the national football team and former coach of the Esteghlal football club.

** Nasser Takmil Homayoun: a contemporary historian

** Nasser Yeganeh: Chief Justice of the Supreme Court ( 1975-79 ).

** Elena Sanz de Limantour ( 1922 – 1979 ), married in 1949 to Robert Borgs, and had issue:

** Men's Pairs ( 3 ) 1938, 1943, 1949

** Vanderbilt ( 8 ) 1934, 1936, 1949, 1950, 1953, 1955, 1959, 1962

** Master Mixed Teams ( 4 ) 1946, 1949, 1950, 1951

** Indiana State finished third in 1953 and fourth in the 1949 NAIA tourney

** Red Planet ( 1949 ).

** Steve Gaines ( b. 1949 )

** 97. berkelium, Bk, named after the city of Berkeley, where the University of California, Berkeley is located ( 1949 ).

** Andy Kaufman, American comedian ( b. 1949 )

** 1948 Arab – Israeli War ( 1948 – 1949 ) – The war was fought between the newly declared State of Israel and its Arab neighbours.

** Jean-Pierre Wimille, French race car driver ( d. 1949 )

** Larry Gene Bell, American convicted felon ( b. 1949 )

** Wendy O. Williams, American singer ( b. 1949 )

** Kevin Lloyd, British actor ( b. 1949 )

** Imam Hassan al Banna, Egyptian founder of the Muslim Brotherhood ( d. 1949 )

** Klaus Mann, German writer ( d. 1949 )

** Margaret Mitchell, American writer ( Gone With The Wind ) ( d. 1949 )

** Lyle Alzado, American football player ( b. 1949 )

** Marcel Cerdan, French boxer ( d. 1949 )

** Alberto Gerchunoff, Argentine writer ( d. 1949 )

** Brad Davis, American actor ( b. 1949 )

** Aurora Quezon, First Lady of the Philippines ( d. 1949 )

** Syed Zafarul Hasan, Muslim philosopher ( d. 1949 )

** Sidney Olcott, pioneer film director ( d. 1949 )

** Phalon Jones, American musician ( b. 1949 )