When King Saud visited Washington, the overwhelming question consuming the press was the size of his family.

Eisenhower and Vice President Richard Nixon with their host, King Saud of Saudi Arabia, Washington 1957

* 1945 – President Franklin D. Roosevelt meets with King Ibn Saud of Saudi Arabia aboard the USS Quincy, officially starting the U. S .- Saudi diplomatic relationship.

* 1902 – King Saud of Saudi Arabia ( d. 1969 )

* 1927 – Ibn Saud takes the title of King of Nejd.

* 1927 – Treaty of Jedda: the United Kingdom recognizes the sovereignty of King Ibn Saud in the Kingdoms of Hejaz and Nejd, which later merge to become the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

King Abdul Aziz Al-Saud ( Ibn Saud ) pressed them forward as he saw them as a means of convenience and better governance.

* 1964 – King Saud of Saudi Arabia is deposed by a family coup, and replaced by his half-brother King Faisal.

Long term political and government appointments, such as those of King Abdullah, who was the Commander of the National Guard from 1963 until 2010, when he then appointed his son to replace him ), Crown Prince Sultan, was Minister of Defence & Aviation from 1962 to 2011, Prince Nayef was the Minister of Interior from 1975 until his death in 2012, Prince Saud has been Minister of Foreign Affairs since 1975 and Prince Salman, was the Governor of the Riyadh Region from 1962 to 2011, resulting in the creation of " power fiefdoms " for senior princes.

* March 28 – King Saud of Saudi Arabia abdicates the throne.

* January 8 – Abdul-Aziz ibn Saud is crowned King of Hejaz.

* February 23 – King Saud of Saudi Arabia ( b. 1902 )

* January 12 – King Saud of Saudi Arabia ( d. 1969 )

After the First World War, the Hashemite Sayyid Hussein bin Ali was proclaimed King of an independent Hejaz, but soon after, in 1924, he was defeated by Ibn Saud, who integrated Medina and the whole of the Hejaz into the modern kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

King Saud of Saudi Arabia attempted to mend relations between Nasser and Naguib, but to no avail.

Nasser personally took over command of the military and, aware that he was unable to stop the invasion, he coordinated with King Saud to land Egyptian Air Force planes in Saudi Arabia and Sudan to avoid destruction.

Eisenhower attempted to isolate and reduce him by considering support of his ally King Saud as a counterweight.

" Meanwhile, King Saud gradually came to resent Nasser's popularity among the Saudi people and his references to Saudi oil as belonging to all the Arabs ; when Hussein requested military assistance from Saud, he complied, sending 4, 000 troops to Jordan as a protective measure.

While Nasser was in Syria, King Saud was allegedly planning on having him assassinated during his flight back to Cairo.

On February 14, 1945, while returning from the Yalta Conference, Roosevelt met with King Ibn Saud of Saudi Arabia on the Great Bitter Lake in the Suez Canal, the first time a U. S. president had visited the Persian Gulf region.

( During Operation Desert Shield in 1990, this landmark meeting between Roosevelt and King Ibn Saud was cited by Secretary of Defense Dick Cheney as one of the justifications for sending troops to protect Saudi Arabia's border.

In October 1950, President Harry Truman wrote to King Ibn Saud that " the United States is interested in the preservation of the independence and territorial integrity of Saudi Arabia.

Mountbatten attended the funeral of King George VI in June 1952 and, having been promoted to the substantive rank of full admiral on 27 February 1953, he attended the coronation of the Queen Elizabeth II in June 1953.

* Sailor of the King ( 1953 )

* 1893 – King Carol II of Romania, ( d. 1953 )

* October 15 – King Carol II of Romania ( d. 1953 )

* King John ( 1953 )

" F. M. Powicke offered a more positive perspective in his extensive work on Edward I in King Henry III and the Lord Edward ( 1947 ) and The Thirteenth Century ( 1953 ).

The fourth King, who had established the National Assembly in 1953, devolved all executive powers to a council of ministers elected by the people in 1998.

King Talal's son, Crown Prince Hussein, was proclaimed King of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan on 11 August 1952, succeeding at the age of 16 ; because this was under the legal age, he was enthroned a year later, on 2 May 1953.

* King Faisal II Coronation Medal – 1953

With her return to film in the 1950s, she portrayed an abused colonial wife in Carol Reed's Outcast of the Islands ( 1952 ), but had already transitioned into mature, supporting roles with Sailor of the King ( 1953 ) and a memorable victim of the Mau Mau uprising in Something of Value ( 1957 ).

After appearing as Frank Elgin in Winter Journey at the St James's April 1952, he rejoined the Stratford company in 1953 ( together with his actress wife Rachel Kempson ) appearing as Shylock, King Lear and Antony in Antony and Cleopatra, also playing Antony when the company transferred to the Prince's Theatre in November 1953 before touring in the Netherlands, Belgium and Paris.

He secured a supporting role in a Hollywood film, Knights of the Round Table ( 1953 ), which led to being cast with Rex Harrison and George Sanders in King Richard and the Crusaders ( 1954 ).

Hank Williams (; September 17, 1923 – January 1, 1953 ), born Hiram King Williams, was an American singer-songwriter and musician regarded as one of the most important country music artists of all time.

Valerie Hobson's last starring role was in the original London production of Rodgers and Hammerstein's musical play The King and I which opened at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane on October 8, 1953.

The company began in 1953 as Insta-Burger King, a Jacksonville, Florida-based restaurant chain.

The predecessor to Burger King was founded in 1953 in Jacksonville, Florida, as Insta-Burger King.

When the predecessor of Burger King first opened in Jacksonville in 1953, its menu consisted predominantly of basic hamburgers, french fries, soft drinks, milkshakes and desserts.

In 1953, Ballard joined doo-wop group The Royals, which had previously been discovered by Johnny Otis and signed to Federal Records, ( a division of King Records ), in Cincinnati.

Starting sometime in 1953, Fuqua's Ink Spots was recording for King Records.

The record failed so he moved to King in 1953.