Founding Father
So what exactly does the name of the country mean? Saudi Arabia actually owes its name to King Abdul Aziz bin Rahman Al Saud AKA Ibn Saud. In 1932, the same man proclaimed the independence of Saudi and crowned himself. He took 17 different wives and fathered 45 sons, 35 of which survived his death back in 1953. The number of daughters he fathered remains unknown.
Founding Father
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Arab Astronaut
1985 proved to be an important time in Saudi Arabia. This was the year they sent Prince Sultan bin Salman to space on board the U.S. space shuttle called “Discovery”. He was the first Arab, first Muslim, and first Saudi to have ventured into space!
Arab Astronaut