16 October

By the Gregorian calendar 16 October

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By the Hijri calendar 5 Jumada al-Ula 1448 AH

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Upcoming anniversaries

1. 195522 October

   First Saudi expansion of the Prophet's Mosque inaugurated

   The first Saudi expansion of the Prophet's Mosque, begun under King Abdulaziz in 1949, was inaugurated by King Saud on 22 October 1955 in a ceremony attended by several Muslim heads of state. The work enlarged the mosque to 16,326 square metres.

2. 20201 November

   First pilgrims from abroad arrive for Umrah after the pandemic halt

   On 1 November 2020, the third phase of the Umrah resumption began, and the first pilgrims from abroad in about seven months landed at King Abdulaziz International Airport in Jeddah. The first flight, from Pakistan, carried 38 pilgrims; the second, from Indonesia, carried 224.

3. 19083 November

   Arabic-Turkish newspaper "Hijaz" printed in Mecca

   After the Second Constitutional Era began, "Hijaz", the first official weekly newspaper published in Arabic and Turkish, was printed at the Provincial Press (Vilayet Matbaası) in Mecca on 3 November 1908. It was followed on 16 February 1909 by the weekly Shams al-Haqiqa.