<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Mosque_seizure" id="mw7Q" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Grand Mosque seizure">Grand Mosque seizure</a>: About 200 Sunni Muslims revolt in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saudi_Arabia" id="mw7g" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Saudi Arabia">Saudi Arabia</a> at the site of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaaba" id="mw7w" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Kaaba">Kaaba</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mecca" id="mw8A" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Mecca">Mecca</a> during the pilgrimage and take about 6,000 hostages. The Saudi government receives help from Pakistani special forces to put down the uprising.