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1957
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4.9.1957
The Suez Canal in Egypt is cleared and opens to shipping. |
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7.14.1957
Rawya Ateya takes her seat in the National Assembly of Egypt, thereby becoming the first female parliamentarian in the Arab world.
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1958
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1961
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1967
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5.17.1967
Six-Day War: President Abdul Nasser of Egypt demands dismantling of the peace-keeping UN Emergency Force in Egypt.
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5.23.1967
Egypt closes the Straits of Tiran and blockades the port of Eilat at the northern end of the Gulf of Aqaba to Israeli shipping, laying the foundations for the Six Day War. |
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5.24.1967
Egypt imposes a blockade and siege of the Red Sea coast of Israel. |
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1969
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8.27.1969
Israeli commando force penetrates deep into Egyptian territory to stage a mortar attack on regional Egyptian Army headquarters in the Nile Valley of Upper Egypt.
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1970
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7.21.1970
After 11 years of construction, the Aswan High Dam in Egypt is completed.
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1974
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1.18.1974
A Disengagement of Forces agreement is signed between the Israeli and Egyptian governments, ending conflict on the Egyptian front of the Yom Kippur War. |
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2.21.1974
The last Israeli soldiers leave the west bank of the Suez Canal pursuant to a truce with Egypt. |
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2.28.1974
After seven years, the United States and Egypt re-establish diplomatic relations. |
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7.20.1974
Turkish occupation of Cyprus: Forces from Turkey invade Cyprus after a "coup d' etat", organised by the dictator of Greece, against president Makarios. NATO's Council praises the United States and the United Kingdom for attempts to settle the dispute. Syria and Egypt put their militaries on alert. |
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1977
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12.5.1977
Egypt breaks diplomatic relations with Syria, Libya, Algeria, Iraq and South Yemen. The move is in retaliation for the Declaration of Tripoli against Egypt. |
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1978
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9.17.1978
The Camp David Accords are signed by Israel and Egypt. |
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1979
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1.16.1979
The Shah of Iran flees Iran with his family and relocates to Egypt. |
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1980
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1985
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10.10.1985
United States Navy F-14 fighter jets intercept an Egyptian plane carrying the ''Achille Lauro'' cruise ship hijackers and force it to land at a NATO base in Sigonella, Sicily where they are arrested.
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11.23.1985
Gunmen hijack EgyptAir Flight 648 while en route from Athens to Cairo. When the plane lands in Malta, Egyptian commandos storm the hijacked jetliner, but 60 people die in the raid. |
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1989
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3.18.1989
In Egypt, a 4,400-year-old mummy is found nearby the Pyramid of Cheops.
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3.19.1989
The Egyptian Flag is raised on Taba, Egypt announcing the end of the Israeli occupation after the Yom Kippur War in 1973 and the peace negotiations in 1979. |
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5.29.1989
Signing of an agreement Egypt - U.S. manufacturing parts of the fighter F-16 in Egypt.
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5.29.1989
Signing of an agreement Egypt - U.S. manufacturing parts of the fighter F-16 in Egypt.
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1997
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11.17.1997
In Luxor, Egypt, 62 people are killed by 6 Islamic militants outside the Temple of Hatshepsut, known as Luxor massacre (The police then kill the assailants). |
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12.22.1997
Hussein Aidid relinquishes the disputed title of President of Somalia by signing the Cairo Declaration, in Cairo, Egypt. It is the first major step towards reconciliation in Somalia since 1991. |
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2002
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10.16.2002
Bibliotheca Alexandrina in the Egyptian city of Alexandria, a commemoration of the Library of Alexandria that was lost in antiquity, is officially inaugurated. |
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2004
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1.3.2004
Flight 604, a Boeing 737 owned by Flash Airlines, an Egyptian airliner, plunges into the Red Sea, killing all 148 people on board. |
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2005
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2.26.2005
Hosni Mubarak, the president of Egypt, orders the constitution changed to allow multi-candidate presidential elections before September 2005 by asking Egyptian parliament to amend Article 76.
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2.26.2005
Hosni Mubarak, the president of Egypt, orders the constitution changed to allow multi-candidate presidential elections before September 2005 by asking Egyptian parliament to amend Article 76.
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9.7.2005
First presidential election is held in Egypt.
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2006
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1.12.2006
The French warship Clemenceau reaches Egypt and is barred access to the Suez Canal. Greenpeace activists board the ship. |
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