Memory of the day: Massive blast rocks Beirut in 2020

CAIRO – 4 August 2021: On August 4, many important events took place.

Important world events:

2017 - Brazilian player Neymar moved to Paris Saint-Germain from Barcelona in a record deal amounting to €222 million.

2020 - A huge explosion in the port of Beirut causes extensive damage throughout Beirut. The explosion was so powerful it was heard in countries neighboring Lebanon, leaving dozens dead and missing, thousands wounded, and hundreds of thousands displaced.