Memory of the day: Traveler Jean Palma reaches peak of Alps in 1786

CAIRO – 8 August 2021: On August 8 , many important events took place.

Important world events:

1786 - The traveler Jean Palma reaches the top of the Alps.

1815 - Napoleon Bonaparte leaves France for his exile in Saint Helena, one of the remote islands in the Atlantic Ocean, where he remained until his death in 1821.

1955 -- The first conference of its kind is held in Geneva, Switzerland, on the peaceful uses of atomic energy.

2001 - Australian Hollywood star Nicole Kidman and American star Tom Cruise divorce.