Memory of the day: 1st anti-narcotics police force is established in Egypt in 1929

CAIRO – 20 March 2022: In the following lines, ET sheds light on the most important world events that took place on March 20.

845 – The Vikings appear at the gates of Paris.

1809 - Napoleon Bonaparte defeats the Austrians at Innsbruck.

1815 - Napoleon Bonaparte returns to Paris from his exile on the island of Elba, beginning the Hundred Days period during which he attempts to rebuild his empire.

1929 - Anti-narcotics police force is established in Egypt, the first of its kind in the Arab East.

1949- The founding of the Raja Sports Club

1986 - Jacques Chirac becomes prime minister of France.

1999 - Bernard Piccard and Brian Jones succeed in orbiting the Earth with a balloon without interruption in 20 days.

2019 - American mathematician Karen Uhlenbeck wins the 2019 Abel Prize, becoming the first woman to win the award.

Global events:

-  Spring equinox.

-  New Year's Eve in the Persian calendar.

-  UN French Language Day.

-  International Day of Happiness.