Memory of the day: French military commander Kléber assassinated in Cairo in 1800

CAIRO – 14 June 2021: On June 14, many important events took place.

Important world events:

1800 - The French military commander General Kléber is assassinated in the garden of his palace in Cairo by Al-Azhar student Suleiman el-Halabi.

1830 - French forces land in the port of Sidi Farag to occupy Algeria.

1900 - Hawaii becomes part of the United States.

1934 - The first summit meeting takes place between Nazi German leader Adolf Hitler and Italian Fascist leader Benito Mussolini. It is the meeting that opened the door to a strategic alliance between the two countries in what was known as the Berlin/Rome axis, the axis that fought World War II.

1940 - Nazi forces enter the French capital, Paris.

Other events:

World Blood Donor Day.