Memory of the day: First elections for the Consultative Council [Al-Shura] are held in Egypt in 1980

CAIRO – 26 September 2021: On September 26, many important events took place.

Important world events:

1580 - British explorer Sir Francis Drake completes his circumnavigation of the globe.

1807 - The British evacuate Alexandria after trying to occupy it to secure a British base of operations against the Ottoman Empire.

1980 - The first elections for the Consultative Council [Al-Shura] are held in Egypt.

2014 - The time changes in Egypt for the fourth time in five months in an unprecedented event.