Memory of the day: Unification of the Egyptian army, Jordanian army & Syrian army under the Egyptian command in 1956

CAIRO – 25 November 2021: In the following lines, ET sheds light on the most important events that took place on November 25.

885 - The Siege of Paris by the Vikings begins.

1177 - The forces of Salah al-Din al-Ayyubi, commander of the Ayyubids, clash with the forces of Baldwin IV, commander of the Kingdom of Beit al-Maqdis, in the Battle of Montgisard.

1875 - Khedive Ismail sells Egypt's shares in the Suez Canal to Britain, and the number of shares was estimated at one hundred and seventy thousand.

1915 - Albert Einstein presents the general theory of relativity for the first time before the Prussian Academy of Sciences.

1956 - Unification of the Egyptian army, the Jordanian army and the Syrian army under the Egyptian command.