Memory of the day: Egyptian PM Mahmoud Fahmy al-Naqrashi is assassinated in 1948

CAIRO – 28 December 2021: In the following lines, ET sheds light on the most important world events that took place on December 28.

1882 - The British expel the Egyptian leader Ahmed Orabi to Serendib Island.

1903 - The opening of the Islamic Museum in Cairo.

1908 - An earthquake in Messina, Sicily, kills 75,000 people.

1912 - Trams debut on the streets of San Francisco.

1947 - A Jewish group attacks the "Al-Liftawi Café" in the Old City of Jerusalem, killing and injuring 17 Palestinians.

1948 - Egyptian Prime Minister Mahmoud Fahmy al-Naqrashi is assassinated.