Memory of the day: Egypt, Syria sign the Charter of Arab Unity in 1958

CAIRO – 1 February 2022: In the following lines, ET sheds light on the most important world events that took place on February 1.

1877 - Isaac Burgess and William Longstreet receive a patent for the first steamboat in the United States.

1881 - The arrest of Ahmed Orabi and his companions after the British entered Cairo.

1884 - The first volume of the Oxford English Dictionary is published.

1958 - Syria and Egypt sign the Charter of Arab Unity between the two countries under the name of the United Arab Republic.

2008 - The ruler of Dubai, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al- Maktoum, appoints his son Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al-Maktoum as the crown prince of Dubai.