Memory of the day: Egypt’s Alexandria founded in 332 BC

CAIRO – 7 April 2022: In the following lines, ET sheds light on the most important world events that took place on April 7.

332 BC - Founding of the Egyptian city of Alexandria.

1652 - The Dutch discover the Cape in Africa.

1795 - The date marking the beginning of adopting the metric system in France and the use of metric units such as the meter, the kilogram, and others.

1889 - Youssef Bey Karam dies in Naples, Italy

1922 - The first air collision in the history of civil aviation takes place between two French and English planes over Picardy, north of Paris. All on board passed away.

1948 - The founding of the World Health Organization.