Memory of the day: Former US President Barack Obama selects Egypt’s Ahmed Zewail on his Science & Technology Advisory Board in 2009

CAIRO – 28 April 2022: In the following lines, ET sheds light on the most important world events that took place on April 28.

1192 – The Assassins assassinate the elected King of Jerusalem, Conrad, during the Third Crusade.

1945 – Italian leader Benito Mussolini is executed by firing squad after losing leadership of Italy in World War II.

1951 – Mohammad Mossadeq becomes prime minister in Iran.

1969 – French President Charles de Gaulle resigns from his position and announces his retirement from political work, following the social and student unrest that France witnessed in 1968.

2009 – Former US President Barack Obama selects Nobel Prize-winning scientist Ahmed Zewail on his Science and Technology Advisory Board.