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Memory of the day: New York City is chosen as the headquarters of the United Nations in 1946

Sun, 13 Feb 2022 - 11:06 GMT

In the following lines, ET sheds light on the most important world events that took place on February 13.

Memory of the day: The Egyptian Constitution is issued in 1882

Mon, 07 Feb 2022 - 10:59 GMT

In the following lines, ET sheds light on the most important world events that took place on February 7.

Memory of the day: Egypt’s historic Al-Ahram newspaper established in 1875

Mon, 27 Dec 2021 - 10:05 GMT

In the following lines, ET sheds light on the most important world events that took place on December 27.

Memory of the day: South African forces arrest Nelson Mandela in 1956

Mon, 06 Dec 2021 - 11:56 GMT

In the following lines, ET sheds light on the most important world events that took place on December 6.

Memory of the day: Relocation of Abu Simbel Temples completed in 1968

Wed, 22 Sep 2021 - 12:02 GMT

On September 22, many important events took place.

Sept. 2 marks end of World War II, bloodiest war in human history

Thu, 02 Sep 2021 - 01:46 GMT

The Second World War actually began on September 1, 1939, with the German invasion of Poland.

Was World War I the cause of the emergence of the Soviet Union?

Sun, 13 Jun 2021 - 02:21 GMT

World War I saw the collapse of huge empires, including the Russian Empire of Tsar Nicholas II.

Ibn Sina’s advice on COVID-19, a documentary film to screen at Alexandria Opera House on Dec. 25

Tue, 22 Dec 2020 - 02:20 GMT

The Egyptian Opera House is organizing the Alexandria Opera Cinema Club in cooperation with the National Film Center and the Russian Center for Science and Culture in Alexandria, on December 25 at 7 p.m.

Sisi to conclude Asian tour by visiting Uzbekistan

Mon, 03 Sep 2018 - 08:10 GMT

Sisi’s scheduled visit to Uzbekistan’s capital of Tashkent is considered the first official visit of its kind by an Egyptian president to the Asian country.

Soviet-era scientist says he helped create poison in UK spy attack row

Tue, 20 Mar 2018 - 11:53 GMT

A Cold War-era scientist acknowledged on Tuesday he had helped create the nerve agent that Britain says was used to poison an ex-spy and his daughter.

Release of 1st Arabic version of Gamal Abdel Nasser biography

Thu, 11 Jan 2018 - 12:42 GMT

Egypt’s Ministry of Culture announced the official release of an Arabic version of Anatoliĭ Agaryshev’s book “Nasser”, which was first published in 1975

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