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Gamal Abdel Nasser

President of Egypt from 1956 to 1970

12 dated entries naming Gamal Abdel Nasser, drawn from 7 separate years between 1918 CE and 1970 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

Also written as Gamal Abdal Nasser, Gamal Nasser in the source articles; Wikipedia redirects those to the same subject, so their entries are on this page.

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20th century

  • 1918January 15 – Gamal Abdel Nasser, 2nd President of Egypt (died 1970)source
  • 1952July 23 – General Mohammed Naguib leads the Free Officers (formed by Gamal Abdel Nasser – the real power behind the coup) in the overthrow of King Farouk of Egypt.source
  • 1954February 25 – Lt. Col. Gamal Abdel Nasser becomes premier of Egypt.source
  • 1954November 14 – Egyptian president Muhammad Naguib is deposed, and Gamal Abdel Nasser replaces him.source
  • 195528 February – 1 March – Operation Black Arrow: An IDF operation carried out in Gaza (then under Egyptian control) from 28 February through 1 March 1955. The operation is aimed at the Egyptian army. 38 Egyptian and eight Israeli soldiers are killed during the operation and 30 Egyptians and thirteen Israelis are wounded. According to the Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser, this operation was the main motivation for Egypt's major arms deal with Czechoslovakia in 1955.source
  • 1956January 16 – Egyptian leader Gamal Abdel Nasser vows to Liberate Palestine.source
  • 1956June 23 – Gamal Abdel Nasser becomes the 2nd president of Egypt, a post he holds until his death in 1970.source
  • 1956July 26 – Egyptian president Gamal Abdel Nasser nationalizes the Suez Canal, sparking international condemnation.source
  • 195626 July – President Gamal Abdel Nasser of Egypt announces the nationalization of the Suez Canal and Egyptian forces seize control of the canal, moves that precipitate the Suez Crisis and the Sinai Campaign.source
  • 1967May 17 – President Gamal Abdal Nasser of Egypt demands withdrawal of the peacekeeping UN Emergency Force in the Sinai. U.N. Secretary-General U Thant complies (May 18).source
  • 1970September 28 – Vice President Anwar Sadat is named temporary president of Egypt following the death of Gamal Abdel Nasser.source
  • 1970September 28 – Gamal Abdel Nasser, 31st Prime Minister of Egypt and 2nd President of Egypt (born 1918)source

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