Anwar Sadat6 October 1981
Is assassinated by Islamist army officers during a military parade in Cairo.
Egypt · Government / Government of Egypt. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.
Is assassinated by Islamist army officers during a military parade in Cairo.
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