Gamal Abdel Nasser5 June 1967
Closes the Suez Canal after the Six-Day War, leaving the waterway blocked for years.
Egypt · Government / Government of Egypt. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.
Closes the Suez Canal after the Six-Day War, leaving the waterway blocked for years.
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