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Completion of Aswan High Dam

Egypt · Government / Government of Egypt. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1970Date range
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Chronological records

1970

Gamal Abdel Nasser21 July 1970

Aswan Dam · Government / Government of Egypt

Nasser oversees completion of the main High Dam construction project.

Names involved

Gamal Abdel Nasser

Provenance

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