Gamal Abdel Nasser16 August 1956
Boycotts the London conference on international control of the Suez Canal.
Egypt · Government / Government of Egypt. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.
Boycotts the London conference on international control of the Suez Canal.
Presides over the formal reopening of the Suez Canal after eight years of closure.
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