15 January 1918
Birth of Gamal Abdel Nasser
Gamal Abdel Nasser is born in Alexandria to a postal worker's family.
Historical place archive
Browse historical events and people recorded at Alexandria in Egypt. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.
Gamal Abdel Nasser is born in Alexandria to a postal worker's family.
Faces the threat of an Axis advance toward Alexandria as Rommel reaches El Alamein.
Abdicates in favour of his infant son Fuad II and leaves Egypt.
Announces the nationalization of the Suez Canal Company in a speech at Alexandria.
Issues the decree nationalizing the Suez Canal Company.
Frames nationalization of the Suez Canal Company as an act restoring Egyptian sovereignty over a foreign-controlled asset.
Provenance
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