April 2, 1979: Menachem Begin becomes the first Israeli head of government to arrive in Egypt on an official visit

2024-04-01 22:49:31

On Tuesday, April 2nd, the book of history records, among other things:

1814: The French Senate declares Emperor Napoleon I deposed. A provisional government summons the exiled brother of King Louis XVI, who was executed in 1793. as Louis XVIII. on the throne.
1904: In German South West Africa, colonial troops cause a bloodbath among Herero insurgents near Okaharui.
1964: Federal Chancellor Josef Klaus is sworn in as Alfons Gorbach’s successor by Federal President Adolf Schärf.
1964: King Ibn Saud of Saudi Arabia abdicates. His brother, Crown Prince Faisal, ascends the throne.
1974: French President Georges Pompidou dies in Paris following a serious illness that was kept secret for months. A power struggle immediately breaks out among the ruling Gaullists: Former Prime Minister Jacques Chaban-Delmas lays claim to the successor, but is not supported by a part of his party, which, at the instigation of Interior Minister Jacques Chirac, is leaning on the head of the right-wing liberal Republicans, Finance Minister Valéry Giscard d’Estaing, joins.
1979: Menachem Begin becomes the first Israeli head of government to pay an official visit to Egypt.
1989: In Tunis, PLO leader Yasser Arafat is elected president of the independent state of Palestine, which was proclaimed in November 1988.
2009: In the fight once morest the global economic crisis, the 20 most important industrial and emerging countries agree on a package of measures of unprecedented magnitude. They are providing an additional 1.1 trillion dollars (821 billion euros).
2009: Director Niki List dies unexpectedly at the age of 52. He became known to the general public primarily with his film “Müller’s Office”.

Birthdays: Karl Ragnar Gierow, Swedish poet (1904-1982); Sir Alec Guiness, British actor (1914-2000); Franciscus Andriessen, Dutch EC politician (1929-2019); Pamela Reed, US actress (1949).
Days of death: Paul von Heyse, German poet; Nobel Prize 1910 (1830-1914); George Pompidou, French President (1911-1974); John Taras, US choreographer (1919-2004); Bud Shank, US jazz musician (1926-2009); Urs Widmer, Switzerland. writer (1938-2014); Niki List, Austrian Film director (1956-2009).
Name days: Franz, Theodosia, Amalia, Sandrina, Maria, Alexandra, Mirjam, Werner, Heinrich, Leopold.

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