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Egyptian President Anwar Sadat is murdered by Islamic extremists.
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Anwar Sadat
President of Egypt from 1970 to 1981
Muhammad Anwar es-Sadat was an Egyptian politician and military officer who served as the third president of Egypt, from 15 October 1970 until his assassination by members of the Islamic Jihad on 6 October 1981. Sadat was a senior member of the Free Officers who overthrew King…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Assassination of Anwar Sadat
1981 murder in Cairo, Egypt
On 6 October 1981, Anwar Sadat, the President of Egypt, was assassinated during the annual victory parade held in the Nasr City district of Cairo to celebrate the victory over Israel in the 1973 war, during which the Egyptian Army had crossed the Suez Canal at the beginning of…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)