1981: Sadat assassinated
Muslim extremists assassinate Egyptian President Anwar el-Sadat at a public military rally in Cairo. In an unprecedented move for an Arab leader, Egyptian President Anwar el-Sadat traveled to
Jerusalem in 1977 to seek a permanent peace settlement with the State of
Israel. Sadat's visit was met with outrage in most of the Arab world, but he continued on his path of peaceful relations with his country's Jewish neighbor. In September 1978, he met with Israeli Prime Minister
Menachem Begin in the United States, where they negotiated a peace accord and, in 1979, a peace treaty. For their achievement, the leaders were awarded a joint Nobel Peace Prize. However, Sadat's efforts were not so highly acclaimed in the Arab world, and he was assassinated by Muslim fundamentalists on October 6, 1981.
1997
Britain's first astronaut, Michael Foale, returns safely to earth aboard the space
shuttle 'Atlantis' after four and a half months on 'MIR', the Russian space
station.
1991
American actress
Elizabeth Taylor marries for the 8th time. This time to builder Larry Fortensky.
1985
In
Britain, a Metropolitan policeman,
PC Keith Blakelock is hacked to death by up to 40 rioters on the Broadwater Farm Estate in Tottenham, North London.
1981
Egypt's President
Anwar Sadat is assassinated by Muslim extremists.
1973
In the Middle East, the start of the Arab-Israeli War.
1968
British drivers take the first three places in the US Grand Prix:: Jackie Stewart, Graham Hill and John Surtees.1949
Britain and America end the 'Berlin Airlift' -the months of flying supplies to West
Berlin after it was blockaded by the
USSR.
1938
The Grand Fascist Council in
Italy passes a variety of anti-Jewish laws to exclude Jews from public activities and cede property to the state. The legislation is condemned by Pope
Pius XI.
1928
General Chiang Kai-shek becomes President of
China. 1927
World premiere of the Warner Brothers film 'The Jazz Singer' - starring Al Jolson in the cinema's first full length 'talkie' - a film which includes sound as well as vision. Jolson's songs include 'Toot Toot Tootsie'; 'Goodbye' and 'Mammy'.
1919
Norway introduces the prohibition of alcohol.1908
Austria annexes Bosnia and Herzegovina following an agreement with Russia.1903
Official opening of Manchester University.1895
In Britain, conductor Sir Henry Wood institutes the Promenade Concerts-known worldwide as 'The Proms' - at the Queen's Hall in London.
1829
Stephenson's 'Rocket' wins the trials to find a locomotive to run on the
railway between Lliverpool and Manchester.
1536
William Tyndale, an English religious reformer and bible translator, is burnt at the stake in Brussels as a heretic. 
