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| 1936 | Farouk I |  |
| 26th Aug Suez Canal Under a treaty signed with Britain, Britain is allowed to keep the Suez Canal |
| 1954 | Nasser, Gamal Abdel | |
| 19th Oct Suez Canal Britain withdraws subject to the convention of 1888 that it remain open to shipping |
| 1956 | Nasser, Gamal Abdel | |
| Suez Canal Nationalizes the Suez Canal prompting military action from France, Britain & Israel |
| Suez Canal The USA& Britain had agreed to help pay for the Aswan Dam but cancelled after Egypt had bought tanks from communist Czechoslovakia & befriended China |
| 4th June Suez Canal Announces Egypt will not renew the Suez Canal Company's concession after 1968 |
| 13th June Suez Canal The last British troops leave their Suez Canal base |
| 26th June Suez Canal Siezes the canal under a decree outlawing the Suez Canal Company |
| 26th July Suez Canal Nasser announces the nationalization of the Suez Canal Company, which operated the vital trade route to the east, in which British banks & business held a 44% stake |
| 26th July Suez Canal The nationalization of the Suez Vanal is announced in order to raise revenue for the construction of the Aswan High Dam on the Nile River |
| 26th July Suez Canal The relationship with the China is the result of the Bandung Conference in 1955 where Nasser had asked the Chinese to use their influence on Russia to supply arms |
| 2nd Aug Suez Canal British & French Nationals leave Egypt |
| 9th Aug Suez Canal British families are airlifted out of the canal zone |
| 29th Oct Suez Canal Egyptian forces are mobilized during the Suez-Sinai Campaign |
| 31st Oct Suez Canal The UK & France bomb Egypt to force the reopening of the canal with Operation Musketeer, Nasser then sinks all 40 ships in the canal & closes it until 1957 |
| 1975 | Sadat, Anwar | |
| 5th June Suez Canal Re-opens the Suez Canal |
| 5th June Suez Canal Sadat re-opens the Suez Canal |
