Nasser dies leaving unrealized dream of Arab unity
Cairo report recalls Gamal Abdel Nasser as a pivotal Arab statesman who pursued pan Arab unity and socialist reform while clashing with Israel. It notes his roles from 1952 coup to the 1967 defeat and his efforts with Jordanian King Hussein and Yasir Arafat, ending with his death at 52 and his legacy of upheaval and a major dam project.
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Cairo
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Egypt
Israel
Ween
Jordan
Hussein
Yasir Arafat
Nasser
Aswan
Farouk
Middle East
Khartoum
Rabat
Morocco
Abdel Hakim Amer
Amer
Upper Egypt
Suez Canal
Military College
el Alamein
Gamal Abdul Nasser
United Arab Republic
Tito
Yugoslavia
Today in History highlights Sept 29 events across centuries
On September 29, history marks 1918 Allied breakthrough on the Hindenburg Line in World War I, Pompey the Great’s murder in 48 B.C., William the Conqueror’s 1066 invasion, the 1789 U.S. Army regulars, Italy’s 1911 war on Turkey, 1941 aid to the Soviet Union, Vatican II’s second session in 1963, Khrushchev’s heckle in 1963, Viet Cong threats in 1968, and Vietnam-era military cases in recent years.
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Germany
Hindenburg Line
B.C
Pompey the Great
Egypt
William the Conqueror
England
U.S. War Department
Italy
Turkey
United States
Britain
Soviet Union
Paul VI
Vatican Council
U.N. General Assembly
Nikita Khrushchev
Harold Macmillan
Macmillan
South Vietnam
US Army
Green Berets
Scrooge Musical to Open Worldwide Holiday Run
Albert Finney stars as Ebenezer Scrooge in Scrooge, a musical adaptation of A Christmas Carol. Sir Alec Guinness is Marley’s Ghost with Kenneth Moore as the Ghost of Christmas Present and Dame Edith Evans as the Ghost of Christmas Past. Leslie Bricusse wrote new songs for the English production. The film opens at Radio City Music Hall New York Dominion London and Scalaza Tokyo.
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New York
Scrooge
Radio City Music Hall
London
Dominion Theater
Scalaza Theater
Tokyo
Albert Finney
Ebenezer Scrooge
Alec Guiness
Marley
Kenneth Moore
Edith Evans
Leslie Bricusse
England
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Mohammed Naguib
Naguib
Gaza Strip
Sinai Desert
Port Said
Suez
Moscow
Antise
Front
Palestine
Makarios
Cyprus
King Hussein
Russia
Jimmy
Winchester
Airport Road
Lynn Anderson
Bill McKeever
Romney
W. Va
Lot Carnival
Haviland
U.S. Prussia
China
U.S
Romney Auction Sales
Frank L. Burkholder
Frederick County
Kuykendall, Hall and Whiting
Cameron Street
Frederick County Court House
John W. Jackson
Monroe College OF Business, Inc
Middletown
Monroe College of Business
Circuit Court
Virginia
Middletown Development Corporation
E.S.T
Court House
Small Business Administration
Farmers and Merchants National Bank
Charles R. Duvall
Robert E. O'Neal
Associated Press
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