Memory of the day: Gamal Abdel Nasser signs the British Evacuation Agreement from Egypt in 1954

CAIRO – 19 October 2021: In the following lines, ET sheds light on the most important world events that took place on October 19.

1812 - Napoleon Bonaparte retreats from Moscow after being unable to occupy it.

1917 - The British, led by General Edmund Allenby, occupy Jerusalem.

1954 - Gamal Abdel Nasser signs the British Evacuation Agreement from Egypt within 20 months.