Egypt reopens Suez Canal to international shipping 50 years ago this hour (June 5 1975)


Video: 'SYND 6 6 75 SADAT ABOARD WARSHIP AT THE RE-OPENING OF SUEZ CANAL'

(Thursday, June 5, 1975, 8:00 a.m. Eastern European Summer Time) — Egypt reopened the Suez Canal to international shipping today, exactly eight years after it was closed by the 1967 Arab-Israeli war.


Video: 'SYND 5 6 75 ANWAR SADAT ATTENDS REOPENING OF SUEZ CANAL'

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