LYCOS RETRIEVER 
Suez Canal
built 633 days ago
On 26 July 1956 the President of Egypt, Jamal Abd al-Nasir, announced that his government was nationalizing the Suez canal. The action was a response to the withdrawal of an offer by Britain and the United States to fund the building of the Aswan Dam, and led to a joint military attack on Egypt by Britain, France, and Israel.
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