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1875 – Khedive Ismail sells Egypt’s shares in the Suez Canal Company to Great Britain for £4,000,000 .
1969 – US officially relinquishes biological weapons.
1979 – The start of Muharam uprising in al-Qatif in the eastern region of Saudi Arabia.
1992- Agreement on partitioning Czechoslovakia into the Czech and Slovak Republics.
1974 – U Thant, former UN Secretary General passes away.
International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women.
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