Nasser resigns after the Six-Day War
1967 · Event
Taking the blame for the defeat on television, Nasser resigns; millions pour into the streets of Cairo and he withdraws his resignation the next day.
On these timelines: North Africa, The Six-Day War, Master
More from North Africa
- Arab conquest of the Maghreb (647)
- Punic Wars (264 BCE)
- Algerian War of Independence (1954)
- Third Punic War / Destruction of Carthage (149 BCE)
- Founding of Carthage (814 BCE)
- Almohad Caliphate (1121)
- French conquest of Algeria (1830)
- Fatimid Caliphate (909)
Around 1967
- The Troubles (1968)
- Prague Spring (1968)
- Apollo 11 moon landing (1969)
- Vietnam War (American phase) (1965)
- Yom Kippur War (1973)
- Six-Day War (1967)
- Cuban Missile Crisis (1962)
- Watergate scandal (1972)
- The Beatles (1960)
- Birth of hip-hop (1973)