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Horoscope of Egypt · History of Egypt

The horoscope of modern Egypt is set for June 18, 1953 at 11:30pm GMT, Cairo

"Realizing that their time had come, the radical [army] officers engineered a second coup on 18-19 June, the culmination of which was the proclamation of the Republic at 11:30 p.m. GMT on 18 June in Cairo. . . ." Campion, "The Book of World Horoscopes" (second Edition), p. 144.
(Source: http://members.tripod.com/tra_nations/a_egypt.htm)
The astrological chart below is cast for this moment and place:

Significative data from modern Egypt's history

• April 25, 1920, 11:20 am in San Remo, Italy - signing of the Balfour Mandate
• March 15, 1922 10:00 am, Cairo - Independence from British
• June 5-10 1967 - Israel launched a lightning attack against the Arab states, including Egypt, destroying nearly the entire Egyptian air force (304 planes) while still on the ground
• September 28, 1970 - Anwar Sadat becomes President (born on December 25, 1918)
• On October 6, 1973, 2:05 pm, Egypt allied with Syria attacks Israel by surprise - the so-called Yom-Kippur war
• October 22, 1973, the UN Security Council issued Resolution 338 calling for a ceasefire and the start of negotiations
• On November 19, 1977 Anwar Sadat suddenly traveled to Jerusalem with overtures of peace to Israel
• March 26, 1979 - signing of the Egypt–Israel peace treaty
• October 6, 1981 Anwar Sadat was assassinated at a military parade by Islamic extremists
• October 14, 1981 - Hosni Mubarak became President (born May 4, 1928) following the assassination of late Anwar As-Sadat
• May 25, 2005 - referendum on changing the constitution to allow direct elections and allowing opponents
• September 7, 2005 - the first presidential elections that allowed opponents was held (Mubarak won the elections)