| The Encyclopedia of World History. 2001. |
| 1982, April 25 | |
| Completion of the Israeli withdrawal from the Sinai Peninsula. | 1 |
| 1986, April 22 | |
| Death of Umar Talmasani, head of the Muslim Brotherhood. | 2 |
| 1987 | |
| Death of TAWFIQ AL-HAKIM (b. 1898), the greatest playwright in the modern Arab world. More than any other author, he made drama a respected and vibrant field of modern Arabic letters. | 3 |
| Sept. 27 | |
| Opening of the Cairo Metro. | 4 |
| Oct. 5 | |
| Pres. Mubarak was officially elected to a second term. | 5 |
| The Encyclopedia of World History, Sixth edition. Peter N. Stearns, general editor. Copyright © 2001 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Maps by Mary Reilly, copyright © 2001 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. | |
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