2006 - President His Highness Shaikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan visited the King Hassan II Mosque in Casablanca, accompanied by Abbas Al Fassi, Moroccan Minister of State. Shaikh Khalifa was accorded a guard of honour on his arrival and he was received by Dr Ahmad Toufiq, the Minister of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs, and Mohammad Al Qabach, Casablanca’s Governor, and a number of civilian and military officials and dignitaries. Shaikh Khalifa and the members of his delegation toured the mosque. The president registered his great appreciation of the mosque and his gratitude in visiting this great religious landmark, in the mosque’s golden book for esteemed guests. The King Hassan II Mosque in Casablanca is considered a prominent Islamic architectural landmark.
Other important events
1793 - Alexander Mackenzie becomes the first European to cross the Rocky Mountains and reach the Pacific Ocean.
1894 - The first automobile road race takes place in France over a distance of 78 miles from Paris to Rouen.
1933 - American aviator Wiley Post completes the first solo flight around the world in seven days and 18-and-a-half hours.
1950 - King Leopold III returns to Belgium after six years in exile, but abdicates in August.
1962 - Algeria declares independence following protracted war of secession with France.
1971 - Last US infantry units pull out of South Vietnam’s northern border area.
1977 - China’s Deng Xiaoping is restored to power.
1981 - Turkish extremist Mehmet Ali Agca is sentenced to life in prison for shooting Pope John Paul II.
1983 - Dick Smith makes first solo helicopter flight around the world.
1984 - Austria’s two-time world champion Niki Lauda wins the British Formula One Grand Prix.
1987 - The first meeting of the Sharjah Executive Council is inaugurated.
1998 - Iran tests a medium-range missile capable of reaching Israel and Saudi Arabia.
2000 - Major power failure hit thousands of homes and businesses in Ras Al Khaimah, Ajman, Umm Al Quwain and Al Dhaid.
2002 - Troubled WorldCom files for the biggest US bankruptcy.
2003 - Saddam Hussain’s sons Uday and Qusay are killed in Mosul.
2008 - The UAE and Oman sign a final border demarcation treaty.
2011 - A Norwegian gunman in police uniform guns down 92 people at a youth camp in Utoeya island, Norway.
2012 - Pranab Mukherjee is elected Indian president.
2013 - UAE orders two military surveillance satellites from France, a deal worth more than Dh3.378 billion.
2014 - Jakarta Governor Joko Widodo wins the country’s presidential election with 53 per cent of the vote.
2015 - Yemen’s Aden airport reopens with a Saudi military plane arriving.
