2002 - The UAE and Canada signed an agreement on avoidance of double taxation and prevention of fiscal evasion with respect to taxes on income and capital. The agreement was signed by Dr Mohammad Khalfan Bin Kharbash, UAE Minister of State for Financial and Industrial Affairs, and the Canadian Ambassador to the UAE, Christopher Thomson. Dr. Kharbash urged greater public sector participation in boosting economic cooperation between the UAE and Canada. Terming the signing as an “important symbol of cooperation” between Canada and the UAE, Thomson said this would raise the profile of mutual businesses between the two countries which is now largely in the private sector. The public sector should take advantage now, he said.
Other important events
1800 - Austrians are defeated by French in Battle of Montebello, Italy.
1898 - China leases Hong Kong’s New Territories to Britain for 99 years.
1923 - A military coup in Bulgaria overthrows the popular reformist government of Aleksandur Stamboliyski.
1940 - Norway surrenders to Germany during the Second World War.
1958 - Queen Elizabeth II officially inaugurates London’s Gatwick Airport.
1959 - The USS George Washington is launched. It is the first submarine to carry ballistic missiles.
1965 - Franz Jonas becomes President of Austria.
1967 - Jamal Abdul Nasser resigns as President of Egypt.
1990 - Yugoslav Monica Seles becomes the youngest-ever winner of the French Open women’s singles title.
1991 - Multiparty democracy returns to Jordan 34 years after political parties were banned.
1996 - Iraqi officials and UN experts begin dismantling a major biological weapons factory outside Baghdad.
1999 - Serbs sign Kosovo peace agreement.
2001 - Iranian President Mohammad Khatami is re-elected in a landslide victory.
2008 - Dubai decides to implement a new unified health coverage system.
2009 - A powerful explosion rips through a five-star hotel in Peshawar, Pakistan, killing at least 11 people.
2013 - Rafael Nadal becomes the first man to capture the same Gram Slam title eight times after winning the French Open finals.
2014 - UAE launches YouTube channel.
