Holiday Inn Crowne Plaza opens in Abu Dhabi
1997 - The Dh150 million Holiday Inn Crowne Plaza, the second in the UAE, was officially opened in Abu Dhabi. It is the latest five-star hotel to join the competition for the burgeoning conferences and exhibitions sector in the UAE. Situated in the heart of Abu Dhabi’s business district on Hamdan Street, the Holiday Inn Crowne Plaza was formally opened by Shaikh Nahyan Bin Mubarak Al Nahyan, Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research and Chancellor of Emirates University and Higher Colleges of Technology. Mohammad Abdul Jalil Al Fahim, chairman and managing director of Al Fahim Group, which owns the new hotel and the Dubai Holiday Inn Crowne Plaza, said the new establishment would increase competition among hotels in the UAE capital.
June 4
1814 - The Restoration monarchy is established in France.
1912 - Massachusetts passes the first minimum-wage law in the United States.
1917 - The first Pulitzer Prizes are awarded.
1943 - President Ramon Castillo is ousted and Arturo Rawson declared himself president.
1944 - Allied forces enter Rome in Second World War.
1979 - South African President John Vorster resigns amid scandal.
1982 - The first secretary of the Kuwaiti Embassy in India, Mustafa Al Marzook, is shot dead in his South Delhi residence.
1987 - Indian Air Force planes airdrop rice, wheat and sugar stocks over the predominantly Tamil northern Sri Lanka.
1989 - Chinese army troops storm Tiananmen Square, Beijing to crush the pro-democracy movement.
2000 - US and Russia sign agreements committing their countries to dispose of 34 tonnes of weapons-grade plutonium.
2004 - Gyanendra, the last king of Nepal, ascends the throne after the massacre in Royal Palace.
2005 - The UAE is declared one of the most competitive nations in the world.
2008 - Barack Obama makes history by becoming the first black presidential nominee of a major US party.
2011 - Li Na makes history at the French Open, becoming the first player from China to win a Grand Slam singles title.
2013 - Emirates Excellence Council is formed in the UAE to bring together all local and federal excellence programmes under one umbrella.
2014 - Heathrow airport’s refurbished Terminal 2 reopens in London.
2016 - Boxing legend Muhammad Ali dies at the age of 74.
