Anwar Al Sadat, Egypt's President, Assassinated 30 Years Ago

Today In History: Egyptian President Anwar Sadat Assassinated 30 Years Ago

Thirty years ago, on October 6, 1981, Egyptian president and Nobel Peace Prize winner Anwar Al Sadat was assassinated by fundamentalist army soldiers during a military parade in Cairo. Sadat took over power after the death of legendary Egyptian president Abdel Nasser in 1970 and would become the first Arab leader to broker peace with Israel.

After three wars and decades of tensions between Israel and the Arab states, Sadat made a landmark visit to Israel. That same year, Israel and Egypt started peace negotiations, and in 1974 leaders of both countries signed the Camp David Peace Accords. Sadat and then-Israeli president Menachem Begin would later receive the Nobel Peace Prize for the deal. Below, see a timeline of major events in Sadat's life:

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