emir of Abu Dhabi and first president of the United Arab Emirates (died 2004)

Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan

Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan was an Emirati politician, philanthropist, and the founding father of the United Arab Emirates. Zayed served as the governor of Eastern Region from 1946 until he became the ruler of Abu Dhabi in 1966, and served as the first president of the United Arab Emirates from its independence on 2 December 1971 until his death in 2004. He is referred in the United Arab Emirates as the Father of the Nation for being the principal driving force behind the unification of the United Arab Emirates.

Born

1918

May 6

Died

2004

Era

1910s

Country

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1918 Born
2004 Died

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1104 King Baldwin I of Jerusalem begins the siege of Acre, then held by the Fatimids.
1527 Spanish and German troops sack Rome; many scholars consider this the end of the Renaissance.
1536 The Siege of Cuzco commences, in which Incan forces attempt to retake the city of Cuzco from the Spanish.
1541 King Henry VIII orders English-language Bibles be placed in every church. In 1539 the Great Bible would be provided for this purpose.

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The world in 1918

When Zayed arrived

april 1 The Royal Air Force is created by the merger of the Royal Flying Corps and the Royal Naval Air Service.
april 20 World War I: Manfred von Richthofen, a.k.a. The Red Baron, shoots down his 79th and 80th victims, his final victories before his death the following day.
april 21 World War I: German fighter ace Manfred von Richthofen, better known as "The Red Baron", is shot down and killed over Vaux-sur-Somme in France.
april 23 World War I: The British Royal Navy makes a raid in an attempt to neutralise the Belgian port of Bruges-Zeebrugge.

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Bob Seger 1945– American singer-songwriter and guitarist Dimitris Diamantidis 1980– Greek professional basketball player Dora Bakoyannis 1954– Greek politician, 120th Greek Minister for Foreign Affairs Duncan Scott 1997– Scottish swimmer Hermann Raster 1827–1891 German-American journalist and politician (born 1827) Jose Altuve 1990– Venezuelan baseball player Karl Christian Friedrich Krause 1781–1832 German philosopher and author (died 1832) Martin Brodeur 1972– Canadian ice hockey player Milton William Cooper 1943–2001 American conspiracy theorist and author (died 2001)

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Abdul Haris Nasution 1918–2000 Indonesian general and politician, 12th Indonesian Minister of Defence (died 2000) Arthur Jackson 1918– American lieutenant and target shooter (died 2015) Arthur Kornberg 1918–2007 American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2007) B. K. S. Iyengar 1918–2014 Indian yoga instructor and author, founded Iyengar Yoga (born 1918) Brenda Milner 1918– English-Canadian neuropsychologist and academic Chaim Herzog 1918–1997 Israeli general, lawyer, and politician, 6th President of Israel (born 1918) Dave Bartholomew 1918– American bandleader, composer and arranger (died 2019) George Allen 1918–1990 American football player and coach (died 1990) Guy Gibson 1918–1944 Anglo-Indian commander and pilot, Victoria Cross recipient (died 1944)

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