Cairo Fire

Quando

26 de jan. de 1952

Tipo

Tumulto

Mortes

26

Coordenadas

30.06° N, 31.23° E

Description

riots in Cairo, Egypt in 1952

Injured

552

1952 anti-British riots in downtown Cairo, Egypt

The Cairo Fire, also known as Black Saturday, was a series of riots that took place on 26 January 1952, marked by the burning and looting of some 750 buildings—retail shops, cafes, cinemas, hotels, restaurants, theatres, nightclubs, and the city's Casino Opera —in downtown Cairo.

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• Wikidata: riots, protests, strikes and revoltsWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Página da fonte
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