The excavation took some 10 years using forced labour of Egyptian workers during the first years. The inauguration of the Suez Canal was on 17 November 1869. (25 April 1859)
There are 3388 births, 3954 deaths, 1122 murders, 498 disasters and 2088 other events about 5741 people in 6457 places until today.
Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-) Calendar is an ongoing project since 1985 by DDV.
Sunday 16th of August 1998 (-) — Serial killer Abdallah al-Hubal is shot dead in a police shootout. al-Hubal engaged in a firefight with the police killing one policeman and injuring several others before being shot himself.