23 july 1952 - King Farouk of Egypt abdicated after a coup d'état.
On July 23, 2005 a series of attacks took place in the Egyptian resort city of Sharm el-Sheikh, located on the southern tip of the Sinai Peninsula. At least 83 people1 have been killed, with over hundreds wounded, from blasts suspected to have been car bombs.
The first attack (01:00 local time or 22:00 UTC) seems to have taken place in a market, and later on, hitting the Ghazala Gardens hotel, a 176-room four-star establishment in the Naama Bay area, some 6 km from the town centre. The hotel has been "destroyed", according to witnesses. Nile TV, according to CNN, claims that there were three others separate blasts. The blasts were quite powerful, shaking windows miles away, and fire and smoke could be seen from the Namma Bay, a strip of beachfront hotels.
A group calling itself Abdullah Azzam Brigades has claimed responsibilty for the attacks. On a website the group stated that "holy warriors targeted the Ghazala Gardens hotel and the Old Market in Sharm el-Sheikh" and claimed it has ties to Al-Qaida. The authenticity of this statement has not been verified. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/disagree.gif" alt="" />
