In which year did Egypt nationalize the Suez Canal?

In which year did Egypt nationalize the Suez Canal?

  • (A) 1950
  • (B) 1954
  • (C) 1956
  • (D) 1960
On July 26, 1956, Egypt nationalized the Suez Canal. Then-president Gamal Abdel Nasser announced that the Suez Canal Company—under British and French influence at the time—would be brought under Egyptian control in order to finance the Aswan High Dam and to assert sovereignty. This was when the Suez Crisis took place.
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