Today in United Arab Emirates History
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Historical Events
Events 1 - 8 of 8
1971-12-02 - United Arab Emirates, (Trucial States) declares independence from UK
1971-12-02 - Abu Dhabi, Ajman, Dubai, Fujeira, Sharjah & Umm ak Qiwain form United Arab Emirates
1972-02-10 - Ras al Khaima joins United Arab Emirates
1994-03-06 - United Arab Emirates beat Kenya by 2 wickets to win ICC Trophy
1994-04-13 - United Arab Emirates' 1st official ODI, losing to India
1996-02-16 - Gary Kirsten scores 188* for South Africa v UAE at Rawalpindi
1996-09-15 - Bangladesh beat UAE by 104 runs to win the ACC Trophy Final
2006-03-21 - Immigrant workers constructing the Burj Dubayy in Dubai, The United Arab Emirates and a new terminal of Dubai International Airport join together and riot, causing $1M in damage.
Famous Birthdays
Birthdays 1 - 17 of 17
1957-01-21 - Shaukat Dukanwala, cricketer (Baroda off-spinner, UAE World Cup 1996)
1957-10-06 - Shahzad Altaf, cricketer (UAE off-spinner 1996 World Cup)
1961-05-08 - Riaz Poonawalla, cricketer (Indian 12th man/UAE bat 1994 ICC Trophy)
1961-07-09 - Mohammad Aslam, UAE cricketer batsman (1996 World Cup)
1962-01-24 - Sultan Zarawani, cricketer (United Arab Emirates capt 1996 World Cup)
1963-03-07 - Mohammad Ishaq, cricketer (UAE batsman 1996 World Cup)
1963-09-03 - Mubarak Ghanim, UAE footballer
1963-10-17 - Vijay Mehra, cricketer (United Arab Emirates batsman 1996 World Cup)
1964-07-05 - Salim Raza, UAE cricket all-rounder (1996 World Cup)
1966-08-01 - Ganesh Mylvaganam, cricketer (UAE batsman 1996 World Cup)
1967-10-25 - Mazhar Hussein, cricketer (UAE batsman World Cup 1996)
1968-02-06 - Imtiaz Abbasi, UAE cricket wicket-keeper (World Cup 1996)
1968-02-22 - Abeyratne Samarasekera, UAE cricket all-rounder (1996 World Cup)
1968-02-22 - Johanne Samarasekera, UAE cricket opening bowler (96 World Cup)
1968-07-31 - Saeed Al-Saffar, cricketer (UAE batsman 1996 World Cup, later captain)
1970-11-28 - Arshad Laiq, cricket all-rounder (United Arab Emirates World Cup 1996)
1970-12-25 - Azhar Saeed, UAE cricketer (opening batsman 1996 World Cup)
Famous Deaths
Deaths 1 - 2 of 2
2004-11-02 - Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, President of the United Arab Emirates (b. 1918)
2006-01-04 - Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates and Ruler of Dubai (b. 1946)
