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Lebanese Independence Day (Arabic: عيد الاستقلال اللبناني, romanized: ʿĪd al-Istiqlāl al-Lubnānī, lit. 'Festival of the Lebanese Independence') is the national day of Lebanon , celebrated on 22 November in commemoration of the end of the French control over Lebanon in 1943, after 23 years of Mandate rule.
On 22 November, Lebanon gains its independence after national and international pressure following the imprisonment of president Bechara El Khoury and other parliament members by the French. 1948 The 1948 Arab-Israeli War - Palestinian refugees begin arriving in Lebanon.
President Rene Mouawad was elected the following day, but was assassinated in a car bombing in Beirut on November 22 as his motorcade returned from Lebanese independence day ceremonies. He was succeeded by Elias Hrawi , who remained in office until 1998.
Operation Fluid Drive was a non-combatant evacuation operation led by the United States to evacuate American citizens and other foreign nationals from Beirut, Lebanon, during the Lebanese Civil War. [1] On 20 June 1976, USS Spiegel Grove transported 110 Americans and 157 nationals of other countries from Lebanon to Piraeus, Greece. [2]
Sabri Hamadeh, also written as Sabri Hamadé or Hamada (Arabic: صبري حماده) (1902–1976) was a Lebanese politician and long-time Speaker of the Lebanese Parliament. Sabri Hamadeh served as a pioneer in the Lebanese Independence.
Lebanese people have a long history of emigration stretching back to the 19th century; including partial ancestry, more Lebanese live outside the country than in Lebanon itself. The country has experienced a series of migration waves since independence: over 1.8 million people emigrated from the country between 1975 and 2011. [ 295 ]
Seventeen days after being elected, as he was returning from Lebanon's Independence Day celebrations, a 250 kg car bomb was detonated next to Moawad's motorcade in West Beirut, killing him and 23 others. [2] [3] 5 November 1989: Vacant from 22 November 1989 until 24 November 1989: 10 Elias Hrawi إلياس الهراوي (1926–2006) 24 ...
In March 1976, Lebanese President Suleiman Frangieh requested that Syria formally intervene. Days later, Assad sent a message to the United States asking them not to interfere if he were to send troops into Lebanon. On 8 May 1976, Elias Sarkis, who was supported by Syria, defeated Frangieh in a presidential election held by the Lebanese Parliament.