21st of Ramadan
AH 40 (661 AD): Ali ibn Abi Talib, the fourth Rashidi caliph is assassinated by Abd-al-Rahman ibn Muljam
AH 95 (714 AD): Al-Hajaj ibn Yousuf Al-Thaqafi died. One of the most famous icons of the Umayyad and Islamic history, Al-Thaqafi played a key role in the expansion of the caliphate. Al-Thaqafi was known to be rough with his opponents, and security under his reign was prevalent
AH 1275 (1859 AD): Excavation of the Suez Canal commences. The 162.5 KM long canal took 10 years of excavating by 60,000 Egyptian farmers to complete, and was opened for business in 1869