Anwar Sadat Anwar Sadat Muhammad Anwar el-Sadat (; "", ]; 25 December 1918 – 6 October 1981) was the third President of Egypt, serving from 15 October 1970 until his assassination by fundamentalist army officers on 6 October 1981. Sadat was a senior member of the Free Officers who overthrew King Farouk in the Egyptian Revolution of 1952, and a close confidant of President Gamal Abdel Nasser, under whom he served as Vice President twice and whom he succeeded as President in 1970. In his eleven years as president, he changed Egypt's trajectory, departing from many of the political and economic tenets
Peace One Day Arena announced a new Peace One Day initiative "Global Truce 2012", Razorlight and Eliza Doolittle headlined. On 21 June 2012 a Peace One Day concert at Derry, in the spirit of the Olympic Truce marked the start of the London 2012 Festival and was also a three-month countdown to "Global Truce 2012", some of the musicians that performed were Pixie Lott, Newton Faulkner and Imelda May. The "Peace One Day Celebration" annual concert on Peace Day 21 September 2012, the day of "Global Truce" was held at Wembley Arena in London, with musicians Elton John, James Morrison and 2Cellos, introductions