- Military coup d'état of King Farouk in Jul 1952
- Free Officers Movement lead by Mohamed Naguib and Gama Abdel Nasser
- Ended British occupation of Egypt
- New government was Arab nationalist
- Influenced other nationalist movements in the region
- Muslim Brotherhood outlawed in 1954
- Led to Sudan independence in 1956
- Led to Suez Crisis in 1956 (United Kingdom, France, Israeli invasion)