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Events on Thursday 18 March 1965 1
1920 – 1965King Farouk of Egypt (1920-1965)Died 18 March 1965, aged 45Farouk was the last reigning King of Egypt and Sudan, ruling from 1936 until his forced abdication in the 1952 coup that established the Egyptian republic. He spent his remaining years in exile in Italy and France. He died of a heart attack while dining in Rome on 18 March 1965.