2011 Event The Arab Gas Pipeline in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula is destroyed in an explosion; the line supplies gas to Jordan and Israel 1995 Event World's youngest doctor, Balamurali Ambati, 17, graduates Mount Sinai 1984 Death Leamon Hunt, U.S. director-General in Sinai, killed by communists 1982 Event In accordance with Camp David, Israel completes Sinai withdrawal 1979 Event Israel begins to return Sinai to Egypt 1978 Event Israeli government rejects Sadat's call for return of 2 Sinai areas 1978 Event Israeli government votes to 'strengthen' settlements in occupied Sinai 1975 Event Israel formally signs Sinai accord with Egypt 1957 Event Israeli forces withdraw from Sinai Peninsula 1956 Event Israeli flag hoisted on Mount Sinai 1956 Event Israeli paratroopers drop into Sinai to open Straits of Tiran 1906 Event British-controlled Egypt takes Sinai peninsula from Turkey
