Dubai Timeline of Events

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Dubai

Dubai is a city and emirate in the United Arab Emirates . The emirate is located south of the Persian Gulf on the Arabian Peninsula and has the largest population with the second-largest land territory by area of all the emirates, after Abu Dhabi...

Timeline of Events

1971

12.2.1971

Abu Dhabi, Ajman, Fujairah, Sharjah, Dubai, and Umm Al Quwain form the United Arab Emirates.

1973

7.20.1973

Palestianian terrorists hijack a Japan Airlines jet en route from Amsterdam to Japan and force it down in Dubai.

2008

11.11.2008

The RMS Queen Elizabeth 2 (QE2) sets sail on her final voyage to Dubai.