A daily pick of news events that happened on this day in history from the pages of Gulf News dated November 4, 1978.
Egypt is out in the cold
Arab Heads of state meeting in Baghdad are expected to impose a total political and economic boycott of Egypt after President Anwar Sadat refused to abandon his peace talks with Israel.
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Well-informed sources at the summit conference attended by all 22 Arab League members except Egypt said this was the only alternative left.
A Palestinian delegate to the summit, Taleb Jamil, said earlier the conference had two proposals in hand-one suggesting the formation of a committee to decide what should be done if Egypt was to go it alone in a deal with Israel.
The other was that all aid to Egypt should be immediately suspended and the rules of the Arab Economic boycott of Israel should be equally applied to Egypt, said Mr Jamil, a member of the executive committee of the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO).
The master bows out
Johan Cruyff, one of the world's greatest footballers but still "an ordinary Amsterdam lad" according to his mother, bows out.
Cruyff says farewell to his Dutch fans in a charity match between Ajax Amsterdam, the club he joined as a skinny teenager, and former European Champions Bayern Munich. The demand for tickets was such that the game had to be switched from Ajax Stadium to the 65,000 capacity Olympic Stadium.
Britain's golden girls
Britain regained the Weight-man Cup in dramatic fashion in London winning the last two matches for an upset 4-3 victory over the United States.
The British number two, Sue Barker, was the architect of her team's triumph, combining with Virginia Wade for a cliff-hanging 6-0, 5-7, 6-4 victory over Chris Evert and Pam Shriver in the deciding doubles.
Earlier Barker had defeated 15-year-old Tracy Austin 6-3,3-6, 6-0 to square the competition. The teams had been level at 2-2 at the start of play, but Evert had annihilated Wade 6-0, 6-1 in the First match in the afternoon.
