On this day: 16 November
ON THIS DAY- On this day in 1988, Benazir Bhutto was elected prime minister of Pakistan, to become the first woman in modern history to lead a Muslim country. Bhutto served as prime minister from 1988 to 1990 and again from 1993 to 1996.The Constitution of UNESCO was signed on this day in 1945, and came into force on 4 November 1946 after ratification by twenty countries. The founders set up the organization to establish the “intellectual and moral solidarity of mankind” and, in so doing, prevent the outbreak of another world war. Nobel laureate Milton Friedman died on this day in 2006. Friedman was awarded the Nobel Prize in economics for “his achievements in the field of consumption analysis, monetary history and theory, and for his demonstration of the complexity of stabilization policy.” Egypt was starting to get a lot of love from international bond investors this time last year. In 2015, we were reporting on Valeant’s acquisition of Valeant and in 2014 we were starting to see a new direction on electricity policy.