The Sultan of Sokoto Caliphate and President ofthe Supreme Council on Islamic Affairs, Alhaji Muhammadu Maccido died in a plane crash - 2006 2. Muhammad Ali had his 1st professional fight, beat Tunney Hunsaker in 6 - 1960 3.
These days, 20-minute flights from thecityof Akureyri and three-hour ferries from the village of Dalvík whisk adventure-seekers to this rocky, remote island - most of whom, like us, are keen to see one of Europe's most remote settlements and
Yair sparked widespread anger by describing as 'terrorists' the hundreds ofthousandsof Israelis who took to the streets against the government's reform ofthe Supreme Court, and accusing the United States of being behind the protests.