Egyptian President Anwar Sadat was assassinated in 1981.

Assassins pretending to be soldiers shot Sadat as he watched Victory Day celebrations in Cairo.

Steven Cook, who wrote a book called "The Struggle for Egypt: From Nasser to Tahrir Square," told NPR that while the country was shocked at his death, many were ambivalent about his role as a politician.

This was because of some of his decisions during his tenure. His leadership changed Egypt. He pulled away from Russia and moved closer to the US. He also started a war with Israel then ended it several years later.

Al-Zomor, one of the men who supplied ammunition to the assassins, told NBC News while he didn't regret Sadat's death, his successor, President Hosni Mubarak, was worse. According to him, Sadat was "thousands of times better."