1992 5.8 earthquake at Cairo (at least 510 die)
1990 10 Israeli tourists murdered near Cairo
1981 Anwar Sadat's funeral service is held in Cairo
1981 Battle between Moslems and Christians in Cairo, 14 killed
1980 Pahlawi Mohammed Reza, shah of Persia (1941-79), dies in Cairo at 60
1979 Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin visits President Sadat in Cairo
1978 Grateful Dead perform in Cairo, Egypt
1977 Egypt and Israel reps gather in Cairo for 1st formal peace conference
1974 49 die in stampede for seats at soccer match, Cairo, Egypt
1973 Yom Kippur War ends, Israel 65 miles from Cairo, 26 from Damascus
1971 Wasfi Tal, Jordan's PM, assassinated by Black Sept in Cairo
1969 State troopers ordered to Cairo Ill, to quell racial disturbances
1967 Race riots in Cairo, Illinois
1967 King Hussein of Jordan visits Cairo
1965 Trackless trolley plunged into Nile River drowning 74 (Cairo Egypt)
1965 Pakistani Boeing 720-B crashes at Cairo Egypt, killing 121
1964 Teresa Edwards, born in Cairo, Georgia, basketball forward, Oly-gold-1984, 88,92,96
1962 Blacks begin passive resistance in Cairo Ill
1961 Dutch Lockheed Electricity "Sirius" accident at Cairo, kills 20
1960 Atom Egoyan, born in Cairo, Egypt, director, Adjuster, Next of Kin
1958 Thomas Dolby, born in Cairo, Egypt, rock vocalist, She Blinded Me With Science
1958 Ferhat Abbas forms Algerian government in exile (Cairo)
1957 Grant Mitchell, actor (Great Lie, Laura, Cairo, Conflict), dies at 82
1948 Israel bombs Cairo
1948 20 Jews killed when a bomb is thrown into Jewish quarter of Cairo
1946 Gillian Hills, born in Cairo, Egypt, actress, Blow-up, Clockwork Orange
1945 Arab League forms with adoption of a charter in Cairo Egypt
1945 Arab League froms (Cairo)
1943 Cairo: president Roosevelt travels back to the US
1943 2nd conference of Cairo: FDR, Churchill and Turkish President Inonu
1942 British Premier Winston Churchill flies back to London from Cairo
1942 Premier Churchill travels back to Cairo from Moscow
1942 Lt-gen Montgomery arrives in Cairo
1942 British premier Winston Churchill arrives in Cairo
1933 Dalida, Cairo, actress/singer, Miss Egypt, The 6th Day
1933 Yolande Christina Dalida, Cairo Egypt
1920 Farouk I, Cairo, last King of Egypt, 1936-52
1882 British general Wolseley occupies Cairo
1882 British General Wolseley reaches Cairo
1879 Governor-general Charles Gordon of Sudan returns to Cairo
1879 Ex-khedive Ismael Pasha leaves Cairo with train full stolen goods
1871 Giusseppi Verdi's "Aida" premieres in Cairo, at Suez canal opening
1871 Opera "Aida" is produced (Cairo)
1862 Naval Engagement at Yazoo River, MS (USS CAIRO torpedoed)
1824 Fire at Cairo ammunitions dump kills 4,000 horses
1811 French Civil Code of Criminal law accepted by Netherlands Mamelukes in Cairo's Citadel
1800 French army defeats Turks at Helipolis Turkey, and advance to Cairo
1517 Osmaanse army occupies Cairo
1517 Turks conquer Cairo
1204 Maimonides, Jewish philosopher/talmudic scholar, dies in Cairo at 69
1169 Shirkuh, Kurd general/vizier of Cairo/Saladin's uncle, dies
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