1995 Ecuador and Peru involve in boundary fight
1993 Landslide in Nambija Ecuador, kills 300
1992 Sixto Duran Ballen elected president of Ecuador
1991 Alfaro Vive guerrilla group of Ecuador gives arms to Catholic church
1990 Alfredo Poveda, president of Consul of Ecuador (1976-79), dies
1988 Rodrigo Borja installed as president of Ecuador
1987 6.8 earthquake hits Ecuador, kills 100
1981 Jaime Roldos Aguilera, President of Ecuador, dies in air crash
1979 Ecuador adopts its constitution
1977 Maria Jose Lopez, Miss Ecuador Universe 1997
1976 Military coup in Ecuador, President Guillermo Lara leaves
1973 Diego Serrano, Quito Ecuador, actor, Tomas Rivera-Another World
1972 President Velasco Ibarra of Ecuador deposed for 4th time
1970 Jose Velasco Ibarra re-elected president of Ecuador
1968 Wyatt Pauley, Ecuador, rocker, Linear-I Never Felt This Way, Lies
1960 Andres Gomez, Ecuador, tennis pro, Madrid Grand Prix-1990
1949 Panic in Quito Ecuador, after "War of the World" played on radio
1945 Peru, Paraguay, Chile and Ecuador joins UN
1942 Peru and Ecuador sign Protocol of Rio (boundary determiniation)
1935 Milt coup by General Pons and president Ibarra in Ecuador
1929 Albert Paulsen, Guayaquil Ecuador, actor, Doctors' Hospital
1929 Democratic constitution goes into effect in Ecuador
1922 Ecuador becomes independent
1906 Ecuador adopts its constitution
1906 Galo Plaza Lasso, President of Ecuador, 1948-52, head of OAS, 1968-75
1900 Alexandre AM Stols [Chl van Halsbeke], publisher, History of Ecuador
1868 Earthquakes kill 25,000 and causes $300 million damages (Peru and Ecuador)
1832 Ecuador annexes Gal pagos Islands
1830 Republic of Ecuador is founded, with Juan Jose Flores as president
1820 Cuenca Ecuador declares independence
1820 Guayaquil, Ecuador declares its freedom from Ecuador
1809 Ecuador declares independence from Spain (National Day)
1797 Earthquake in Quito, Ecuador kills 41,000
1534 Quito, Ecuador founded by Spanish
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