2004 Flash Airlines flight 604 crashes near Sharm el Sheikh, Egypt, killing 148
2000 Ofra Haza, singer, Prince of Egypt, dies at 43
1997 Ismail Fahmi, external minister of Egypt in (1973-77), dies
1997 Islamist terrorists murder 60 tourists at Luxor in Egypt
1994 Benzine explosion in Dronka Egypt, 400+ killed
1990 Egypt and Morocco troops land in Saudi Arabia to prevent Iraqi invasion
1990 Egypt (500-1 longshot) ties favorite Netherlands 1-1 in World Cup game
1989 Egypt, Iraq, Jordan and North Yemen form common market
1989 Israel attacks border strip Taba near Egypt
1986 Tomb of Tutanchamon's treasurer Maya found in Egypt
1984 Egypt and Jordan regain diplomatic relations
1983 Fire in Nassermeer Egypt kills 357
1983 Oldest human skeleton, aged 80,000 years, discovered in Egypt
1981 Vice President Hosni Mubarak elected president of Egypt
1981 President Reagan greeted predecessors Jimmy Carter, Gerald R Ford and Richard Nixon before sending them to Egypt for Anwar Sadat's funeral
1981 Hosni Mubarak became acting-president of Egypt
1981 [Mohammed] Anwar al-Sadat, President Egypt (1970-81), assassinated at 62
1980 Shah of Iran arrives in Egypt
1980 Israel and Egypt exchange ambassadors
1980 Egypt and Israel exchange ambassadors for 1st time
1980 Israel and Egypt establish diplomatic relations
1979 Israel returns Alma oilfields in Gulf of Suez to Egypt
1979 Israel begins to return Sinai to Egypt
1979 Peace treaty between Israel and Egypt goes into effect
1979 Camp David peace treaty between Israel and Egypt
1979 Israeli parliament approves peace treaty with Egypt
1979 Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlevi of Iran flees Iran for Egypt
1978 Representatives of Israel and Egypt open talks in Washington
1978 Grateful Dead perform in Cairo, Egypt
1978 Egypt announces it is pulling its diplomats out of Cyprus
1977 Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin meets Egyptian President Sadat in Egypt
1977 Egypt and Israel reps gather in Cairo for 1st formal peace conference
1977 Egypt breaks dipl relations with Syria, Libya, Algeria, Iraq and S Yemen
1977 Libya drops diplomatic relations with Egypt
1977 Egypt President Sadat repeats willingness to visit Israel to Cronkite
1977 Egypt's Anwar Sadat pledges to regain Arab territory from Israel
1976 Egypt president Sadat re-elected
1975 Israel formally signs Sinai accord with Egypt
1975 Egypt president Sadat reopens Suez Canal, closed since 1967
1974 Moslem fundamentalists assault military academy in Heliopolis Egypt
1974 U.S. and Egypt re-form diplomatic relations after 7 years
1974 49 die in stampede for seats at soccer match, Cairo, Egypt
1974 Israel and Egypt sign weapons accord
1973 Israel, Egypt, Syria, Jordan, U.S. and U.S.S.R. meet in Geneva
1973 Egypt and Israel exchange prisoners of war
1973 U.S. and Egypt announce restoration of full diplomatic links
1973 Yom Kippur War begins as Syria and Egypt attack Israel
1972 Egypt and Libya form federation
1972 Eiman Thakeb, Miss Egypt Universe 1997
1972 Egypt president Sadat throws 20,000 Russian military aids out
1972 Bus plunges into Nile River killing 50 pilgrims. (Minia Egypt)
1972 Egypt drops diplomatic relations with Jordan
1971 Egypt adopts its constitution
1971 Egypt, Libya and Syria form federation (FAR)
1971 Egypt refuses to renew the Suez cease fire
1971 Aswan Dam official opens in Egypt
1970 Anwar Sadat sworn in as president of Egypt
1970 Anwar Sadat elected president of Egypt, succeeding Gamal Abdel Nasser
1970 Anwar Sadat elected president of Egypt
1970 Gamal' Abd al-Nassar, Egypt President (1953-70), dies of heart attack at 52
1970 Huge Aswan Dam opens in Egypt
1970 Premier Kosygin affirms existence Russian military advisors in Egypt
1968 Ahmed Elmaghraby, born in Suez, Egypt, U.S. field hockey forward 1996 Olympics
1967 Egypt sinks Israeli torpedo boat
1967 Israel, Syria, Jordan, Iraq and Egypt end "6-Day War" with United Nations help
1965 Trackless trolley plunged into Nile River drowning 74 (Cairo Egypt)
1965 Pakistani Boeing 720-B crashes at Cairo Egypt, killing 121
1965 Farouk I, last King of Egypt (1936-52), dies at 45
1965 East German president Ulbricht visits Egypt
1964 Miles WL Killearn of Killearn, baron/diplomat (Egypt), dies at 84
1964 Egypt/Iraq/Jordan/Kuwait/Syria form common market
1964 Khrushchev visits Egypt
1964 Egypt and Belgium restore diplomatic relations
1964 Egypt ends state of siege (1952-64)
1961 "Little Egypt (Ying-Yang)" by Coasters peaks at #23
1960 Atom Egoyan, born in Cairo, Egypt, director, Adjuster, Next of Kin
1960 Building of Aswan dam in Egypt, begins
1959 U.S.S.R. and Egypt sign contracts for building Aswan Dam
1958 U.S.S.R. lends Egypt 400 million rubles to build Aswan Dam
1958 Tunisia drops diplomatic relations with Egypt
1958 Thomas Dolby, born in Cairo, Egypt, rock vocalist, She Blinded Me With Science
1958 Egypt and Syria form United Arab Republic (UAR)
1958 Syria joins Egypt in United Arab Republic
1958 Egypt and Syria announce plans to merge into United Arab Republic
1957 Israeli troops leave Egypt; Suez Canal re-opened for minor ships
1957 United Nations adopts a resolution calling for Israeli troops to leave Egypt
1956 Ferdinand de Lesseps statue blown up in Port Said Egypt
1956 Last British/French troops leave Egypt
1956 England and France pull troops out of Egypt
1956 Britain and France land forces in Egypt
1956 Israel captures Straits of Tiran and reach Suez Canal Egypt
1956 Britain and France begin to bomb Egypt to reopen Suez Canal
1956 British government sends 3 aircraft carriers to Egypt
1956 Egypt seizes Suez Canal
1956 Great Britain refuses to lend Egypt money to build Aswan Dam
1956 U.S. refuse to lend Egypt money to build Aswan Dam
1956 Gamal Abdel Nasser elected president of Egypt
1956 Last of foreign troops leaves Egypt as Brits leave Suez Canal
1956 Egypt recognizes People's Republic of China
1956 Egypt and Israel agree to a cease fire
1956 Female suffrage in Egypt
1956 Sudan (Anglo-Egyptian Sudan) declares independence from Egypt and UK
1955 Egypt and Saudi-Arabia sign defense treaty
1954 Egypt and Great Britain sign treaty; British troops departs
1954 Hassan el Hodeiby, leader of Moslem brothership, arrested in Egypt
1954 Colonel Nasser seizes power and becomes PM of Egypt
1954 Miltary rule in Egypt; 318 Mohammedan Brotherhood arrested
1953 Egypt proclaimed a republic, General Neguib becomes president
1952 Egypt protests German retribution payments to Israel
1952 King Farouk I of Egypt abdicates [Black Saturday]
1952 General Neguib seizes power, Monarchy overthrown in Egypt (Natl Day)
1952 Stewart Copeland, born in Alexandria, Egypt, drummer, Police-Roxanne
1951 British troops occupies Ismailiya Egypt
1951 International Table Tennis Federation bans Egypt (for refusing to play Israel)
1950 Egypt, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia and Syria sign security pact
1949 Israel and Egypt sign an armistice agreement
1948 Mahmud Nokrashy Pasha, PM of Egypt (19..-48), assassinated
1948 Large scale fighting between Israel and Egypt
1948 Egypt, Lebanon, Syria, Iraq and Saudi Arabian troops attack Israel
1947 John Traicos, cricketer, in Egypt South Africa 1970, Zimbabwe 1992-93
1946 Gillian Hills, born in Cairo, Egypt, actress, Blow-up, Clockwork Orange
1946 Anti-British demonstrations in Egypt
1945 Arab League forms with adoption of a charter in Cairo Egypt
1945 Egypt and Syria declares war on nazi-Germany
1945 Ahmed Maher Pasha, Egypt's PM, assassinated in parliament
1944 Abbas Hilmi II, viceroy of Egypt (1892-1914), dies at 70
1942 Montgomery (Br) defeats Rommel (G) in battle of Alamein Egypt (WW II)
1942 During WW II, Britain launches major offensive at El Alamein, Egypt
1942 Africa Corps occupy Egypt
1941 British attack Halfaya-pass and Fort Capuzzo in Egypt and Libya
1941 Greece Army surrenders to German Nazis RAF brings Greek king George II to Egypt
1940 Italian troops under Marshal Graziani attack Egypt
1940 Italian troops enter Egypt
1937 Georg A Erman, Ger egyptologist (Grammar of Ancient Egypt), dies at 82
1936 Edmond HH Allenby, English fieldmarshal in Egypt, dies at 74
1936 Nahas Pasja becomes premier of Egypt
1936 Foead I, king of Egypt (1922-36), dies
1935 Anti-British riots in Egypt
1933 Jehan Sadat, 1st lady of Egypt
1933 Dalida, Cairo, actress/singer, Miss Egypt, The 6th Day
1933 Yolande Christina Dalida, Cairo Egypt
1932 Omar Sharif, born in Egypt, actor, Dr. Zhivago, Top Secret
1931 Egypt and Iraq sign peace treaty
1928 King Fuad of Egypt grabs power/disbands parliament
1925 Italy, Britain and Egypt sign Jaghbub accord (Italy)
1925 George Lloyd of Dolobran becomes British High Director of Egypt
1924 Lee Stack, British sirdar in Egypt/gov-gen of Sudan, murdered
1922 Howard Carter discovers tomb of Tutankhamen in Egypt
1922 "Egypt" sinks off Ushant after colliding with "Seine," killing 90
1922 Sultan Fuad I crowned king of Egypt, England recognizes Egypt
1922 Egypt regains independence from Britain, but British troops remain
1922 Great Britain grants Egypt independence
1920 Farouk I, Cairo, last King of Egypt, 1936-52
1918 Abdul-Hamid II, 34th sultan of Turkey (lost Serbia/Egypt), dies at 65
1918 Gamal Abdel Nasser, President of Egypt, 1954-1971
1917 Hussain Kamil, sultan of Egypt (1914-17), dies at 63
1917 Evelyn Baring earl Cromer, English consul-general in Egypt, dies at 75
1914 Great Britain declares Egypt a protectorate
1914 New York Giants and Chicago White Sox play an exhibition baseball game in Egypt
1912 Bust of Queen Nefertete found in El-Amarna, Egypt
1908 Anna Magnani, born in Alexandria, Egypt, actress, Rose Tattoo, Miracle
1906 British-controlled Egypt takes Sinai peninsula from Turkey
1901 Ali Muhammad Naguib, Khartoum, president of Egypt, 1952-54
1895 Ismail Pasha, kedive of Egypt (1863-79), dies at 64
1892 Tewfik Pasja, viceroy of Egypt, dies at 39
1883 Arabi Pasha declares a holy war in Egypt
1882 Battle at Count el-Kebir: British troops invade Egypt
1882 Anti-colonization mass society of Alexandria Egypt kills 50 Europeans
1879 Ismael Pasha resigns as khedive of Egypt
1879 Khedive Ismael of Egypt fires French/British ministers
1874 'Abbas Hilmi II, last khedive, Ottoman viceroy, of Egypt, 1892-1914
1869 Suez Canal (Egypt) opens, links Mediterranean and Red seas
1868 Fuad I, king of Egypt, 1922-36
1864 Battle of Egypt Station, MS
1861 Edmond H H Allenby, English fieldmarshal/high director, Egypt
1854 Georg A Erman, German Egyptologist, Grammar of Ancient Egypt
1854 Abbas Hilmi I, viceroy of Egypt, dies at about 41
1853 Hussain Kamil, sultan of Egypt, 1914-17
1852 Tewfik Pasja, khedive, viceroy, of Egypt
1849 Mehemet Ali, British viceroy to Egypt, dies
1841 Evelyn Baring earl Cromer, English consul-general, Egypt
1830 Ismail Pasha, kedive of Egypt, 1863-79
1821 Samuel White Baker, born in London, England, explorer, Ceylon/Egypt
1801 British drive French forces from Abukir, Egypt
1798 Napoleon captures Alexandria, Egypt
1798 Napoleon Bonaparte wins Battle of Pyramids in Egypt
1798 Napoleon's fleet reaches Alexandria Egypt
1517 Tuman Bey, last Mamelukken sultan of Egypt, hanged
1291 Sultan of Egypt and his son take last Christian stronghold of Acre
1260 Koetoez, Turkish sultan of Egypt, murdered
1250 Toeransa, sultan of Egypt, murdered
1249 Ajjoeb, sultan of Egypt, dies
1191 Saladin [Salah ad-Din]) Yusuf, sultan of Egypt/Syria, dies at 52
1167 Battle of El-Babein, Egypt: Franks under Amalrik vs Syrians
317 Flavius Julius Constantius II, Emperor Egypt/Byzantine/Rome, 337-61
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