2006 Egyptian ferry, Al Salam Boccaccio, sinks killing over 1200 people in the Red Sea
1995 Suicide bomber blasts into Egyptian embassy in Islamabad, kills 16
1995 Gunmen ambush Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, escapes unharmed
1995 Mahmoud Sayed Selim, Egyptian moslim leader, shot to death at 29
1994 Raouf Khayrat, Egyptian general-major, murdered
1993 Failed bomb attack on Egyptian premier Atef Sedki, 1 dead
1993 Zaki Naguib Mahmoud, Egyptian philosopher/author/diplomat, dies at 88
1993 Mohammed el-Himi, brigade-general of Egyptian police, murdered
1992 Farag Foeda, Egyptian writer/publicist, murdered
1991 Iraq rejects peace proposal from Egyptian President Hosi Mubarak
1990 Rifaat El-Maghub, Egyptian MP leader, murdered
1990 Rifaat Maghub, president Egyptian MP, murdered
1986 Thousands of Egyptian military police riot, destroy 2 luxury hotel
1985 Egyptian commandos storm captured Boeing in Malta, 60 killed
1985 58 die as Egyptian commandos storm hijack Egyptair jet in Malta
1985 U.S. intercepts Egyptian Boeing with Achille Lauro terrorists
1985 U.S. fighter jets force Egyptian plane carrying hijackers of Italian ship Achille Lauro to land in Italy, gunmen are placed in custody
1985 Libya throws out 1000s Tunisian/Egyptian gas workers
1985 Egyptian President Mubarak reappoints Coptic pope Shenuda III
1984 Mohammed Naguib, Egyptian Statesman
1983 Egyptian president Mubarak meets with PLO leader Yasser Arafat
1982 5 murderers, of Egyptian President Sadat, executed
1981 Anwar Sadat, Egyptian Statesman
1980 Egyptian parliament votes to end boycott of Israel
1979 Egyptian Parliament unanimously approve peace treaty with Israel
1978 Egyptian and Israeli officials begin 2 days of talks
1977 Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin meets Egyptian President Sadat in Egypt
1977 Egyptian President Sadat became 1st Arab leader to address Israeli Knesset
1977 Egyptian president Sadat visits Israel
1977 Egyptian President Anwar Sadat arrives in Israel
1977 Egyptian President Sadat formally accepts invitation to visit Israel
1977 Mohammed al-Zahaby, Egyptian minister, murdered
1977 Egyptian President Anwar Sadat 1st meeting with President Jimmy Carter
1976 Egyptian SS Patria sinks in Red Sea, about 100 killed
1975 Anwar Sadat became 1st Egyptian president to officially visit U.S.
1973 Israeli forces reach Suez, trapping Egyptian army
1973 Egyptian tanks move further into Israel
1970 Anwar Sadat replaces Egyptian President Nassar
1969 Riad, chief of staff (Egyptian army), dies
1967 Mohammed Abdul Hakim Amer, Egyptian vice-PM, commits suicide at 47
1967 Egyptian president Nassar closes Straits of Tiran to Israel
1965 Saudi-Arabian and Egyptian accord about Yemen
1964 Egyptian munition ship "Star of Alexandria" explodes at dockside in Bone, Algeria. 100 die, 160 injured, $20 million damage
1962 Egyptian President Nasser declares Gaza belongs to Palestinians
1959 Susanna Hoffs, actress/rocker, Bangles-Walk Like an Egyptian
1956 Israel captures Egyptian militay post at El-Thamad
1956 After 72 years, Britain gives up Suez Canal to Egyptian control
1956 Egyptian President Nasser pledges to reconquer Palestine
1955 2 Egyptian fighters shot down over Israel
1954 Egyptian President Naguib fired/state of emergency declared
1954 Michael Steele, rocker, Bangles-Eternal Flame, Walk Like an Egyptian
1954 Ahmad Amin, Egyptian historian/author, dies at 67
1954 Abdul Nasser appointed Egyptian premier
1953 Egyptian Premier Gen Naguib disbands all political parties
1952 General Naguib forms Egyptian government/becomes premier
1952 Hussein Sirri Pasha forms Egyptian government
1952 Egyptian government-Ali Maher Pasja resigns
1951 Egyptian army fires on British troops
1951 Egyptian parliament accept denounces Suez Canal Treaty
1951 Jonathan Richman, rocker, Modern Lovers-New England, Egyptian Reggae
1950 Egyptian king Faruk demands departure of all British troops
1949 King Faruk disbands Egyptian parliament
1948 Israeli Defence Forces crosses Egyptian border
1948 Egyptian flagship King Farouk sunk by Israel
1948 Operation 10 Plagues - Israeli offensive against Egyptian army
1948 1st attack by Egyptian irregular forces at Kfar Darom Israel
1947 Zahi Hawass, Egyptian Scientist
1942 Mohamed ElBaradei, Egyptian Scientist
1929 Mohamed Al-Fayed, Egyptian Businessman
1928 Hosni Mubarak, Egyptian president, 1981-
1927 Saad Zaghlul, Egyptian parliament chairman, dies at 74
1926 Egyptian government of Adly Pasha forms
1924 Egyptian king Foead nominates Saad Zaghloel Pasja premier
1924 Nationalist Wafd-party wins Egyptian parliament elections
1923 New Egyptian law allows suffrage for men, except soldiers
1922 Boutros Boutros Ghali, Egyptian Secretary-General of United Nations, 1992-
1922 Boutros Boutros-Ghali, Egyptian Public Servant
1918 Anwar Sadat, Egyptian President, 1970-81, Nobel 1978
1911 Nagib Machfus, Egyptian writer, Nobel 1988
1911 Arab Pasha, "al-Misri" [Pasha Ahmad Arab), Egyptian minister, dies
1910 Boetros Ghali, Egyptian premier, murdered
1908 Mika Waltari, novelist, Egyptian
1905 Mohammed Abdoe, Egyptian writing expert (Al'Oerwah al-Woethka), dies
1901 Mohammed Naguib, Egyptian Statesman
1886 Ahmad Amin, Egyptian historian/author
1883 Battle at El Obeid Sudan: Mahdi's army destroys Egyptian army
1883 William Hicks, British col/commander (Egyptian army), dies in battle
1881 Egyptian military coup under colonel Arab "El Wahid"
1881 Ancient Egyptian obelisk "Cleopatra's Needle" erected in Central Park
1879 Arabs capture Egyptian premier Nabar Pasha
1829 Thomas Young, physicist/decipherer of Egyptian hierogolyphics, dies
1827 Battle at Navarino: Engl/Russ/French fleet beat Turk/Egyptian fleet
1811 Egyptian king Muhammad Ali Pasha oversees ceremonial murder of 500
1790 Jean-Francois Champollion, deciphered Egyptian hieroglyphics
1773 Ali Bey, Egyptian Mameluk head, dies
1291 Egyptian Mamelukken occupies Akko, crusaders driven out of Palestine
1204 Maimonides, [Moses Ben Maimon], Span/Egyptian rabbi, dies at 69
347 Pachomius, Egyptian monastery founder/abbot (Coenobieten), dies
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