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2004 Flash Airlines flight 604 crashes near Sharm el Sheikh, Egypt, killing 148
2001 Earthquake and landslides kill 850 in El Salvador 1996 Siddig El Nigoumi, ceramicist, dies at 65 1995 Carlos Monzon, El Macho, Argentina MW boxing champ (1970-77), dies at 52 1995 Manuel Rivera, Spanish painter/co-founder (El Paso), dies at 67 1994 Frank Thring, Australian actor (El Cid, Ben-Hur), dies at 68 1994 Arturo Rivera Damas, archbishop of El Salvador (1980-94), dies at 71 1994 Roberto Goyeneche, El Polaco, Argentine tango singer (Maria), dies 1994 112 degrees F (44.4 degrees C) at El Paso Texas 1994 111 degrees F (43.9 degrees C) at El Paso, Texas 1994 Jose Bohr, actor (El Traidor, Sueno de Amor), dies at 92 1994 Armando Calderon Sol wins El Salvador presidential election 1994 El Salvador's 1st President election following 12-year-old civil war 1994 Samuel Bronston, Romanian/US producer (El Cid), dies at 85 1993 27 killed at prison in Morazan, El Salvador 1993 Hernan Heleno Castro, El Salvadorian guerilla leader, murdered 1993 Howard Stern's radio show begins broadcasting in El Paso, Texas 1993 Francisco Velis, El Salvador guerilla leader (FMLN), murdered 1993 Jose Maria Lemus, president of El Salvador (1956-60), dies 1992 El Al cargo jet crashes into apartment complex in Amsterdam (250 die) 1992 El Al cargo plane crashes at Amsterdam Bijlmer, 43 die 1992 Itzhak Fuks, El Al captain, crashes in Bijlmer Netherlands 1992 Ohad Arnon, El Al captain, crashes in Bijlmer Netherlands 1992 Roberto D'Aubuisson, El Salvadorian founder (ARENA), dies 1992 Roberto d'Aubuisson, leader of El Salvador, dies 1991 El Sayid Nosair acquitted of killing Meir Kahane 1991 Guillermo Ungo, member of El Salvador junta (1979-80), dies 1990 Sunset Carson, cowboy actor (El Paso Kid, Oregon Trail), dies at 62 1989 6 Jesuit priests are killed by El Salvadorian troops 1989 U.S. plays El Salvador, in 3rd round of 1990 world soccer cup 1988 1st documented combat action by U.S. military advisors in El Salvador 1987 Kamal El Mallakh, dies at 57 1986 7.5 Earthquake strikes San Salvador, El Salvador 1985 Terrorists kill 20 and wound 110 attacking El Al at Rome and Vienna airports, President Reagan blames Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi 1985 El Salvador's President Duartes Christian-Democrats win election 1984 Jose Napoleon Duarte wins El Salvador presidential election 1983 El Salvador adopts constitution 1983 Columbia flies to Kennedy Space Center via El Paso, Kelly AFB 1983 Reagan certifies El Salvador human-rights abuses have decreased making country eligible for U.S. military aid 1982 Alvaro Magana chosen to succeed Jose N Duarte as President of El Salvador 1982 Alfredo Magana elected President of El Salvador 1982 JN Duartes christian-democrats win elections in El Salvador 1982 4 Dutch TV crew members shot dead in El Salvador 1982 Hans ter Laag, Dutch sound technician, murdered in El Salvador 1982 Jan Kuiper, Dutch news editor (IKON), murdered in El Salvador 1982 Joop Willemsen, Dutch cameraman, murdered in El Salvador 1982 Koos Koster, Dutch newscaster (IKON), murdered in El Salvador 1981 El Salvador army kills 900 1981 El Salvador guerrilla group FMLN opens "limited offensive" 1981 El Salvador guerrilla group FMLN opens "general offensive" 1980 Oscar Romero, archbishop of El Salvador, murdered 1980 4 American Maryknoll nuns killed by death squads in El Salvador 1980 Honduras and El Salvador signs peace (after "soccer war" 1969) 1980 Honduras and El Salvador settle their boundary dispute 1979 Military coup in El Salvador: president/general Carlos Romero flees 1978 Khomeini followers attack British embassy/El Al office in Iran 1978 Gunmen open fire on an Israeli El Al Airline bus in London 1978 3 PFLP members kill a cop near El Al airlines in Orly Airport, Paris 1977 Carmen Carrillo Vilanova, Miss El Salvador Universe 1997 1977 Ali el Kattabi, soccer player, Sparta 1975 4 mail truck assault on El Al B-747 in Paris, escape to Iraq 1974 John Coppinger, born in El Paso, Texas, pitcher, Baltimore Orioles 1973 Arabi El Goni, Vice President/Chad parliament, murdered 1973 Angelica Gavaldon, born in El Centro, California, tennis star, 1995 quarter Australia 1973 Musical "El Grande de Coca-Cola," premieres in New York City 1971 Jose Mercedes, El Seybo, Dominican Republic, pitcher for the Milwaukee Brewers 1970 Graciela Schutt, El Paso Tex, WPVA volleyballer, Deerfield-25th-1995 1969 Last wooden passenger subway cars retired at Brooklyn Myrtle Beach el 1969 "Futbol War" between El Salvador and Honduras begins 1969 Honduras/El Salvador breaks diplomatic relations due to soccer match 1969 Bret Boone, born in El Cajon, California, infielder for the Cincinnati Reds 1969 Frank Castillo, born in El Paso, Texas, pitcher for the Chicago Cubs 1968 Arab terrorists in Athens fire on El Al plane, kills 1 1968 KECC (now KECY) TV channel 9 in El Centro, California (CBS) 1st broadcast 1968 PLO's 1st hijacking of an El Al plane 1968 Robert Rodriguez, director, El Mariachi, Desperado 1968 Anti-Zionist Clandestine Radio Voice of El Assifa starts transmitting 1967 Anthony Mann, U.S. director (El Cid, Last Frontier), dies at 60 1966 El Samurai, wrestler, WAR/NJPW 1965 Caroline S. Keggi, born in El Paso, Texas, LPGA golfer, 1994 Dinah Shore-19th 1964 In El Paso, Texas, Lyndon Baines Johnson and Mexican President Gustavo Diaz Ordaz set off an explosion diverting Rio Grande, to reshape US-Mexico border 1964 Karmi'el founded in Galilee 1963 Kristi Albers, El Paso, Texas, LPGA golfer, 1993 Sprint Classic 1963 "El Watusi" by Ray Barreto hits #17 1963 John Cameron Mitchell, born in El Paso, Texas, actor, Misplaced, Band of the Hand 1963 Eddy Moya, born in El Paso, Texas, actor 1961 Gail Russell, actress 'Calcutta', 'Moonrise', 'El Paso', dies at 36 1961 El Debarge, born in Grand Rapids, Michigan, rocker, Debarge-All this Love 1961 Military coup in El Salvador 1960 Pablo Casals' oratorio "El Pesebrio," premieres 1960 Arnon Ohad, co-pilot, El Al, plane that crashed on Bijlmer Amsterdam 1959 Gerard Philipe, French actor (El Cid, Don Carlos), dies at 36 1959 Boughera El Quafi, marathoner, Gold Medal 1928 Olympics, shot to death at 60 1958 Lydia Cornell, born in El Paso, Texas, actress, Sara Rush-Too Close for Comfort 1957 Patrick G. Forrester, born in El Paso, Texas, Lieutenant Colonel Army/astronaut 1956 KELP (now KCOS) TV channel 13 in El Paso, Texas (PBS) begins broadcasting 1956 Miguel Bose, born in Panama, spanish singer and actor, El Avaro, Queen Margot 1955 Bill Malley, born in Oakland California, Nike golfer, 1991 El Paso Open-30th 1954 Hassan el Hodeiby, leader of Moslem brothership, arrested in Egypt 1953 KTSM TV channel 9 in El Paso, Texas (NBC) begins broadcasting 1952 KROD (now KDBC) TV channel 4 in El Paso, Texas (CBS) begins broadcasting 1951 Judith Ivey, born in El Paso, Texas, actress, Lady in Red, Hello Again 1950 Israeli airline El Al begins service 1947 Alfredo Cristiani, president of El Salvador, 1989-94 1946 Cher, born in El Centro, California, born Cherilyn Sarkisian, singer, songwriter, director, record producer, won Academy Award, sold over 100 million records 1944 Joaquin Alvarez Quintero, Spanish playwright (El Patio), dies at 71 1944 Santiago Jimenez, Jr., U.S. accordionist, El Mero Mero, Viva Seguin 1944 Ken Howard, born in El Centro, California, actor, Ken-White Shadow, Dynasty, 1776 1943 Arturo Ripstein, director, El Lugar Sin Limites, Foxtrot 1943 Jeff Bingaman, born in El Paso, Texas, Senator-D-New Mexico 1983 - 1943 U.S. 34th Division occupies Djebel el Hara North Tunisia 1942 13th day of battle at El Alamein: Afr corps draws back out Fuka-posing 1942 12th day of battle at El Alamein: Scottish assault 1942 11th day of battle at El Alamein: British assault on Tel el Aqqaqir 1942 10th day of battle at El Alamein 1942 9th day in battle at El Alamein 1942 8th day of battle at El Alamein: new Australian assault 1942 7th day of battle at El Alamein: Montgomery assault 1942 6th day battle at El Alamein: British offensive under Montgomery 1942 5th day of battle at El Alamein: heavy battles/Australian advance 1942 4th day in battle at El Alamein: Australian breakthrough 1942 3rd day of battle at El Alamein: British offensive 1942 2nd day of battle at El Alamein: British infantry 1942 During WW II, Britain launches major offensive at El Alamein, Egypt 1942 Vikki Carr, born in El Paso, Texas, singer, Let it Please be Him 1942 Beau Boulter, born in El Paso, Texas, Representative-R-Texas 1985 - 1989 1941 El Lissitzky, Russian Artist 1941 Ronald D. Coleman, born in El Paso, Texas, Representative-D-Texas 1983 - 1997 1941 British troops conquer Belhamed, Sidi Rezegh and El Duda 1941 German troops occupy El Agheila Libya 1941 German assault on El Agheila Libya 1941 British troops conquer El Agheila 1940 Phil Ochs, born in El Paso, Texas, anti-war folk singer, Joe Hill, War is Over 1940 Alfonso Hernandez Cata, Cuban author (El parage), dies 1938 Vikki Carr, born in El Paso, Texas, singer, Let it Be Him 1938 Alfonsina Storni, Argentine poet (El dulce dano/suicide), dies at 45 1938 Beryl Anthony, Jr., born in El Dorado, Arkansas, Representative-D-California 1979 - 1993 1938 Armando Palacio Valdes, Spanish writer (El Cuarto Poder), dies at 84 1936 El Cordobes, Manuel Benitez, Spanish toreador 1935 Omar Bongo, born in Lewai, French Equatorial Africa, now Bongoville, Gabon, El Hadj Omar Bongo Ondimba, Albert-Bernard Bongo, statesman, Gabonese Democratic Party, President of Gabon at age 31 1934 Sam Donaldson, born in El Paso, Texas, ABC White House correspondent, Prime Time 1933 Itzhak Fuks, Israeli El Al captain, crashed in Amsterdam 1932 Debbie Reynolds, born in El Paso, Texas, actress, Singin' in the Rain 1932 El Salvador army kills 4,000 protesting farmers 1931 Siddig El Nigoumi, ceramicist 1928 KXO-AM in El Centro California begins radio transmissions 1927 Federico Garcia Lorca's "El Maleficio," premieres in Madrid 1926 Frank Thring, Melbourne Australia, actor, El Cid, Ben-Hur 1925 Jose Napoleon Duarte, president El Salvador 1924 Jose Donoso, born in Chile, writer, born Jose Donoso Yanez, part of Latin American literary boom, Magical Realism literary movement, wrote Coronacion, El lugar sin limites (The Place Without Limits) 1924 Randy Van Horne, El Paso, Texas, vocalist, Nat King Cole Show 1923 Paul Lambert, El Paso, Texas, actor, Tom-Executive Suite 1922 136.4 degrees F (58 degrees C), El Aziziyah, Libya in shade (world record) 1922 Union of Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador dissolved 1921 Gene Roddenberry, El Paso Texas, executive producer, Star Trek 1921 Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador sign Pact of Union 1917 De Falla's ballet "El Sombrero de tres Picos," premieres in Madrid 1916 Raf Vallone, Tropea Italy, actor, El Cid, 2 Women, Greek Tycoon 1915 Manuel de Falla's ballet "El Amor Brujo," premieres in Madrid 1912 Xavier Montsalvatge, Spanish composer, El gato con botas 1911 French troops occupy Fes El Bali Morocco 1906 Del Valle Inclans "El Marques de Bradomin," premieres in Madrid 1904 Emilio Fernandez, born in El Seco, Mexico, director, La Choca, Flor Silvestre 1903 Rafael Alberti, Spanish poet, El hombre deshabitado 1903 Cornell Woolrich, U.S., writer, El Angel Negro 1903 Irene Ryan, El Paso Texas, actress, Granny-Beverly Hillbillies 1902 Luis Cernuda, Spanish poet, El arbol, Un Rio, Un Amor 1902 Ramon, J. Sender, Spanish writer, El Lugar del Hombre 1900 Roberto Soundy, born in El Salvador, trap shooter, 1968 Olympics 1898 John J Slauerhoff, Dutch ship's doctor/writer/poet, El Dorado 1896 1st public film showing in U.S. John Philip Sousa's "El Capitan," premieres in New York City 1896 John Philip Sousa's "El Capitan," premieres (New York City) 1895 El Salvador, Honduras and Nicaragua form Central American Union 1895 Nicaragua, El Salvador and Honduras form a short-lived confederation 1895 Fulton J Sheen, El Paso, Illinois, bishop, Life is Worth Living 1895 Jose Gomez, Joselito el Gallo, bullfighter 1894 Kit Guard, Denmark, actor, El Diablo Rides, Kid Courageous 1893 Ignacio M Altamirano, Mexican author (El Zarco), dies at 58 1891 Pedro A de Alarcon, Spanish editor-in-chief (El Latigo), dies at 58 1890 El Lissitzky, Russian Artist 1890 Marcel L'Herbier, French director/screenwriter, El Dorado 1886 Delmira Augustini, Uruguayan poet, El Libro Blanco 1885 Opera "El Cid" premieres (Paris) 1885 George "Gabby" Hayes, Wellesvile, New York, actor, In Old Santa Fe, El Paso 1883 Battle at El Obeid Sudan: Mahdi's army destroys Egyptian army 1883 Chicago's "El" opens to traffic 1882 Olegario Victor Andrade, Argentina poet (El arpa perdida), dies at 41 1882 Guy Kibbee, born in El Paso, Texas, actor, Big Shot 1881 Egyptian military coup under colonel Arab "El Wahid" 1878 Horacio Quiroga, Uruguayan author and poet, El Crimen del Otro 1876 Pablo Casals, born in El Vendrell, Catalonia, Spain, cellist, conductor and composer 1876 Manuel de Falla, Cadiz Spain, composer, El Amor Brujo 1871 Jose Juan Tablada, Mexican poet, El Florilegio 1871 Serafin Alvarez Quintero, Spanish dramatist/playwright, El Flechazo 1863 Rodolfo Lenz, German/Chilian linguist, El Papiamento 1853 Juan N Gallego, Spanish poet/interpreter (El dos de Mayo), dies at 75 1841 Olegario Victor Andrade, born in Argentina, poet, El nido de condores 1840 Jose Zorilla's "El Zapatero y el Rey," premieres in Madrid 1834 Ignacio M Altamirano, Mexican author, El Zarco 1821 Costa Rica El Salvador Guatemala Honduras and Nicaragua gain independ 1817 Jose Zorrilla y Moral, Vallodolid Spain, poet/dramatist, El rey Loco 1811 El Salvador's 1st battle against Spain for independence 1777 Juan N Gallego, Spanish poet/interpreter, El dos the mayo 1772 Manuel Jose Quintana, Spanish author and poet, El Duque de Viseo 1684 Pierre Corneille, French lawyer/dramatist (El Cid, Polyeucte), dies at 42 1658 Baltasar Gracian, Spanish Baroque prose writer, wrote 'El heroe' or 'The Hero', 'El politico', or 'The Politician', 'El discreto', 'The Discreet One', exiled for 'Criticon', or 'Faultfinder' 1640 Zorilla's "Bire el Ojo," premieres in Toledo 1637 Zorilla's "El mas Impropio Verdugo Para Las," premieres in Madrid 1635 Zorilla's "El Desafio de Carlos V," premieres in Madrid 1614 El Greco, Spanish painter (View of Toledo), dies (birth date unknown) 1606 Pierre Corneille, France, dramatist, El Cid, Horace 1601 Baltasar Gracian, born in Belmonte, Aragon, Spain, Spanish Baroque prose writer, wrote 'El heroe' or 'The Hero', 'El politico', or 'The Politician', 'El discreto', 'The Discreet One', exiled for 'Criticon', or 'Faultfinder' 1515 Gonzalo Fernandez de Cordoba, el Gran Capitan, Span gen, dies at 62 1492 Columbus discovers Hispaniola (El Espanola/Haiti) 1284 Alfonso X, "El Sabio" King of Castilie/Leon (1252-84), dies at 62 1252 King Alfonso X "el Sabio" of Castilie/Leon crowned 1213 Pedro II, el Catolico, king of Aragon, dies in battle 1099 El Cid, Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar, Span general strategist, dies at 59 1094 Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar [El Cid] occupies Valencia on the Moren |
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