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], Arg 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, VP/Chad parliament, murdered
1973 Angelica Gavaldon, born in El Centro, California, tennis star, 1995 quarter Aust
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, [Osamu Matsuda], 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 El Debarge, born in Grand Rapids, Michigan, rocker, Debarge-All this Love
1961 Gail Russell, actress (Calcutta, Moonrise, El Paso), dies at 36
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 1928 Olympics gold, 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, Lt Col 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
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 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
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
1941 El Lissitzky, Russian Artist
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 Armando Palacio Valdes, Spanish writer (El Cuarto Poder), dies at 84
1936 El Cordobes, [Manuel Benitez], Spanish toreador
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 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 Marcel L'Herbier, French director/screenwriter, El Dorado
1890 El Lissitzky, Russian Artist
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 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, Fr lawyer/dramatist (El Cid, Polyeucte), dies at 42
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
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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