1995 Ecuador and Peru involve in boundary fight
1994 Yak-40 accident in north of Peru, 8 killed
1994 Premier Alfonso Bustamente ends government in Peru
1992 Peru's President Alberto Fujimori suspend constitution and dissolved Congress
1990 Alberto Fujimoro installed as president of Peru
1990 135 die in a (6.4) earthquake in Peru
1990 Earthquake hit Peru, killing 135
1990 An earthquake hit Peru, killing 56
1985 Alan Garcia sworn in as president of Peru
1985 Alan Garcia wins elections in Peru
1982 Terror group "The Illuminated Path" frees 260 prisoners in Peru
1981 Peru's Javier Perez de Cuellar becomes sec-gen of UN
1981 U.N. Sec Council chose Javier Perez de Cuellar of Peru as 5th Sec Genl
1980 Peru adopts constitution, Fernando Belaunde Terry becomes president
1980 Fernando Belaunde Terry elected president of Peru
1978 Victor de la Torre wins Peru election
1978 General strike in Peru
1976 Claudia Dopf, Miss Peru Universe 1997
1974 Landslide in Huancavelica Province Peru creates a natural dam
1971 200 die in landslide into Lake Yanahuani, Chungar Peru
1970 At 03:23 PM, Yungay Peru levelled by 7.75 earthquake (50-70,000 die)
1969 Peru nationalizes U.S. oil interests
1969 Andes Pact signed in Peru
1968 Government seizes oil fields in Peru
1968 Military coup overthrows President Fernando Belaunde Terry in Peru
1968 Peru coup under gen Velasco Alvarado, President Belaunde Terry flees
1967 Jaime Yzaga, Lima Peru, tennis star
1966 Peru and Argentina soccer fans fight in Lima; 248 die
1964 Joe Hamorski, born in Peru, Indiana, Nike golfer, 1994 NIKE Greater Greenville-9th
1964 Panic in Lima Peru soccer stadium, kills 300
1963 Belaunde Terry inaugurated as President of Peru
1963 Jenny Lidback, born in Lima, Peru, LPGA golfer, 1995 du Maurier Ltd Classic
1962 Jaime Yzaga, Peru, tennis star
1962 Volcano Huascaran in Peru, erupts; 4,000 die
1962 4,000 die in avalanche, Ranrahirca, Peru
1962 Eruptions on Mount Huascaran in Peru destroy 7 villages and kill 3,500
1960 Alicia Dibos, Lima Peru, LPGA golfer, 1994 U.S. Women's Open-4th
1959 Carlos I Noriega, Lima Peru, astronaut, STS 84, sk 97
1958 Vice President Nixon is shoved, stoned, booed and spat upon by protesters in Peru
1949 Alan Garcia Perez, President of Peru, 1985-90
1947 Thor Heyerdahl and Kon-Tiki sail from Peru to Polynesia
1945 Peru, Paraguay, Chile and Ecuador joins UN
1942 Meredith Monk, Lima Peru, choreographer-composer-performing artist
1942 Peru and Ecuador sign Protocol of Rio (boundary determiniation)
1941 Lawine battlers destroy Haaraz, Peru; about 3,000 die
1938 Alberto Fujimoro, president of Peru, 1990-
1938 Cesar Vallejo, Peru/French poet (Trilce, Russia and 1931), dies at 46
1936 Mario Vargas Llosa, born in Peru, writer, Aunt Julia, and President candidate
1934 Colombia and Peru sign accord about harbor city Leticia
1933 Luis Sanchez Cerro, President of Peru, assassinated by Hurtado de Mendoza
1929 Chile, Peru and Bolivia sign accord about Tacna-Arica-area
1927 Yma Sumac, [Chavarri], Ichocan Peru, 5 octave soprano, Omar Khayyam
1920 Javier Perez de Cuellar, Lima Peru, 5th sec-gen of United Nations, 1982-91
1909 Ciro Alegria, Peru, novelist, Golden Serpent
1909 Kenneth W. Howell, English Anglican bishop, Chile/Bolivia/Peru
1883 Treaty of Ancon, Peru cedes Tarapaca to Chile
1868 Earthquakes kill 25,000 and causes $300 million damages (Peru and Ecuador)
1863 Augusto Bernardino Leguia y Salcedo, president of Peru, 1908, 1919
1848 Battle at Xaquixaguana, Peru: Pedro de la Gasca beats Gonzalo Pizarro
1836 Chile declares war on Bolivia and Peru
1833 Ricardo Palma, Peru, writer/poet, Tradiciones Peruanas
1825 Bolivia gains independence from Peru (National Day)
1824 Battle of Ayacucho (Candorcangui), Peru defeats Spain
1824 Simon Bolivar named dictator by the Congress of Peru
1823 Simon Bolivar named president of Peru
1821 Peru declares independence from Spain (National Day)
1778 Jose Francisco de San Martin, liberated Argentina, Chile and Peru
1651 Great earthquake at Cuzco Peru
1639 Martinus de Porres, Peru saint (patron of social justice), dies at 69
1624 Dutch fleet ceases Callao the Lima in Peru
1624 Earthquake strikes Peru
1624 Admiral Hermites fleet blockade Lima Peru
1624 Admiral Hermites conquering fleet reaches Callao the Lima, Peru
1623 11 Dutch ships depart for the conquest of Peru
1620 Diego Alvarez de Paz, Span missionary/writer (Peru), dies at about 59
1600 Jose the Acosta, Spanish missionary (Peru), dies at 59
1569 Martinus de Porres, Peru, saint, patron of social justice
1551 San Marcos University in Lima Peru, opens
1542 Diego de Almagro, Spanish captain-general of Peru, beheaded
1541 Francisco Pizarro, Spanish conqueror of Peru, assassinated in Lima
1538 Diego de Almagro, Spanish conquistador (Chile/Peru), dies at about 63
1535 Francisco Pizarro founds Lima Peru
1535 City of Lima Peru founded by Francisco Pizarro
1533 Francisco Pizarro orders death of last Incan King of Peru, Atahualpa
1533 Atahualpa, last Inca King of Peru, murdered by Spanish conquerors
1529 Francisco Pizarro appointed governor of Peru
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