2001 Earthquake and landslides kill 850 in El Salvador
1994 Arturo Rivera Damas, archbishop of El Salvador (1980-94), dies at 71
1994 Armando Calderon Sol wins El Salvador presidential election
1994 El Salvador's 1st President election following 12-year-old civil war
1993 27 killed at prison in Morazan, El Salvador
1993 Francisco Velis, El Salvador guerilla leader (FMLN), murdered
1993 Jose Maria Lemus, president of El Salvador (1956-60), dies
1992 Roberto d'Aubuisson, leader of El Salvador, dies
1991 22nd New York City Marathon won by Salvador Garcia of Mexico in 2:09:28
1991 Guillermo Ungo, member of El Salvador junta (1979-80), dies
1990 Jose Napoleon Duarte, president of Salvador (1984-89), dies at 62
1989 U.S. plays El Salvador, in 3rd round of 1990 world soccer cup
1989 Salvador Dali, Surrealist painter, dies in Spain at 84
1988 1st documented combat action by U.S. military advisors in El Salvador
1986 7.5 Earthquake strikes San Salvador, El Salvador
1985 El Salvador's President Duartes Christian-Democrats win election
1985 Salvador Ley, composer, dies at 78
1984 Jose Napoleon Duarte wins El Salvador presidential election
1983 El Salvador adopts constitution
1983 Ana Maria, Salvador guerilla leader, murdered
1983 Reagan certifies El Salvador human-rights abuses have decreased making country eligible for U.S. military aid
1982 Salvador Jorge Blanco wins presidential election in Dominican Rep
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
1980 Oscar Romero, archbishop of San Salvador, murdered during mass
1979 Military coup in El Salvador: president/general Carlos Romero flees
1979 Louis Salvador Palange, composer, dies at 61
1977 Carmen Carrillo Vilanova, Miss El Salvador Universe 1997
1976 Milena Mayorga, Miss Universe-El Salvador 1996
1973 Chile's President, Salvador Allende, deposed in a military coup
1973 Salvador Allende Gossens, president Chile (1970-73), dies at 65
1970 Salvador Allende inaugurated as president of Chile
1970 Salvador Allende Gossens elected president of Chile
1970 Salvador Allende wins presidential election in Chile
1969 "Futbol War" between El Salvador and Honduras begins
1969 Honduras/El Salvador breaks diplomatic relations due to soccer match
1961 Military coup in El Salvador
1952 Salvador Pineda, Mexico City, doctor
1947 Alfredo Cristiani, president of El Salvador, 1989-94
1947 James Woods, born in Warwick, Rhode Island, actor, Salvador, Against All Odds
1934 Joan Didion, U.S. novelist/journalist, Salvador
1932 El Salvador army kills 4,000 protesting farmers
1929 Salvador Dali's 1st one-man show
1928 Salvador Diaz Miron, Mexicans poet, dies
1925 Jose Napoleon Duarte, president El Salvador
1922 Union of Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador dissolved
1921 Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador sign Pact of Union
1917 Louis Salvador Palange, composer
1912 Salvador Contreras, composer
1912 Salvador E Luria, Italian/U.S. biologist, Nobel prize 1969
1911 Salvador Giner y Vidal, composer, dies at 79
1908 Salvador Allende Gossens, Chile's last elected president, 1970-73
1907 Salvador Ley, composer
1904 Salvador Dali, Figueras, Spain, surrealist artist, Crucifixion
1900 Roberto Soundy, born in El Salvador, trap shooter, 1968 Olympics
1895 El Salvador, Honduras and Nicaragua form Central American Union
1895 Nicaragua, El Salvador and Honduras form a short-lived confederation
1886 Salvador de Madariaga y Rojo, writer/diplomat
1871 Francisco Salvador Daniel, composer, dies at 40
1854 San Salvador destroyed by earthquake
1853 Salvador Diaz Miron, Mexican poet, Los Cien Mejores Poemas
1832 Salvador Giner y Vidal, composer
1831 Francisco Salvador Daniel, composer
1822 In San Salvador, a congress proposes incorporation into US
1821 Costa Rica El Salvador Guatemala Honduras and Nicaragua gain independ
1811 El Salvador's 1st battle against Spain for independence
1776 Francis Salvador, 1st Jew to die in American Revolutionary War
1775 Francis Salvador becomes 1st Jew elected to office in America (SC)
1627 Piet Heyn conquerors 38 ships at bay of Salvador
1627 Piet Heyn conquerors 22 ships in Bay of Salvador Brazil
1625 Portuguese and Spanish expedition recaptures Salvador (Bahia)
1624 Jacob Willekens and Piet Heyn conquer Salvador, Civil rights activist
1519 1st Battle of Tehuacingo, San Salvador vs Mexico
1492 Columbus lands on San Salvador Island
1492 Columbus sights isle of San Salvador (Watling Island, Bahamas)
1492 Columbus leaves San Salvador; arrives in Santa Maria of Concepcion
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