2012 Event Voters in Alexandria, Egypt clash during the evening of the second voting session on the highly charged constitutional referendum 2010 Event American Alexandria Mills, age 18, wins the 60th Miss World pageant in China 1974 Birthday Warren Morris, Alexandria, Louisiana, baseball infielder 1996 Olympics bronze 1968 Birthday Russ Springer, born in Alexandria, Virginia, pitcher for the Philadelphia Phillies 1964 Birthday Terry Mathews, Alexandria, Louisiana, pitcher for the Florida Marlins 1964 Event Egyptian munition ship "Star of Alexandria" explodes at dockside in Bone, Algeria. 100 die, 160 injured, $20 million damage 1963 Birthday Dermot Mulroney, Alexandria, Virginia, actor, Samantha, Sunset, Long Gone 1959 Birthday MacKenzie Phillips, Alexandria, Virginia, actress, Julie-1 Day at a Time 1958 Event KCMT TV channel 7 in Alexandria, MN (CBS/NBC/ABC) begins broadcasting 1954 Event KALB TV channel 5 in Alexandria, LA (NBC/ABC) begins broadcasting 1954 Birthday Reed Birney, born in Alexandria, Virginia, actor, Greatest Man in the World 1952 Birthday Stewart Copeland, born in Alexandria, Egypt, drummer, Police-Roxanne 1949 Birthday Nana Alexandria, U.S.S.R., International Woman's Chess Grandmaster, 1976 1941 Event Great British convoy marches into Alexandria 1917 Birthday Eileen Caddy, born in Alexandria, Egypt, new age author, spiritual teacher, founded Findhorn Foundation commune, an international New Age community, dubbed 'Vatican of the New Age', today home to 400 residents from more than 40 countries 1912 Birthday Lawrence Durrell, Darjeeling India, writer, Alexandria Quartet 1908 Birthday Anna Magnani, born in Alexandria, Egypt, actress, Rose Tattoo, Miracle 1888 Birthday Giuseppe Ungaretti, born in Alexandria, Egypt, writer, poet, modernist, academic, best known work 'L'allegria' or 'The Joy' 1882 Event British under General Wolseley land in Alexandria 1882 Event British fleet bombs Alexandria 1882 Event Anti-colonization mass society of Alexandria Egypt kills 50 Europeans 1879 Event Ex-khedive Ismael Pasha sails from Alexandria to Naples 1864 Event 3rd day in Battle at Alexandria Louisiana: Confederate assault 1864 Event Battle at Alexandria, Louisiana (Red River Campaign) 1864 Event Red River Campaign-Union forces reach Alexandria, Louisiana 1861 Event General Beauregard is given command of Confederate Alexandria Line 1861 Event Alexandria, Virginia occupied by Federal troops 1798 Event Napoleon captures Alexandria, Egypt 1798 Event Napoleon's fleet reaches Alexandria Egypt 1638 Death Lukaris Cyrillus, patriarch of Alexandria/Constantinople, dies 642 Event Arabs conquer Alexandria, library destroyed 641 Event Arabic/Islamic army contrasts with the Hippo over Alexandria 490 Death Petrus Mongus, patriarch of Alexandria, dies 454 Death Dioscorus van Alexandria, patriarch (council of Efeze), dies 444 Death Cyrillus van Alexandria, patriarch of Alexandria, dies 365 Event Alexandria hit by Earthquake; about 50,000 die
