2015 Event The Cairo Criminal Court convicts Egyptian ex-President Mohammed Morsi for his role in illegal detentions and violent responses to protests against him three years ago; he and other Muslim Brotherhood defendants will serve a 20-year prison term 2015 Event Canadian journalist Mohamed Fahmy and Egyptian journalist Baher Mohamed are released on bail in Cairo while awaiting trial for allegedly assisting the Muslim Brotherhood; a third journalist, Australian Peter Grest, was deported earlier this month 2014 Event Protests have erupted in Cairo's Tahrir Square and in other Egyptian cities after former President Hosni Mubarak was cleared of charges stemming from deaths during the 2011 demonstrations against him that led to his resignation 2013 Event The trial for ousted Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi begin in Cairo; Morsi's behavior during the session prompts the judge to postpone the trial until January 8, 2014 2013 Event A corruption investigation continues after a Cairo criminal court releases former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak from Tora prison 2013 Event Cairo, Egypt conducts a retrial of its former President Hosni Mubarak over his alleged role and complicity in the deaths of protestors during the 2011 Egyptian revolution 2012 Event Egypt's minister of transport, Mohamed Rashad Al Matini, resigns after a school bus carrying 60 schoolchildren is hit by a train near Manfalut, 230 miles south of Cairo 2012 Event U.S. Presidential candiate Mitt Romney says President Barack Obama's reaction to the attacks on U.S. missions in Benghazi, Cairo and other U.S. embassy's was to 'sympathize' with the assailants; the President claimed the attacks were the result of protests to a movie released on YouTube months before that mocked Mohammed 2012 Event The U.S. Consulate in Benghazi is attacked by terrorists; U.S. Ambassador to Libya, J. Christopher Stevens, was killed as well as three others; the Cairo embassy was also attacked 2011 Event In Cairo, thousands of Egyptian women demonstrate against military police for abuse against female demonstrators in Tahir Square 2011 Event In Cairo, protesters storm the Israeli embassy and force the Israeli ambassador to Egypt to flee 2011 Event Protesters continue their 12th day of nationwide protests in Cairo's Tahir Square, calling on President Hosni Mubarak to step down 2010 Event The outcome of Egypt's recent parliamentary elections spark protests in Cairo 2010 Event Foreign ministers of the Arab League meet in Cairo and agree to ask the U.N. Security Council to force Israel to end its blockade of Gaza 1992 Event 5.8 earthquake at Cairo (at least 510 die) 1990 Event 10 Israeli tourists murdered near Cairo 1981 Event Anwar Sadat's funeral service is held in Cairo 1981 Event Battle between Moslems and Christians in Cairo, 14 killed 1980 Death Pahlawi Mohammed Reza, shah of Persia (1941-79), dies in Cairo at 60 1979 Event Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin visits President Sadat in Cairo 1978 Event Grateful Dead perform in Cairo, Egypt 1977 Event Egypt and Israel reps gather in Cairo for 1st formal peace conference 1974 Event 49 die in stampede for seats at soccer match, Cairo, Egypt 1973 Event Yom Kippur War ends, Israel 65 miles from Cairo, 26 from Damascus 1971 Death Wasfi Tal, Jordan's PM, assassinated by Black Sept in Cairo 1969 Event State troopers ordered to Cairo Ill, to quell racial disturbances 1967 Event Race riots in Cairo, Illinois 1967 Event King Hussein of Jordan visits Cairo 1965 Event Trackless trolley plunged into Nile River drowning 74 (Cairo Egypt) 1965 Event Pakistani Boeing 720-B crashes at Cairo Egypt, killing 121 1964 Birthday Teresa Edwards, born in Cairo, Georgia, basketball forward, Gold Medals 1984, 1988, 1996, 2000 Olympics, Bronze Medal 1992 Olympics 1962 Event Blacks begin passive resistance in Cairo Ill 1961 Event Dutch Lockheed Electricity "Sirius" accident at Cairo, kills 20 1960 Birthday Atom Egoyan, born in Cairo, Egypt, director, Adjuster, Next of Kin 1958 Birthday Thomas Dolby, born in Cairo, Egypt, rock vocalist, She Blinded Me With Science 1958 Event Ferhat Abbas forms Algerian government in exile (Cairo) 1957 Death Grant Mitchell, actor (Great Lie, Laura, Cairo, Conflict), dies at 82 1948 Event Israel bombs Cairo 1948 Event 20 Jews killed when a bomb is thrown into Jewish quarter of Cairo 1946 Birthday Gillian Hills, born in Cairo, Egypt, actress, Blow-up, Clockwork Orange 1945 Event Arab League forms with adoption of a charter in Cairo Egypt 1945 Event Arab League froms (Cairo) 1943 Event Cairo: president Roosevelt travels back to the US 1943 Event 2nd conference of Cairo: FDR, Churchill and Turkish President Inonu 1942 Event British Premier Winston Churchill flies back to London from Cairo 1942 Event Premier Churchill travels back to Cairo from Moscow 1942 Event Lieutenant-general Montgomery arrives in Cairo 1942 Event British premier Winston Churchill arrives in Cairo 1933 Birthday Penelope Lively, born in Cairo, Egypt, writer, novelist, won Booker Prize for 'Moon Tiger', influenced by social changes in 20th century Britain 1933 Birthday Dalida, Cairo, actress/singer, Miss Egypt, The 6th Day 1933 Birthday Yolande Christina Dalida, Cairo Egypt 1920 Birthday Farouk I, Cairo, last King of Egypt, 1936-52 1918 Birthday Charles Hayes, born in Cairo, Illinois, Representative-D-Illinois 1983 - 1993 1882 Event British general Wolseley occupies Cairo 1882 Event British General Wolseley reaches Cairo 1879 Event Governor-general Charles Gordon of Sudan returns to Cairo 1879 Event Ex-khedive Ismael Pasha leaves Cairo with train full stolen goods 1871 Event Giusseppi Verdi's "Aida" premieres in Cairo, at Suez canal opening 1871 Event Opera "Aida" is produced (Cairo) 1862 Event Naval Engagement at Yazoo River, MS (USS CAIRO torpedoed) 1824 Event Fire at Cairo ammunitions dump kills 4,000 horses 1811 Event French Civil Code of Criminal law accepted by Netherlands Mamelukes in Cairo's Citadel 1800 Event French army defeats Turks at Helipolis Turkey, and advance to Cairo 1517 Event Osmaanse army occupies Cairo 1517 Event Turks conquer Cairo 1204 Death Maimonides, Jewish philosopher/talmudic scholar, dies in Cairo at 69 1169 Death Shirkuh, Kurd general/vizier of Cairo/Saladin's uncle, dies
