2015 Event Hosni Mubarak, former president of Egypt, may be freed after the nation's high court overturned the sole remaining verdict against him for embezzling public funds; Mubarak has been serving his three-year prison term in a hospital due to poor health 2014 Event Hamas rejects a peace deal brokered by Egypt and agreed to by Israel; Israel warned that the rejection could result in military action to stop rocket attacks from Palestinian militants 2014 Event Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair has accepted a role as economic advisor to Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi in order to help Egypt reform its economy and develop new business opportunities 2014 Event Early election tallies show that Abdel Fattah el-Sisi will be the next president of Egypt; el-Sisi, the military commander who removed former president Mohamed Morsi from office due to mass protests, resigned his military position to run for president 2013 Event The Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt is re-designated as a terrorist organization as part of a measure by the The Egyptian government to stop terrorists, and anyone financing the bombings and other terrorist acts that have occurred in their country 2013 Event Economist Hazem Al Beblaw is selected as Egypt's interim Prime Minister 2013 Event A call for demonstrations is held by opponents of deposed President Mohamed Morsi in Egypt 2013 Event Egypt names Mohamed ElBaradei Prime Minister 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 2013 Event Egypt's government announces the country will hold parliamentary elections in April, 2013 2012 Event Voters in Alexandria, Egypt clash during the evening of the second voting session on the highly charged constitutional referendum 2012 Event In Egypt, one hundred thousand people gather around the Presidential palace to protest proposed constitutional changes by Mohamed Morsi, the President of Egypt 2012 Event President of Egypt Mohamed Morsi causes a call for large protests after he passed a degree giving himself sweeping new powers 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 Ending a 50-year ban on veiled female news presenters, Egypt's state television gives its female presenters a choice of wearing, or not wearing, a veil 2012 Event Egypt's state news organization states that their President, Mohammed Morsi is going to Iran at the end of August to attend the Non-Aligned Movement meeting 2012 Event In Egypt, protesters throw tomatoes and shoes at U.S. Secretary of State's motorcade during her first visit to the country since President Mohamed Mursi was elected 2012 Event Egypt's voters go to the polls for a second round of voting in their first presidential election 2012 Event Egypt's former president, Hosni Mubarak is sentenced to life in prison, along with his former interior minister, Habib al-Adly, for being complicit in killing of demonstrators in the 2011 revolution 2012 Event Fifteen months after President Hosni Mubarak was ousted in Egypt by a revolution, voters go to the polls for a presidential election 2012 Event Officals in Egypt reject a deeply unpopular agreement to supply Israel with natural gas; the agreement was made by former President of Egypt Hosni Mubarek 2012 Event Tens of thousands of people demonstrate in Tahrir Square against continuing military rule in Egypt 2012 Event In Egypt, the Muslim Brotherhood nominates chairman Khairat El-Shater as a candidate for the May 2012 presidential elections 2012 Event In Egypt, protesters commemorate the first anniversary of the revolution 2011 Event Essam Sharaf, Prime Minister of Egypt resigns after protests; Kamal Ganzouri takes is appointed as the new Prime Minister 2011 Event The Arab Gas Pipeline in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula is destroyed in an explosion; the line supplies gas to Jordan and Israel 2011 Event In Cairo, protesters storm the Israeli embassy and force the Israeli ambassador to Egypt to flee 2011 Event The trial of Egypt's President Hosni Mubarek and sons, Alaa and Gamall is adjourned and merged with that of former Interior Minister Habib al-Adly 2011 Event Investigations by the ECDC and the European Food Safety Authority implicate fenugreek seeds imported from Egypt in the deadly E. coli outbreaks 2011 Event Secret documents on Egypt's nuclear power plant are released by WikiLeaks 2011 Event In Egypt, authorities extend the detention of former President Hosni Mubarak for another 15 days 2011 Event Nabil al-Araby, Foreign Minister of Egypt, calls for the U.S. to support and independent Palestine 2011 Event By order of an Egyptian court, the name of Egypt's former President, Hosni Mubarak, is stripped from public spaces, schools and streets 2011 Event In Egypt, the court orders the former ruling National Democratic Part of Hosni Mubarak be dissolved 2011 Event Former President of Egypt Hosni Mubarak and sons, Alaa and Gamal, are detained for 15 days of questioning regarding charges of corruption and abuse of power 2011 Event In Egypt, a travel ban is imposed on former President Hosni Mubarak and his family 2011 Event Egypt partially restores Internet access after a five-day blackout 2011 Event Egypt's people vow to continue demonstrating until President Mubarak's regime falls 2011 Event Responding to anti-government protests in Egypt, the government cuts off access to the internet, cell phones, and imposes a curfew 2011 Event In Egypt, tens of thousands of people participate in a 'day of revolt' to protest against the government 2010 Event The outcome of Egypt's recent parliamentary elections spark protests in Cairo 2010 Event Tanzania, Uganda, Ethiopia and Rwanda sign an agreement seeking more water from the Nile; Kenya issues support while Egypt and Sudan remain opposed 2010 Event Egypt announces the discovery of a granite head from a statue of Tutankhamun's grandfather, Amenhotep III, buried at a temple in Luxor 2010 Event The theory that Egypt's pyramids were built by free workers, not slaves, is reinforced by the discovery of new tombs near the great pyramids 2004 Event Flash Airlines flight 604 crashes near Sharm el Sheikh, Egypt, killing 148 2000 Death Ofra Haza, singer, Prince of Egypt, dies at 43 1997 Death Ismail Fahmi, external minister of Egypt in (1973-77), dies 1997 Event Islamist terrorists murder 60 tourists at Luxor in Egypt 1994 Event Benzine explosion in Dronka Egypt, 400+ killed 1990 Event Egypt and Morocco troops land in Saudi Arabia to prevent Iraqi invasion 1990 Event Egypt (500-1 longshot) ties favorite Netherlands 1-1 in World Cup game 1989 Event Egypt, Iraq, Jordan and North Yemen form common market 1989 Event Israel attacks border strip Taba near Egypt 1986 Event Tomb of Tutanchamon's treasurer Maya found in Egypt 1984 Event Egypt and Jordan regain diplomatic relations 1983 Event Fire in Nassermeer Egypt kills 357 1983 Event Oldest human skeleton, aged 80,000 years, discovered in Egypt 1981 Event Vice President Hosni Mubarak elected president of Egypt 1981 Event President Reagan greeted predecessors Jimmy Carter, Gerald R Ford and Richard Nixon before sending them to Egypt for Anwar Sadat's funeral 1981 Event Hosni Mubarak became acting-president of Egypt 1981 Death Anwar al-Sadat, President Egypt 1970 - 1981, assassinated at 62 1980 Event Shah of Iran arrives in Egypt 1980 Event Israel and Egypt exchange ambassadors 1980 Event Egypt and Israel exchange ambassadors for 1st time 1980 Event Israel and Egypt establish diplomatic relations 1979 Event Israel returns Alma oilfields in Gulf of Suez to Egypt 1979 Event Israel begins to return Sinai to Egypt 1979 Event Peace treaty between Israel and Egypt goes into effect 1979 Event Camp David peace treaty between Israel and Egypt 1979 Event Israeli parliament approves peace treaty with Egypt 1979 Event Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlevi of Iran flees Iran for Egypt 1978 Event Representatives of Israel and Egypt open talks in Washington 1978 Event Grateful Dead perform in Cairo, Egypt 1978 Event Egypt announces it is pulling its diplomats out of Cyprus 1977 Event Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin meets Egyptian President Sadat in Egypt 1977 Event Egypt and Israel reps gather in Cairo for 1st formal peace conference 1977 Event Egypt breaks dipl relations with Syria, Libya, Algeria, Iraq and S Yemen 1977 Event Libya drops diplomatic relations with Egypt 1977 Event Egypt President Sadat repeats willingness to visit Israel to Cronkite 1977 Event Egypt's Anwar Sadat pledges to regain Arab territory from Israel 1976 Event Egypt president Sadat re-elected 1975 Event Israel formally signs Sinai accord with Egypt 1975 Event Egypt president Sadat reopens Suez Canal, closed since 1967 1974 Event Moslem fundamentalists assault military academy in Heliopolis Egypt 1974 Event U.S. and Egypt re-form diplomatic relations after 7 years 1974 Event 49 die in stampede for seats at soccer match, Cairo, Egypt 1974 Event Israel and Egypt sign weapons accord 1973 Event Israel, Egypt, Syria, Jordan, U.S. and U.S.S.R. meet in Geneva 1973 Event Egypt and Israel exchange prisoners of war 1973 Event U.S. and Egypt announce restoration of full diplomatic links 1973 Event Yom Kippur War begins as Syria and Egypt attack Israel 1972 Event Egypt and Libya form federation 1972 Birthday Eiman Thakeb, Miss Egypt Universe 1997 1972 Event Egypt president Sadat throws 20,000 Russian military aids out 1972 Event Bus plunges into Nile River killing 50 pilgrims. (Minia Egypt) 1972 Event Egypt drops diplomatic relations with Jordan 1971 Event Egypt adopts its constitution 1971 Event Egypt, Libya and Syria form federation (FAR) 1971 Event Egypt refuses to renew the Suez cease fire 1971 Event Aswan Dam official opens in Egypt 1970 Event Anwar Sadat sworn in as president of Egypt 1970 Event Anwar Sadat elected president of Egypt, succeeding Gamal Abdel Nasser 1970 Event Anwar Sadat elected president of Egypt 1970 Death Gamal' Abd al-Nassar, Egypt President (1953-70), dies of heart attack at 52 1970 Event Huge Aswan Dam opens in Egypt 1970 Event Premier Kosygin affirms existence Russian military advisors in Egypt 1968 Birthday Ahmed Elmaghraby, born in Suez, Egypt, U.S. field hockey forward 1996 Olympics 1967 Event Egypt sinks Israeli torpedo boat 1967 Event Israel, Syria, Jordan, Iraq and Egypt end "6-Day War" with United Nations help 1965 Event Trackless trolley plunged into Nile River drowning 74 (Cairo Egypt) 1965 Event Pakistani Boeing 720-B crashes at Cairo Egypt, killing 121 1965 Death Farouk I, last King of Egypt (1936-52), dies at 45 1965 Event East German president Ulbricht visits Egypt 1964 Death Miles WL Killearn of Killearn, baron/diplomat (Egypt), dies at 84 1964 Event Egypt/Iraq/Jordan/Kuwait/Syria form common market 1964 Event Khrushchev visits Egypt 1964 Event Egypt and Belgium restore diplomatic relations 1964 Event Egypt ends state of siege (1952-64) 1961 Event "Little Egypt (Ying-Yang)" by Coasters peaks at #23 1960 Birthday Atom Egoyan, born in Cairo, Egypt, director, Adjuster, Next of Kin 1960 Event Building of Aswan dam in Egypt, begins 1959 Event U.S.S.R. and Egypt sign contracts for building Aswan Dam 1958 Event U.S.S.R. lends Egypt 400 million rubles to build Aswan Dam 1958 Event Tunisia drops diplomatic relations with Egypt 1958 Birthday Thomas Dolby, born in Cairo, Egypt, rock vocalist, She Blinded Me With Science 1958 Event Egypt and Syria form United Arab Republic (UAR) 1958 Event Syria joins Egypt in United Arab Republic 1958 Event Egypt and Syria announce plans to merge into United Arab Republic 1957 Event Israeli troops leave Egypt; Suez Canal re-opened for minor ships 1957 Event United Nations adopts a resolution calling for Israeli troops to leave Egypt 1956 Event Ferdinand de Lesseps statue blown up in Port Said Egypt 1956 Event Last British/French troops leave Egypt 1956 Event England and France pull troops out of Egypt 1956 Event Britain and France land forces in Egypt 1956 Event Israel captures Straits of Tiran and reach Suez Canal Egypt 1956 Event Britain and France begin to bomb Egypt to reopen Suez Canal 1956 Event British government sends 3 aircraft carriers to Egypt 1956 Event Egypt seizes Suez Canal 1956 Event Great Britain refuses to lend Egypt money to build Aswan Dam 1956 Event U.S. refuse to lend Egypt money to build Aswan Dam 1956 Event Gamal Abdel Nasser elected president of Egypt 1956 Event Last of foreign troops leaves Egypt as Brits leave Suez Canal 1956 Event Egypt recognizes People's Republic of China 1956 Event Egypt and Israel agree to a cease fire 1956 Event Female suffrage in Egypt 1956 Event Sudan (Anglo-Egyptian Sudan) declares independence from Egypt and U.K. 1955 Event Egypt and Saudi-Arabia sign defense treaty 1954 Event Egypt and Great Britain sign treaty; British troops departs 1954 Event Hassan el Hodeiby, leader of Moslem brothership, arrested in Egypt 1954 Event Colonel Nasser seizes power and becomes Prime Minister of Egypt 1954 Event Miltary rule in Egypt; 318 Mohammedan Brotherhood arrested 1953 Event Egypt proclaimed a republic, General Neguib becomes president 1952 Event Egypt protests German retribution payments to Israel 1952 Event King Farouk I of Egypt abdicates [Black Saturday] 1952 Event General Neguib seizes power, Monarchy overthrown in Egypt (National Day) 1952 Birthday Stewart Copeland, born in Alexandria, Egypt, drummer, Police-Roxanne 1951 Birthday Graham Price, born in Moascar, Egypt, rugby player, prop forward, debuted for Wales in 1975, won 41 caps for Wales 1951 Event British troops occupies Ismailiya Egypt 1951 Event International Table Tennis Federation bans Egypt (for refusing to play Israel) 1950 Event Egypt, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia and Syria sign security pact 1949 Event Israel and Egypt sign an armistice agreement 1948 Death Mahmud Nokrashy Pasha, Prime Minister of Egypt, assassinated 1948 Event Large scale fighting between Israel and Egypt 1948 Event Egypt, Lebanon, Syria, Iraq and Saudi Arabian troops attack Israel 1947 Birthday John Traicos, cricketer, in Egypt South Africa 1970, Zimbabwe 1992-93 1946 Birthday Gillian Hills, born in Cairo, Egypt, actress, Blow-up, Clockwork Orange 1946 Event Anti-British demonstrations in Egypt 1945 Event Arab League forms with adoption of a charter in Cairo Egypt 1945 Event Egypt and Syria declares war on nazi-Germany 1945 Death Ahmed Maher Pasha, Egypt's PM, assassinated in parliament 1944 Death Abbas Hilmi II, viceroy of Egypt (1892-1914), dies at 70 1942 Event Montgomery (Br) defeats Rommel (G) in battle of Alamein Egypt (WW II) 1942 Event During WW II, Britain launches major offensive at El Alamein, Egypt 1942 Event Africa Corps occupy Egypt 1941 Event British attack Halfaya-pass and Fort Capuzzo in Egypt and Libya 1941 Event Greece Army surrenders to German Nazis RAF brings Greek king George II to Egypt 1940 Event Italian troops under Marshal Graziani attack Egypt 1940 Event Italian troops enter Egypt 1937 Death Georg A Erman, Germany egyptologist (Grammar of Ancient Egypt), dies at 82 1936 Death Edmond HH Allenby, English Field Marshal in Egypt, dies at 74 1936 Event Nahas Pasja becomes premier of Egypt 1936 Death Foead I, king of Egypt (1922-36), dies 1935 Event Anti-British riots in Egypt 1933 Birthday Jehan Sadat, 1st lady of Egypt 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 1932 Birthday Omar Sharif, born in Egypt, actor, Dr. Zhivago, Top Secret 1931 Event Egypt and Iraq sign peace treaty 1928 Event King Fuad of Egypt grabs power/disbands parliament 1925 Event Italy, Britain and Egypt sign Jaghbub accord (Italy) 1925 Event George Lloyd of Dolobran becomes British High Director of Egypt 1924 Death Lee Stack, British sirdar in Egypt, governer-general of Sudan, murdered 1922 Event "Egypt" sinks off Ushant after colliding with "Seine," killing 90 1922 Event Sultan Fuad I crowned king of Egypt, England recognizes Egypt 1922 Event Egypt regains independence from Britain, but British troops remain 1922 Event Great Britain grants Egypt independence 1920 Birthday Farouk I, Cairo, last King of Egypt, 1936-52 1918 Death Abdul-Hamid II, 34th sultan of Turkey (lost Serbia/Egypt), dies at 65 1918 Birthday Gamal Abdel Nasser, President of Egypt, 1954-1971 1917 Death Hussain Kamil, sultan of Egypt (1914-17), dies at 63 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 1917 Death Evelyn Baring earl Cromer, English consul-general in Egypt, dies at 75 1914 Event Great Britain declares Egypt a protectorate 1914 Event New York Giants and Chicago White Sox play an exhibition baseball game in Egypt 1912 Event Bust of Queen Nefertete found in El-Amarna, Egypt 1908 Birthday Anna Magnani, born in Alexandria, Egypt, actress, Rose Tattoo, Miracle 1906 Event British-controlled Egypt takes Sinai peninsula from Turkey 1901 Birthday Ali Muhammad Naguib, Khartoum, president of Egypt, 1952-54 1895 Death Ismail Pasha, kedive of Egypt (1863-79), dies at 64 1892 Death Tewfik Pasja, viceroy of Egypt, dies at 39 1888 Birthday Giuseppe Ungaretti, born in Alexandria, Egypt, writer, poet, modernist, academic, best known work 'L'allegria' or 'The Joy' 1883 Event Arabi Pasha declares a holy war in Egypt 1882 Event Battle at Count el-Kebir: British troops invade Egypt 1882 Event Anti-colonization mass society of Alexandria Egypt kills 50 Europeans 1879 Event Ismael Pasha resigns as khedive of Egypt 1879 Event Khedive Ismael of Egypt fires French/British ministers 1874 Birthday 'Abbas Hilmi II, last khedive, Ottoman viceroy, of Egypt, 1892-1914 1869 Event Suez Canal (Egypt) opens, links Mediterranean and Red seas 1868 Birthday Fuad I, king of Egypt, 1922-36 1864 Event Battle of Egypt Station, MS 1861 Birthday Edmond H H Allenby, English Field Marshal/high director, Egypt 1854 Birthday Georg A Erman, German Egyptologist, Grammar of Ancient Egypt 1854 Death Abbas Hilmi I, viceroy of Egypt, dies at about 41 1853 Birthday Hussain Kamil, sultan of Egypt, 1914-17 1852 Birthday Tewfik Pasja, khedive, viceroy, of Egypt 1849 Death Mehemet Ali, British viceroy to Egypt, dies 1841 Birthday Evelyn Baring earl Cromer, English consul-general, Egypt 1830 Birthday Ismail Pasha, kedive of Egypt, 1863-79 1821 Birthday Samuel White Baker, born in London, England, explorer, Ceylon/Egypt 1801 Event British drive French forces from Abukir, Egypt 1798 Event Napoleon captures Alexandria, Egypt 1798 Event Napoleon Bonaparte wins Battle of Pyramids in Egypt 1798 Event Napoleon's fleet reaches Alexandria Egypt 1517 Death Tuman Bey, last Mamelukken sultan of Egypt, hanged 1291 Event Sultan of Egypt and his son take last Christian stronghold of Acre 1260 Death Koetoez, Turkish sultan of Egypt, murdered 1250 Death Toeransa, sultan of Egypt, murdered 1249 Death Ajjoeb, sultan of Egypt, dies 1191 Death Saladin [Salah ad-Din] Yusuf, sultan of Egypt/Syria, dies at 52 1167 Event Battle of El-Babein, Egypt: Franks under Amalrik vs Syrians 317 Birthday Flavius Julius Constantius II, Emperor Egypt/Byzantine/Rome, 337-61
