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2006 Egyptian ferry, Al Salam Boccaccio, sinks killing over 1200 people in the Red Sea
1995 Suicide bomber blasts into Egyptian embassy in Islamabad, kills 16 1995 Gunmen ambush Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, escapes unharmed 1995 Mahmoud Sayed Selim, Egyptian moslim leader, shot to death at 29 1994 Raouf Khayrat, Egyptian general-major, murdered 1993 Failed bomb attack on Egyptian premier Atef Sedki, 1 dead 1993 Zaki Naguib Mahmoud, Egyptian philosopher/author/diplomat, dies at 88 1993 Mohammed el-Himi, brigade-general of Egyptian police, murdered 1992 Farag Foeda, Egyptian writer/publicist, murdered 1991 Iraq rejects peace proposal from Egyptian President Hosi Mubarak 1990 Rifaat El-Maghub, Egyptian MP leader, murdered 1990 Rifaat Maghub, president Egyptian MP, murdered 1986 Thousands of Egyptian military police riot, destroy 2 luxury hotel 1985 Egyptian commandos storm captured Boeing in Malta, 60 killed 1985 58 die as Egyptian commandos storm hijack Egyptair jet in Malta 1985 U.S. intercepts Egyptian Boeing with Achille Lauro terrorists 1985 U.S. fighter jets force Egyptian plane carrying hijackers of Italian ship Achille Lauro to land in Italy, gunmen are placed in custody 1985 Libya throws out 1000s Tunisian/Egyptian gas workers 1985 Egyptian President Mubarak reappoints Coptic pope Shenuda III 1984 Mohammed Naguib, Egyptian Statesman 1983 Egyptian president Mubarak meets with PLO leader Yasser Arafat 1982 5 murderers, of Egyptian President Sadat, executed 1981 Anwar Sadat, Egyptian Statesman 1980 Egyptian parliament votes to end boycott of Israel 1979 Egyptian Parliament unanimously approve peace treaty with Israel 1978 Egyptian and Israeli officials begin 2 days of talks 1977 Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin meets Egyptian President Sadat in Egypt 1977 Egyptian President Sadat became 1st Arab leader to address Israeli Knesset 1977 Egyptian president Sadat visits Israel 1977 Egyptian President Anwar Sadat arrives in Israel 1977 Egyptian President Sadat formally accepts invitation to visit Israel 1977 Mohammed al-Zahaby, Egyptian minister, murdered 1977 Egyptian President Anwar Sadat 1st meeting with President Jimmy Carter 1976 Egyptian SS Patria sinks in Red Sea, about 100 killed 1975 Anwar Sadat became 1st Egyptian president to officially visit U.S. 1973 Israeli forces reach Suez, trapping Egyptian army 1973 Egyptian tanks move further into Israel 1970 Anwar Sadat replaces Egyptian President Nassar 1969 Riad, chief of staff (Egyptian army), dies 1967 Mohammed Abdul Hakim Amer, Egyptian vice-PM, commits suicide at 47 1967 Egyptian president Nassar closes Straits of Tiran to Israel 1965 Saudi-Arabian and Egyptian accord about Yemen 1964 Egyptian munition ship "Star of Alexandria" explodes at dockside in Bone, Algeria. 100 die, 160 injured, $20 million damage 1962 Egyptian President Nasser declares Gaza belongs to Palestinians 1959 Susanna Hoffs, actress/rocker, Bangles-Walk Like an Egyptian 1956 Israel captures Egyptian militay post at El-Thamad 1956 After 72 years, Britain gives up Suez Canal to Egyptian control 1956 Egyptian President Nasser pledges to reconquer Palestine 1955 2 Egyptian fighters shot down over Israel 1954 Egyptian President Naguib fired/state of emergency declared 1954 Michael Steele, rocker, Bangles-Eternal Flame, Walk Like an Egyptian 1954 Ahmad Amin, Egyptian historian/author, dies at 67 1954 Abdul Nasser appointed Egyptian premier 1953 Egyptian Premier General Naguib disbands all political parties 1952 General Naguib forms Egyptian government/becomes premier 1952 Hussein Sirri Pasha forms Egyptian government 1952 Egyptian government-Ali Maher Pasja resigns 1951 Egyptian army fires on British troops 1951 Egyptian parliament accept denounces Suez Canal Treaty 1951 Jonathan Richman, rocker, Modern Lovers-New England, Egyptian Reggae 1950 Egyptian king Faruk demands departure of all British troops 1949 King Faruk disbands Egyptian parliament 1948 Israeli Defence Forces crosses Egyptian border 1948 Egyptian flagship King Farouk sunk by Israel 1948 Operation 10 Plagues - Israeli offensive against Egyptian army 1948 1st attack by Egyptian irregular forces at Kfar Darom Israel 1947 Zahi Hawass, Egyptian Scientist 1942 Mohamed ElBaradei, Egyptian Scientist 1929 Mohamed Al-Fayed, Egyptian Businessman 1928 Hosni Mubarak, Egyptian president, 1981- 1927 Saad Zaghlul, Egyptian parliament chairman, dies at 74 1926 Egyptian government of Adly Pasha forms 1924 Egyptian king Foead nominates Saad Zaghloel Pasja premier 1924 Nationalist Wafd-party wins Egyptian parliament elections 1923 New Egyptian law allows suffrage for men, except soldiers 1922 Boutros Boutros Ghali, Egyptian Secretary-General of United Nations, 1992 - 1997 1922 Boutros Boutros-Ghali, Egyptian Public Servant 1918 Anwar Sadat, Egyptian President, 1970-81, Nobel 1978 1911 Nagib Machfus, Egyptian writer, Nobel 1988 1911 Arab Pasha, "al-Misri" [Pasha Ahmad Arab], Egyptian minister, dies 1910 Boetros Ghali, Egyptian premier, murdered 1908 Mika Waltari, novelist, Egyptian 1905 Mohammed Abdoe, Egyptian writing expert (Al'Oerwah al-Woethka), dies 1901 Mohammed Naguib, Egyptian Statesman 1886 Ahmad Amin, Egyptian historian/author 1883 Battle at El Obeid Sudan: Mahdi's army destroys Egyptian army 1883 William Hicks, British col/commander (Egyptian army), dies in battle 1881 Egyptian military coup under colonel Arab "El Wahid" 1881 Ancient Egyptian obelisk "Cleopatra's Needle" erected in Central Park 1879 Arabs capture Egyptian premier Nabar Pasha 1876 Hans Bethge, born in Dessau, Germany, writer, short stories, essays, plays, poetry on love, nature, works include, 'Agyptische Reise' 'Egyptian Journey' 1829 Thomas Young, physicist/decipherer of Egyptian hierogolyphics, dies 1827 Battle at Navarino: Engl/Russian/French fleet beat Turk/Egyptian fleet 1811 Egyptian king Muhammad Ali Pasha oversees ceremonial murder of 500 1790 Jean-Francois Champollion, deciphered Egyptian hieroglyphics 1773 Ali Bey, Egyptian Mameluk head, dies 1291 Egyptian Mamelukken occupies Akko, crusaders driven out of Palestine 1204 Maimonides, Moses Ben Maimon, Span/Egyptian rabbi, dies at 69 347 Pachomius, Egyptian monastery founder/abbot (Coenobieten), dies |
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