2015 Event American rock climbers Tommy Caldwell and Kevin Jorgeson become the first to successfully free-climb the Dawn Wall face of El Capitan in Yosemite National Park, a climb of 3,000 feet; the men started the climb on December 27th, 2014 2014 Event Expansion plans for the Panama Canal are paused so Grupo Unidos por el Canal, the group behind the project, can seek more funding for the $3.2 billion project 2013 Event El Paraiso, Peru: property developers destroy a 4,000-year old pyramid 2011 Event The El Paso natural gas exploration and pipeline company is purchased by Kinder Morgan for $21.1 billion in cash and stock 2010 Event Major floods in Southern Sudan, near Aweil, Northern Bahr el Ghazal leave 57,000 people homeless 2004 Event Flash Airlines flight 604 crashes near Sharm el Sheikh, Egypt, killing 148 2001 Event Earthquake and landslides kill 850 in El Salvador 1996 Death Siddig El Nigoumi, ceramicist, dies at 65 1995 Death Carlos Monzon, El Macho, Argentina MW boxing champ (1970-77), dies at 52 1995 Death Manuel Rivera, Spanish painter/co-founder (El Paso), dies at 67 1994 Death Frank Thring, Australian actor (El Cid, Ben-Hur), dies at 68 1994 Death Arturo Rivera Damas, archbishop of El Salvador (1980-94), dies at 71 1994 Death Roberto Goyeneche, El Polaco, Argentine tango singer (Maria), dies 1994 Event 112 degrees F (44.4 degrees C) at El Paso Texas 1994 Event 111 degrees F (43.9 degrees C) at El Paso, Texas 1994 Death Jose Bohr, actor (El Traidor, Sueno de Amor), dies at 92 1994 Event Armando Calderon Sol wins El Salvador presidential election 1994 Event El Salvador's 1st President election following 12-year-old civil war 1994 Death Samuel Bronston, Romanian/US producer (El Cid), dies at 85 1993 Event 27 killed at prison in Morazan, El Salvador 1993 Death Hernan Heleno Castro, El Salvadorian guerilla leader, murdered 1993 Event Howard Stern's radio show begins broadcasting in El Paso, Texas 1993 Death Francisco Velis, El Salvador guerilla leader (FMLN), murdered 1993 Death Jose Maria Lemus, president of El Salvador (1956-60), dies 1992 Event El Al cargo jet crashes into apartment complex in Amsterdam (250 die) 1992 Event El Al cargo plane crashes at Amsterdam Bijlmer, 43 die 1992 Death Itzhak Fuks, El Al captain, crashes in Bijlmer Netherlands 1992 Death Ohad Arnon, El Al captain, crashes in Bijlmer Netherlands 1992 Death Roberto D'Aubuisson, El Salvadorian founder (ARENA), dies 1992 Death Roberto d'Aubuisson, leader of El Salvador, dies 1991 Event El Sayid Nosair acquitted of killing Meir Kahane 1991 Death Guillermo Ungo, member of El Salvador junta (1979-80), dies 1990 Death Sunset Carson, cowboy actor (El Paso Kid, Oregon Trail), dies at 62 1989 Event 6 Jesuit priests are killed by El Salvadorian troops 1989 Event U.S. plays El Salvador, in 3rd round of 1990 world soccer cup 1988 Event 1st documented combat action by U.S. military advisors in El Salvador 1987 Death Kamal El Mallakh, dies at 57 1986 Event 7.5 Earthquake strikes San Salvador, El Salvador 1985 Event Terrorists kill 20 and wound 110 attacking El Al at Rome and Vienna airports, President Reagan blames Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi 1985 Event El Salvador's President Duartes Christian-Democrats win election 1984 Event Jose Napoleon Duarte wins El Salvador presidential election 1983 Event El Salvador adopts constitution 1983 Event Columbia flies to Kennedy Space Center via El Paso, Kelly AFB 1983 Event Reagan certifies El Salvador human-rights abuses have decreased making country eligible for U.S. military aid 1982 Event Alvaro Magana chosen to succeed Jose N Duarte as President of El Salvador 1982 Event Alfredo Magana elected President of El Salvador 1982 Event JN Duartes christian-democrats win elections in El Salvador 1982 Event 4 Dutch TV crew members shot dead in El Salvador 1982 Death Hans ter Laag, Dutch sound technician, murdered in El Salvador 1982 Death Jan Kuiper, Dutch news editor (IKON), murdered in El Salvador 1982 Death Joop Willemsen, Dutch cameraman, murdered in El Salvador 1982 Death Koos Koster, Dutch newscaster (IKON), murdered in El Salvador 1981 Event El Salvador army kills 900 1981 Event El Salvador guerrilla group FMLN opens "limited offensive" 1981 Event El Salvador guerrilla group FMLN opens "general offensive" 1980 Death Oscar Romero, archbishop of El Salvador, murdered 1980 Event 4 American Maryknoll nuns killed by death squads in El Salvador 1980 Event Honduras and El Salvador signs peace (after "soccer war" 1969) 1980 Event Honduras and El Salvador settle their boundary dispute 1979 Event Military coup in El Salvador: president/general Carlos Romero flees 1978 Event Khomeini followers attack British embassy/El Al office in Iran 1978 Event Gunmen open fire on an Israeli El Al Airline bus in London 1978 Event 3 PFLP members kill a cop near El Al airlines in Orly Airport, Paris 1977 Birthday Carmen Carrillo Vilanova, Miss El Salvador Universe 1997 1977 Birthday Ali el Kattabi, soccer player, Sparta 1975 Event 4 mail truck assault on El Al B-747 in Paris, escape to Iraq 1974 Birthday John Coppinger, born in El Paso, Texas, pitcher, Baltimore Orioles 1973 Death Arabi El Goni, Vice President/Chad parliament, murdered 1973 Birthday Angelica Gavaldon, born in El Centro, California, tennis star, 1995 quarter Australia 1973 Event Musical "El Grande de Coca-Cola," premieres in New York City 1971 Birthday Jose Mercedes, El Seybo, Dominican Republic, pitcher for the Milwaukee Brewers 1970 Birthday Graciela Schutt, El Paso Tex, WPVA volleyballer, Deerfield-25th-1995 1969 Event Last wooden passenger subway cars retired at Brooklyn Myrtle Beach el 1969 Event "Futbol War" between El Salvador and Honduras begins 1969 Event Honduras/El Salvador breaks diplomatic relations due to soccer match 1969 Birthday Bret Boone, born in El Cajon, California, infielder for the Cincinnati Reds 1969 Birthday Frank Castillo, born in El Paso, Texas, pitcher for the Chicago Cubs 1968 Event Arab terrorists in Athens fire on El Al plane, kills 1 1968 Event KECC (now KECY) TV channel 9 in El Centro, California (CBS) 1st broadcast 1968 Event PLO's 1st hijacking of an El Al plane 1968 Birthday Robert Rodriguez, director, El Mariachi, Desperado 1968 Event Anti-Zionist Clandestine Radio Voice of El Assifa starts transmitting 1967 Death Anthony Mann, U.S. director (El Cid, Last Frontier), dies at 60 1966 Birthday El Samurai, born in Hanamaki, Japan, professional wrestler, works for New Japan Pro Wrestling, trained by New Japan Dojo 1965 Birthday Caroline S. Keggi, born in El Paso, Texas, LPGA golfer, 1994 Dinah Shore-19th 1964 Event In El Paso, Texas, Lyndon Baines Johnson and Mexican President Gustavo Diaz Ordaz set off an explosion diverting Rio Grande, to reshape US-Mexico border 1964 Event Karmi'el founded in Galilee 1963 Birthday Kristi Albers, El Paso, Texas, LPGA golfer, 1993 Sprint Classic 1963 Event "El Watusi" by Ray Barreto hits #17 1963 Birthday John Cameron Mitchell, born in El Paso, Texas, actor, Misplaced, Band of the Hand 1963 Birthday Eddy Moya, born in El Paso, Texas, actor 1961 Death Gail Russell, actress 'Calcutta', 'Moonrise', 'El Paso', dies at 36 1961 Birthday El Debarge, born in Grand Rapids, Michigan, rocker, Debarge-All this Love 1961 Event Military coup in El Salvador 1960 Event Pablo Casals' oratorio "El Pesebrio," premieres 1960 Birthday Arnon Ohad, co-pilot, El Al, plane that crashed on Bijlmer Amsterdam 1959 Death Gerard Philipe, French actor (El Cid, Don Carlos), dies at 36 1959 Death Boughera El Quafi, marathoner, Gold Medal 1928 Olympics, shot to death at 60 1958 Birthday Lydia Cornell, born in El Paso, Texas, actress, Sara Rush-Too Close for Comfort 1957 Birthday Patrick G. Forrester, born in El Paso, Texas, Lieutenant Colonel Army/astronaut 1956 Event KELP (now KCOS) TV channel 13 in El Paso, Texas (PBS) begins broadcasting 1956 Birthday Miguel Bose, born in Panama, spanish singer and actor, El Avaro, Queen Margot 1955 Birthday Bill Malley, born in Oakland California, Nike golfer, 1991 El Paso Open-30th 1954 Event Hassan el Hodeiby, leader of Moslem brothership, arrested in Egypt 1953 Event KTSM TV channel 9 in El Paso, Texas (NBC) begins broadcasting 1952 Event KROD (now KDBC) TV channel 4 in El Paso, Texas (CBS) begins broadcasting 1951 Birthday Judith Ivey, born in El Paso, Texas, actress, Lady in Red, Hello Again 1950 Event Israeli airline El Al begins service 1947 Birthday Alfredo Cristiani, president of El Salvador, 1989-94 1946 Birthday Cher, born in El Centro, California, born Cherilyn Sarkisian, singer, songwriter, director, record producer, won Academy Award, sold over 100 million records 1944 Death Joaquin Alvarez Quintero, Spanish playwright (El Patio), dies at 71 1944 Birthday Santiago Jimenez, Jr., U.S. accordionist, El Mero Mero, Viva Seguin 1944 Birthday Ken Howard, born in El Centro, California, actor, Ken-White Shadow, Dynasty, 1776 1943 Birthday Arturo Ripstein, director, El Lugar Sin Limites, Foxtrot 1943 Birthday Jeff Bingaman, born in El Paso, Texas, Senator-D-New Mexico 1983 - 1943 Event U.S. 34th Division occupies Djebel el Hara North Tunisia 1942 Event 13th day of battle at El Alamein: Afr corps draws back out Fuka-posing 1942 Event 12th day of battle at El Alamein: Scottish assault 1942 Event 11th day of battle at El Alamein: British assault on Tel el Aqqaqir 1942 Event 10th day of battle at El Alamein 1942 Event 9th day in battle at El Alamein 1942 Event 8th day of battle at El Alamein: new Australian assault 1942 Event 7th day of battle at El Alamein: Montgomery assault 1942 Event 6th day battle at El Alamein: British offensive under Montgomery 1942 Event 5th day of battle at El Alamein: heavy battles/Australian advance 1942 Event 4th day in battle at El Alamein: Australian breakthrough 1942 Event 3rd day of battle at El Alamein: British offensive 1942 Event 2nd day of battle at El Alamein: British infantry 1942 Event During WW II, Britain launches major offensive at El Alamein, Egypt 1942 Birthday Vikki Carr, born in El Paso, Texas, singer, Let it Please be Him 1942 Birthday Beau Boulter, born in El Paso, Texas, Representative-R-Texas 1985 - 1989 1941 Death El Lissitzky, Russian Artist 1941 Birthday Ronald D. Coleman, born in El Paso, Texas, Representative-D-Texas 1983 - 1997 1941 Event British troops conquer Belhamed, Sidi Rezegh and El Duda 1941 Event German troops occupy El Agheila Libya 1941 Event German assault on El Agheila Libya 1941 Event British troops conquer El Agheila 1940 Birthday Phil Ochs, born in El Paso, Texas, anti-war folk singer, Joe Hill, War is Over 1940 Death Alfonso Hernandez Cata, Cuban author (El parage), dies 1938 Birthday Vikki Carr, born in El Paso, Texas, singer, Let it Be Him 1938 Death Alfonsina Storni, Argentine poet (El dulce dano/suicide), dies at 45 1938 Birthday Beryl Anthony, Jr., born in El Dorado, Arkansas, Representative-D-California 1979 - 1993 1938 Death Armando Palacio Valdes, Spanish writer (El Cuarto Poder), dies at 84 1936 Birthday El Cordobes, Manuel Benitez, Spanish toreador 1935 Birthday Omar Bongo, born in Lewai, French Equatorial Africa, now Bongoville, Gabon, El Hadj Omar Bongo Ondimba, Albert-Bernard Bongo, statesman, Gabonese Democratic Party, President of Gabon at age 31 1934 Birthday Sam Donaldson, born in El Paso, Texas, ABC White House correspondent, Prime Time 1933 Birthday Itzhak Fuks, Israeli El Al captain, crashed in Amsterdam 1932 Birthday Debbie Reynolds, born in El Paso, Texas, actress, Singin' in the Rain 1932 Event El Salvador army kills 4,000 protesting farmers 1931 Birthday Siddig El Nigoumi, ceramicist 1928 Event KXO-AM in El Centro California begins radio transmissions 1927 Event Federico Garcia Lorca's "El Maleficio," premieres in Madrid 1926 Birthday Frank Thring, Melbourne Australia, actor, El Cid, Ben-Hur 1925 Birthday Jose Napoleon Duarte, president El Salvador 1924 Birthday Jose Donoso, born in Chile, writer, born Jose Donoso Yanez, part of Latin American literary boom, Magical Realism literary movement, wrote Coronacion, El lugar sin limites (The Place Without Limits) 1924 Birthday Randy Van Horne, El Paso, Texas, vocalist, Nat King Cole Show 1923 Birthday Paul Lambert, El Paso, Texas, actor, Tom-Executive Suite 1922 Event 136.4 degrees F (58 degrees C), El Aziziyah, Libya in shade (world record) 1922 Event Union of Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador dissolved 1921 Birthday Gene Roddenberry, El Paso Texas, executive producer, Star Trek 1921 Event Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador sign Pact of Union 1917 Event De Falla's ballet "El Sombrero de tres Picos," premieres in Madrid 1916 Birthday Raf Vallone, Tropea Italy, actor, El Cid, 2 Women, Greek Tycoon 1915 Event Manuel de Falla's ballet "El Amor Brujo," premieres in Madrid 1912 Birthday Xavier Montsalvatge, Spanish composer, El gato con botas 1911 Event French troops occupy Fes El Bali Morocco 1906 Event Del Valle Inclans "El Marques de Bradomin," premieres in Madrid 1904 Birthday Emilio Fernandez, born in El Seco, Mexico, director, La Choca, Flor Silvestre 1903 Birthday Rafael Alberti, Spanish poet, El hombre deshabitado 1903 Birthday Cornell Woolrich, U.S., writer, El Angel Negro 1903 Birthday Irene Ryan, El Paso Texas, actress, Granny-Beverly Hillbillies 1902 Birthday Luis Cernuda, Spanish poet, El arbol, Un Rio, Un Amor 1902 Birthday Ramon, J. Sender, Spanish writer, El Lugar del Hombre 1900 Birthday Roberto Soundy, born in El Salvador, trap shooter, 1968 Olympics 1898 Birthday John J Slauerhoff, Dutch ship's doctor/writer/poet, El Dorado 1896 Event 1st public film showing in U.S. John Philip Sousa's "El Capitan," premieres in New York City 1896 Event John Philip Sousa's "El Capitan," premieres (New York City) 1895 Event El Salvador, Honduras and Nicaragua form Central American Union 1895 Event Nicaragua, El Salvador and Honduras form a short-lived confederation 1895 Birthday Fulton J Sheen, El Paso, Illinois, bishop, Life is Worth Living 1895 Birthday Jose Gomez, Joselito el Gallo, bullfighter 1894 Birthday Kit Guard, Denmark, actor, El Diablo Rides, Kid Courageous 1893 Death Ignacio M Altamirano, Mexican author (El Zarco), dies at 58 1891 Death Pedro A de Alarcon, Spanish editor-in-chief (El Latigo), dies at 58 1890 Birthday El Lissitzky, Russian Artist 1890 Birthday Marcel L'Herbier, French director/screenwriter, El Dorado 1886 Birthday Delmira Augustini, Uruguayan poet, El Libro Blanco 1885 Event Opera "El Cid" premieres (Paris) 1885 Birthday George "Gabby" Hayes, Wellesvile, New York, actor, In Old Santa Fe, El Paso 1883 Event Battle at El Obeid Sudan: Mahdi's army destroys Egyptian army 1883 Event Chicago's "El" opens to traffic 1882 Death Olegario Victor Andrade, Argentina poet (El arpa perdida), dies at 41 1882 Birthday Guy Kibbee, born in El Paso, Texas, actor, Big Shot 1881 Event Egyptian military coup under colonel Arab "El Wahid" 1878 Birthday Horacio Quiroga, Uruguayan author and poet, El Crimen del Otro 1876 Birthday Pablo Casals, born in El Vendrell, Catalonia, Spain, cellist, conductor and composer 1876 Birthday Manuel de Falla, Cadiz Spain, composer, El Amor Brujo 1871 Birthday Jose Juan Tablada, Mexican poet, El Florilegio 1871 Birthday Serafin Alvarez Quintero, Spanish dramatist/playwright, El Flechazo 1863 Birthday Rodolfo Lenz, German/Chilian linguist, El Papiamento 1853 Death Juan N Gallego, Spanish poet/interpreter (El dos de Mayo), dies at 75 1841 Birthday Olegario Victor Andrade, born in Argentina, poet, El nido de condores 1840 Event Jose Zorilla's "El Zapatero y el Rey," premieres in Madrid 1834 Birthday Ignacio M Altamirano, Mexican author, El Zarco 1821 Event Costa Rica El Salvador Guatemala Honduras and Nicaragua gain independ 1817 Birthday Jose Zorrilla y Moral, Vallodolid Spain, poet/dramatist, El rey Loco 1811 Event El Salvador's 1st battle against Spain for independence 1777 Birthday Juan N Gallego, Spanish poet/interpreter, El dos the mayo 1772 Birthday Manuel Jose Quintana, Spanish author and poet, El Duque de Viseo 1684 Death Pierre Corneille, French lawyer/dramatist (El Cid, Polyeucte), dies at 42 1658 Death Baltasar Gracian, Spanish Baroque prose writer, wrote 'El heroe' or 'The Hero', 'El politico', or 'The Politician', 'El discreto', 'The Discreet One', exiled for 'Criticon', or 'Faultfinder' 1640 Event Zorilla's "Bire el Ojo," premieres in Toledo 1637 Event Zorilla's "El mas Impropio Verdugo Para Las," premieres in Madrid 1635 Event Zorilla's "El Desafio de Carlos V," premieres in Madrid 1614 Death El Greco, Spanish painter (View of Toledo), dies (birth date unknown) 1606 Birthday Pierre Corneille, France, dramatist, El Cid, Horace 1601 Birthday Baltasar Gracian, born in Belmonte, Aragon, Spain, Spanish Baroque prose writer, wrote 'El heroe' or 'The Hero', 'El politico', or 'The Politician', 'El discreto', 'The Discreet One', exiled for 'Criticon', or 'Faultfinder' 1515 Death Gonzalo Fernandez de Cordoba, el Gran Capitan, Span gen, dies at 62 1492 Event Columbus discovers Hispaniola (El Espanola/Haiti) 1284 Death Alfonso X, "El Sabio" King of Castilie/Leon (1252-84), dies at 62 1252 Event King Alfonso X "el Sabio" of Castilie/Leon crowned 1213 Death Pedro II, el Catolico, king of Aragon, dies in battle 1099 Death El Cid, Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar, Span general strategist, dies at 59 1094 Event Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar [El Cid] occupies Valencia on the Moren
