2001 Event Earthquake and landslides kill 850 in El Salvador 1994 Death Arturo Rivera Damas, archbishop of El Salvador (1980-94), dies at 71 1994 Event Armando Calderon Sol wins El Salvador presidential election 1994 Event El Salvador's 1st President election following 12-year-old civil war 1993 Event 27 killed at prison in Morazan, El Salvador 1993 Death Francisco Velis, El Salvador guerilla leader (FMLN), murdered 1993 Death Jose Maria Lemus, president of El Salvador (1956-60), dies 1992 Death Roberto d'Aubuisson, leader of El Salvador, dies 1991 Event 22nd New York City Marathon won by Salvador Garcia of Mexico in 2:09:28 1991 Death Guillermo Ungo, member of El Salvador junta (1979-80), dies 1990 Death Jose Napoleon Duarte, president of Salvador (1984-89), dies at 62 1989 Event U.S. plays El Salvador, in 3rd round of 1990 world soccer cup 1989 Death Salvador Dali, Surrealist painter, dies in Spain at 84 1988 Event 1st documented combat action by U.S. military advisors in El Salvador 1986 Event 7.5 Earthquake strikes San Salvador, El Salvador 1985 Event El Salvador's President Duartes Christian-Democrats win election 1985 Death Salvador Ley, composer, dies at 78 1984 Event Jose Napoleon Duarte wins El Salvador presidential election 1983 Event El Salvador adopts constitution 1983 Death Ana Maria, Salvador guerilla leader, murdered 1983 Event Reagan certifies El Salvador human-rights abuses have decreased making country eligible for U.S. military aid 1982 Event Salvador Jorge Blanco wins presidential election in Dominican Rep 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 Birthday Adriana Lima, born in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil, model, appeared on covers of 'ELLE', 'GQ', 'Vogue' magazines, ranked world's 4th highest paid supermodel in 2008 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 1980 Death Oscar Romero, archbishop of San Salvador, murdered during mass 1979 Event Military coup in El Salvador: president/general Carlos Romero flees 1979 Death Louis Salvador Palange, composer, dies at 61 1977 Birthday Carmen Carrillo Vilanova, Miss El Salvador Universe 1997 1976 Birthday Milena Mayorga, Miss Universe-El Salvador 1996 1973 Event Chile's President, Salvador Allende, deposed in a military coup 1973 Death Salvador Allende Gossens, president Chile (1970-73), dies at 65 1970 Event Salvador Allende inaugurated as president of Chile 1970 Event Salvador Allende Gossens elected president of Chile 1970 Event Salvador Allende wins presidential election in Chile 1969 Event "Futbol War" between El Salvador and Honduras begins 1969 Event Honduras/El Salvador breaks diplomatic relations due to soccer match 1961 Event Military coup in El Salvador 1952 Birthday Salvador Pineda, Mexico City, doctor 1947 Birthday Alfredo Cristiani, president of El Salvador, 1989-94 1947 Birthday James Woods, born in Warwick, Rhode Island, actor, Salvador, Against All Odds 1934 Birthday Joan Didion, U.S. novelist/journalist, Salvador 1932 Event El Salvador army kills 4,000 protesting farmers 1929 Event Salvador Dali's 1st one-man show 1928 Death Salvador Diaz Miron, Mexicans poet, dies 1925 Birthday Jose Napoleon Duarte, president El Salvador 1922 Event Union of Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador dissolved 1921 Event Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador sign Pact of Union 1917 Birthday Louis Salvador Palange, composer 1912 Birthday Salvador Contreras, composer 1912 Birthday Salvador E Luria, Italian/U.S. biologist, Nobel prize 1969 1911 Death Salvador Giner y Vidal, composer, dies at 79 1908 Birthday Salvador Allende Gossens, Chile's last elected president, 1970-73 1907 Birthday Salvador Ley, composer 1904 Birthday Salvador Dali, Figueras, Spain, surrealist artist, Crucifixion 1900 Birthday Roberto Soundy, born in El Salvador, trap shooter, 1968 Olympics 1895 Event El Salvador, Honduras and Nicaragua form Central American Union 1895 Event Nicaragua, El Salvador and Honduras form a short-lived confederation 1886 Birthday Salvador de Madariaga y Rojo, writer/diplomat 1871 Death Francisco Salvador Daniel, composer, dies at 40 1854 Event San Salvador destroyed by earthquake 1853 Birthday Salvador Diaz Miron, Mexican poet, Los Cien Mejores Poemas 1832 Birthday Salvador Giner y Vidal, composer 1831 Birthday Francisco Salvador Daniel, composer 1822 Event In San Salvador, a congress proposes incorporation into US 1821 Event Costa Rica El Salvador Guatemala Honduras and Nicaragua gain independ 1811 Event El Salvador's 1st battle against Spain for independence 1776 Death Francis Salvador, 1st Jew to die in American Revolutionary War 1775 Event Francis Salvador becomes 1st Jew elected to office in America (SC) 1627 Event Piet Heyn conquerors 38 ships at bay of Salvador 1627 Event Piet Heyn conquerors 22 ships in Bay of Salvador Brazil 1625 Event Portuguese and Spanish expedition recaptures Salvador (Bahia) 1624 Event Jacob Willekens and Piet Heyn conquer Salvador, Civil rights activist 1519 Event 1st Battle of Tehuacingo, San Salvador vs Mexico 1492 Event Columbus lands on San Salvador Island 1492 Event Columbus sights isle of San Salvador (Watling Island, Bahamas) 1492 Event Columbus leaves San Salvador; arrives in Santa Maria of Concepcion
