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2001 Earthquake and landslides kill 850 in El Salvador
1994 Arturo Rivera Damas, archbishop of El Salvador (1980-94), dies at 71 1994 Armando Calderon Sol wins El Salvador presidential election 1994 El Salvador's 1st President election following 12-year-old civil war 1993 27 killed at prison in Morazan, El Salvador 1993 Francisco Velis, El Salvador guerilla leader (FMLN), murdered 1993 Jose Maria Lemus, president of El Salvador (1956-60), dies 1992 Roberto d'Aubuisson, leader of El Salvador, dies 1991 22nd New York City Marathon won by Salvador Garcia of Mexico in 2:09:28 1991 Guillermo Ungo, member of El Salvador junta (1979-80), dies 1990 Jose Napoleon Duarte, president of Salvador (1984-89), dies at 62 1989 U.S. plays El Salvador, in 3rd round of 1990 world soccer cup 1989 Salvador Dali, Surrealist painter, dies in Spain at 84 1988 1st documented combat action by U.S. military advisors in El Salvador 1986 7.5 Earthquake strikes San Salvador, El Salvador 1985 El Salvador's President Duartes Christian-Democrats win election 1985 Salvador Ley, composer, dies at 78 1984 Jose Napoleon Duarte wins El Salvador presidential election 1983 El Salvador adopts constitution 1983 Ana Maria, Salvador guerilla leader, murdered 1983 Reagan certifies El Salvador human-rights abuses have decreased making country eligible for U.S. military aid 1982 Salvador Jorge Blanco wins presidential election in Dominican Rep 1982 Alvaro Magana chosen to succeed Jose N Duarte as President of El Salvador 1982 Alfredo Magana elected President of El Salvador 1982 JN Duartes christian-democrats win elections in El Salvador 1982 4 Dutch TV crew members shot dead in El Salvador 1982 Hans ter Laag, Dutch sound technician, murdered in El Salvador 1982 Jan Kuiper, Dutch news editor (IKON), murdered in El Salvador 1982 Joop Willemsen, Dutch cameraman, murdered in El Salvador 1982 Koos Koster, Dutch newscaster (IKON), murdered in El Salvador 1981 El Salvador army kills 900 1981 El Salvador guerrilla group FMLN opens "limited offensive" 1981 El Salvador guerrilla group FMLN opens "general offensive" 1980 Oscar Romero, archbishop of El Salvador, murdered 1980 4 American Maryknoll nuns killed by death squads in El Salvador 1980 Honduras and El Salvador signs peace (after "soccer war" 1969) 1980 Honduras and El Salvador settle their boundary dispute 1980 Oscar Romero, archbishop of San Salvador, murdered during mass 1979 Military coup in El Salvador: president/general Carlos Romero flees 1979 Louis Salvador Palange, composer, dies at 61 1977 Carmen Carrillo Vilanova, Miss El Salvador Universe 1997 1976 Milena Mayorga, Miss Universe-El Salvador 1996 1973 Chile's President, Salvador Allende, deposed in a military coup 1973 Salvador Allende Gossens, president Chile (1970-73), dies at 65 1970 Salvador Allende inaugurated as president of Chile 1970 Salvador Allende Gossens elected president of Chile 1970 Salvador Allende wins presidential election in Chile 1969 "Futbol War" between El Salvador and Honduras begins 1969 Honduras/El Salvador breaks diplomatic relations due to soccer match 1961 Military coup in El Salvador 1952 Salvador Pineda, Mexico City, doctor 1947 Alfredo Cristiani, president of El Salvador, 1989-94 1947 James Woods, born in Warwick, Rhode Island, actor, Salvador, Against All Odds 1934 Joan Didion, U.S. novelist/journalist, Salvador 1932 El Salvador army kills 4,000 protesting farmers 1929 Salvador Dali's 1st one-man show 1928 Salvador Diaz Miron, Mexicans poet, dies 1925 Jose Napoleon Duarte, president El Salvador 1922 Union of Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador dissolved 1921 Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador sign Pact of Union 1917 Louis Salvador Palange, composer 1912 Salvador Contreras, composer 1912 Salvador E Luria, Italian/U.S. biologist, Nobel prize 1969 1911 Salvador Giner y Vidal, composer, dies at 79 1908 Salvador Allende Gossens, Chile's last elected president, 1970-73 1907 Salvador Ley, composer 1904 Salvador Dali, Figueras, Spain, surrealist artist, Crucifixion 1900 Roberto Soundy, born in El Salvador, trap shooter, 1968 Olympics 1895 El Salvador, Honduras and Nicaragua form Central American Union 1895 Nicaragua, El Salvador and Honduras form a short-lived confederation 1886 Salvador de Madariaga y Rojo, writer/diplomat 1871 Francisco Salvador Daniel, composer, dies at 40 1854 San Salvador destroyed by earthquake 1853 Salvador Diaz Miron, Mexican poet, Los Cien Mejores Poemas 1832 Salvador Giner y Vidal, composer 1831 Francisco Salvador Daniel, composer 1822 In San Salvador, a congress proposes incorporation into US 1821 Costa Rica El Salvador Guatemala Honduras and Nicaragua gain independ 1811 El Salvador's 1st battle against Spain for independence 1776 Francis Salvador, 1st Jew to die in American Revolutionary War 1775 Francis Salvador becomes 1st Jew elected to office in America (SC) 1627 Piet Heyn conquerors 38 ships at bay of Salvador 1627 Piet Heyn conquerors 22 ships in Bay of Salvador Brazil 1625 Portuguese and Spanish expedition recaptures Salvador (Bahia) 1624 Jacob Willekens and Piet Heyn conquer Salvador, Civil rights activist 1519 1st Battle of Tehuacingo, San Salvador vs Mexico 1492 Columbus lands on San Salvador Island 1492 Columbus sights isle of San Salvador (Watling Island, Bahamas) 1492 Columbus leaves San Salvador; arrives in Santa Maria of Concepcion |
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