Today in Egypt History (Part 3)
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Historical Events
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1977-11-20 - Egyptian Pres Sadat became 1st Arab leader to address Israeli Knesset
1977-12-05 - Egypt breaks dipl relations with Syria, Libya, Algeria, Iraq & S Yemen
1977-12-14 - Egypt & Israel reps gather in Cairo for 1st formal peace conference
1977-12-25 - Israeli PM Menachem Begin meets Egyptian Pres Sadat in Egypt
1978-02-20 - Egypt announces it is pulling its diplomats out of Cyprus
1978-07-18 - Egyptian & Israeli officials begin 2 days of talks
1978-09-16 - Grateful Dead perform in Cairo Egypt
1978-09-23 - 100,000 cheering Egyptians welcome Sadat home from Camp David summit
1978-10-12 - Representatives of Israel & Egypt open talks in Washington
1979-01-16 - Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlevi of Iran flees Iran for Egypt
1979-03-21 - Egyptian Parliament unanimously approve peace treaty with Israel
1979-03-22 - Israeli parliament approves peace treaty with Egypt
1979-03-26 - Camp David peace treaty between Israel & Egypt
1979-04-02 - Israeli PM Menachem Begin visits Cairo Egypt/meets pres Sadat
1979-04-25 - Peace treaty between Israel & Egypt goes into effect
1979-05-25 - Israel begins to return Sinai to Egypt
1979-11-25 - Israel returns Alma oilfields in Gulf of Suez to Egypt
1980-01-26 - Israel & Egypt establish diplomatic relations
1980-02-05 - Egyptian parliament votes to end boycott of Israel
1980-02-26 - Egypt & Israel exchange ambassadors for 1st time
1980-02-27 - Israel & Egypt exchange ambassadors
1980-03-23 - Shah of Iran arrives in Egypt
1981-10-07 - Hosni Mubarak became acting-president of Egypt
1981-10-08 - Pres Reagan greeted predecessors Jimmy Carter, Gerald R Ford & Richard Nixon before sending them to Egypt for Anwar Sadat's funeral
1981-10-13 - Vice President Hosni Mubarak elected president of Egypt
1983-04-07 - Oldest human skeleton, aged 80,000 years, discovered in Egypt
1983-05-25 - Fire in Nassermeer Egypt kills 357
1983-12-22 - Egyptian president Mubarak meets with PLO leader Yasser Arafat
1984-09-25 - Egypt & Jordan regain diplomatic relations
1985-01-02 - Egyptian Pres Mubarak reappoints Coptic pope Shenuda III
1985-08-20 - Libya throws out 1000s Tunisian/Egyptian gas workers
1985-10-10 - US fighter jets force Egyptian plane carrying hijackers of Italian ship Achille Lauro to land in Italy, gunmen are placed in custody
1985-10-11 - US intercepts Egyptian Boeing with Achille Lauro terrorists
1985-11-23 - 58 die as Egyptian commandos storm hijack Egyptair jet in Malta
1985-11-24 - Egyptian commandos storm captured Boeing in Malta, 60 killed
1986-02-09 - Tomb of Tutanchamon's treasurer Maya found in Egypt
1986-02-25 - Thousands of Egyptian military police riot, destroy 2 luxury hotel
1989-02-15 - Israel attacks border strip Taba near Egypt
1989-02-16 - Egypt, Iraq, Jordan & North Yemen form common market
1989-03-18 - In Egypt, a 4,400-year-old mummy is found in the Pyramid of Cheops.
1990-06-12 - Egypt (500-1 longshot) ties favorite Neth 1-1 in World Cup game
1990-08-11 - Egypt & Morocco troops land in Saudi Arabia to prevent Iraqi invasion
1991-01-01 - Iraq rejects peace proposal from Egyptian Pres Hosi Mubarak
1993-11-25 - Failed bomb attack on Egyptian premier Atef Sedki, 1 dead
1994-11-02 - Benzine explosion in Dronka Egypt, 400+ killed
1995-06-26 - Gunmen ambush Egyptian pres Hosni Mubarak, escapes unharmed
1995-11-19 - Suicide bomber blasts into Egyptian embassy in Islamabad, kills 16
1997-11-17 - In Luxor, Egypt, 62 people are killed by 6 Islamic militants outside the Temple of Hatshepsut, known as Luxor massacre (The police then kill the assailants).
1999-10-31 - EgyptAir Flight 990 traveling from New York City to Cairo crashes off the coast of Nantucket, Massachusetts, killing all 217 on-board.
2002-02-20 - In Reqa Al-Gharbiya, Egypt, a fire on a train injures over 65 and kills at least 370.
2002-10-16 - Bibliotheca Alexandrina in the Egyptian city of Alexandria, a commemoration of the Library of Alexandria that was lost in antiquity, is officially inaugurated.
2004-01-03 - Flight 604, a Boeing 737 owned by Flash Airlines, an Egyptian airliner, plunges into the Red Sea, killing all 148 people on board.
2005-02-26 - Hosni Mubarak the president of Egypt orders the constitution changed to allow multi-candidate presidential elections before September 2005 by asking Egyptian parliament to amend Article 76 of the constitution.
2005-07-23 - Three bombs explode in the Naama Bay area of Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, killing 88 people.
2005-09-07 - First presidential election was held in Egypt.
2006-01-12 - The French warship Clemenceau reaches Egypt and is barred access to the Suez Canal. Greenpeace activists board the ship.
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