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Historical Events

Events 1 - 36 of 36

1811-11-05 - El Salvador's 1st battle against Spain for independence
1821-09-15 - Costa Rica El Salvador Guatemala Honduras & Nicaragua gain independ
1895-06-20 - Nicaragua, El Salvador & Honduras form a short-lived confederation
1895-06-28 - El Salvador, Honduras & Nicaragua form Central American Union
1913-10-29 - Floods in El Salvador kill thousands.
1921-01-19 - Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras & El Salvador sign Pact of Union
1922-01-29 - Union of Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras & El Salvador dissolved
1932-01-23 - El Salvador army kills 4,000 protesting farmers
1953-07-07 - Che Guevara sets out on a trip through Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras, and El Salvador.
1961-01-25 - Military coup in El Salvador
1969-06-27 - Honduras/El Salvador breaks diplomatic relations due to soccer match
Argentine Revolutionary Che GuevaraArgentine Revolutionary Che Guevara 1969-07-14 - "Futbol War" between El Salvador & Honduras begins
1979-10-15 - Military coup in El Salvador: president/general Carlos Romero flees
1980-10-30 - Honduras & El Salvador settle their boundary dispute
1980-11-18 - Honduras & El Salvador signs peace (after "soccer war" 1969)
1980-12-02 - 4 American Maryknoll nuns killed by death squads in El Salvador
1981-01-10 - El Salvador guerrilla group FMLN opens "general offensive"
1981-11-20 - El Salvador guerrilla group FMLN opens "limited offensive"
1981-12-10 - -13] El Salvador army kills 900
1982-03-17 - 4 Dutch TV crew members shot dead in El Salvador
1982-03-28 - JN Duartes christian-democrats win elections in El Salvador
1982-04-29 - Alfredo Magana elected pres of El Salvador
1982-04-30 - Alvaro Magana chosen to succeed Jose N Duarte as pres of El Salvador
1983-01-21 - Reagan certifies El Salvador human-rights abuses have decreased making country eligible for US military aid
1983-12-20 - El Salvador adopts constitution
1984-05-06 - Jose Napoleon Duarte wins El Salvador presidential election
1985-03-31 - El Salvador's Pres Duartes Christian-Democrats win election
1986-10-10 - 7.5 Earthquake strikes San Salvador, El Salvador
1988-02-16 - 1st documented combat action by US military advisors in El Salvador
1989-11-05 - US plays El Salvador, in 3rd round of 1990 world soccer cup
1989-11-16 - 6 Jesuit priests are killed by El Salvadorian troops
1993-11-18 - 27 killed at prison in Morazan, El Salvador
1994-03-20 - El Salvador's 1st pres election following 12-year-old civil war
1994-04-24 - Armando Calderon Sol wins El Salvador presidential election
2001-01-13 - Earthquake measuring magnitude 7.6 strikes El Salvador, killing more than 840 people
2001-02-13 - An earthquake measuring 6.6 on the Richter Scale hits El Salvador, killing at least 400.

Famous Birthdays

Birthdays 1 - 6 of 6

1900-03-04 - Roberto Soundy, El Salvador, trap shooter (Olympic-1968)
1917-08-15 - Oscar Romero, El Salvador Roman catholic priest (d. 1980)
1925-11-25 - Jose Napoleon Duarte, president El Salvador
1947-11-22 - Alfredo Cristiani, president of El Salvador (1989-94)
1976-04-22 - Milena Mayorga, Miss Universe-El Salvador (1996)
1977-10-12 - Carmen Carrillo Vilanova, Miss El Salvador Universe (1997)

Famous Deaths

Deaths 1 - 12 of 12

1980-12-25 - Oscar Romero, archbishop of El Salvador, murdered
1982-03-17 - Hans ter Laag, Dutch sound technician, murdered in El Salvador
1982-03-17 - Jan Kuiper, Dutch news editor (IKON), murdered in El Salvador
1982-03-17 - Joop Willemsen, Dutch cameraman, murdered in El Salvador
1982-03-17 - Koos Koster, Dutch newscaster (IKON), murdered in El Salvador
1991-02-28 - Guillermo Ungo, member of El Salvador junta (1979-80), dies
1992-02-20 - Roberto D'Aubuisson, El Salvadorian founder (ARENA), dies
1993-03-31 - Jose Maria Lemus, president of El Salvador (1956-60), dies
1993-10-25 - Francisco Velis, El Salvador guerilla leader (FMLN), murdered
1993-10-30 - Hernan Heleno Castro, El Salvadorian guerilla leader, murdered
1994-11-26 - Arturo Rivera Damas, archbishop of El Salvador (1980-94), dies at 71
2003-02-28 - Fidel Sánchez Hernández, President of El Salvador (b. 1917)


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