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Historical Events
Events 1 - 42 of 42
1798-09-10 - British Honduras beats Spain in battle of St George
1821-09-15 - Costa Rica El Salvador Guatemala Honduras & Nicaragua gain independ
1838-11-05 - Honduras declares independence of Central American Federation
1849-10-16 - British seize Tigre Island in Gulf of Fonseca from Honduras
1894-02-24 - Nicaragua captures Tegucigalpa, Honduras (National Day, sort of)
1895-06-20 - Nicaragua, El Salvador & Honduras form a short-lived confederation
1895-06-28 - El Salvador, Honduras & Nicaragua form Central American Union
1907-03-21 - US invades Honduras
1911-01-10 - Honduras signs treaty turning over customs to US (not ratified)
1911-02-08 - US helps overthrow Pres Miguel Devila of Honduras
1912-01-09 - US marines invade Honduras
1914-04-27 - Honduras becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty.
1919-09-11 - US marines invade Honduras
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
1922-02-11 - US intervention army leaves Honduras
1924-02-28 - US begins intervention in Honduras
1932-01-03 - Martial law is declared in Honduras to stop revolt by banana workers fired by United Fruit.
1932-01-04 - State of siege proclaimed in Honduras
Argentine Revolutionary Che Guevara
1953-07-07 - Che Guevara sets out on a trip through Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras, and El Salvador.
1961-10-31 - Hurricane Hattie, kills 400 in British Honduras
1965-06-05 - Lopez Arellano becomes president of Honduras
1966-06-04 - -10] Hurricane Alma, kills 51 in Honduras
1969-06-27 - Honduras/El Salvador breaks diplomatic relations due to soccer match
1969-07-14 - "Futbol War" between El Salvador & Honduras begins
1969-07-14 - Soccer war - Salvador-Honduras (1000 dead)
1974-09-18 - Hurricane Fifi strikes Honduras with 110 mph winds, 5,000 die
1974-09-19 - -20] Hurricane Fifi hits coast of Honduras; about 5,000 die
1976-02-04 - 7.5 earthquake kills 22,778 in Guatemala & Honduras
1980-10-30 - Honduras & El Salvador settle their boundary dispute
1980-11-18 - Honduras & El Salvador signs peace (after "soccer war" 1969)
1981-09-21 - Belize (British Honduras) gains independence from UK
1982-01-11 - Honduras adopts constitution
1982-01-20 - Honduras constitution goes into effect
1982-01-27 - Roberto S Cordova installed as president of Honduras
1988-03-16 - US sends 3000 soldiers to Nicaragua's neighbor Honduras
1989-11-26 - Rafael Callejas installed as president of Honduras
1990-01-25 - Honduras becomes a member of the Berne Convention copyright treaty.
1993-11-28 - Carlos Reina wins Honduras presidential election
1994-01-27 - Carlos Reina succeeds pres Callejas in Honduras
1998-10-29 - Hurricane Mitch, the second deadliest Atlantic hurricane in history, made landfall in Honduras.
2012-02-15 - Fire at Comayagua prison, Honduras, kills 358
Famous Birthdays
Birthdays 1 - 4 of 4
1927-01-26 - Jose Simon Azcona Hoyo, president of Honduras (1986-90)
1967-10-22 - Carlos Mencia, Honduras-born American comedian
1976-12-25 - Yazmin Fiallos, Miss Universe-Honduras (1996)
1978-10-31 - Joselina Garcia, Miss Honduras Universe (1997)
Famous Deaths
Deaths 1 - 2 of 2
2003-08-19 - Carlos Roberto Reina, President of Honduras (b. 1926)
2005-10-24 - José Azcona del Hoyo, President of Honduras (b. 1926)
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