Egypt

29 entries quoted from the Wikipedia articles written per year for Egypt, 1922 CE to 2018 CE. Each century below shows a sample spread across it; the year link on a line opens everything held for that year.

20th century

14 entries, 1922 CE to 1991 CE

  • 1922November 14 – Boutros Boutros-Ghali, Secretary-General of the United Nations (d. 2016)Egyptsource
  • 1925March 23 – 1925 Egyptian parliamentary electionEgyptsource
  • 1925January 25 – The tomb of Tutankhamun is reopened to allow Howard Carter to resume his archaeological investigation. Some artefacts are found to be damaged as a result of careless storage by the antiquities department.Egyptsource
  • 1925March 13 – Samir Gharbo, Egyptian water polo player (died 2018)Egyptsource
  • 19318 February – Shadia, actress (d. 2017)Egyptsource
  • 195126 January – Mohamed Orabi, former Foreign Minister of Egypt.Egyptsource
  • 195130 April – Nabawiyya Musa, Egyptian Nationalist and Feminist (born 1866)Egyptsource
  • 195227 January – Aly Maher Pasha became the Prime Minister of Egypt for the 3rd time.Egyptsource
  • 19524 March – Saad El-Katatni, The first Speaker of the People's Assembly after the Egyptian Revolution of 2011Egyptsource
  • 195215 August – Ahmed Zulfikar, Mechanical Engineer and Entrepreneur (died 2010)Egyptsource
  • 19525 August – Sameera Moussa, the first female Egyptian nuclear physicistEgyptsource
  • 199120 September – 1 October – The All-Africa Games are held in Cairo.Egyptsource
  • 199117 September – Mena Massoud, Egyptian-born Canadian actorEgyptsource
  • 19913 August – Ali Sabri, politician (b. 1920)Egyptsource

21st century

15 entries, 2011 CE to 2018 CE

  • 2011March 3 – Essam Sharaf was appointed Prime Minister of Egypt by the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces, replacing Ahmed Shafik.Egyptsource
  • 2011February 5 – An explosion was reported at the Arab Gas Pipeline, which exports Egyptian natural gas to the Middle East, in North Sinai Governorate.Egyptsource
  • 201217 November – A railway accident in Manfalut resulted in the death of 50 school children and one bus driver.Egyptsource
  • 201211 September – Violent demonstration erupted in Egypt in reaction to Innocence of Muslims, an anti-Islamic YouTube video written by Egyptian-American writer Nakoula Basseley Nakoula.Egyptsource
  • 2014February 4 – Archaeologists working near the ancient settlement of Edfu in southern Egypt discover the remains of a 4,600-year-old step pyramid.Egyptsource
  • 2014Parties may not be formed based on "religion, race, gender or geography".Egyptsource
  • 2014February 26 – An Egyptian court sentences 26 people to death in absentia for plotting attacks on ships passing through the Suez Canal.Egyptsource
  • 2014March 7 – A statue of Iset, daughter of King Amenhotep III who was the grandfather of Tutankhamun and ruler of Ancient Egypt around 3,350 years ago, has been unearthed by a team of Egyptian and European archaeologists. The statue, which depicts Iset alone without her father, is the first of its kind ever discovered.Egyptsource
  • 2014November 25 – A block of flats collapses in Cairo killing at least 10 people.Egyptsource
  • 2015January 5 - A Czech archaeological team discovers the tomb of formerly unknown Ancient Egyptian queen Khentakawess III who lived during the Fifth Dynasty.Egyptsource
  • 2016March 29 - EgyptAir Flight 181, an Airbus A320, was hijacked and was forced to land at Cyprus. The hijacker claimed to have an explosive belt, but surrendered 7 hours later. Authorities found out he did not have any explosives.Egyptsource
  • 20179 April – The Palm Sunday church bombings, twin suicide bombings that took place at St. George's Church in Tanta, and Saint Mark's Coptic Orthodox Cathedral in Alexandria, killed at least 45 people and injured more than 100.Egyptsource
  • 201716 October – A bank in Al Arish, North Sinai was robbed by terrorists of local currency equivalent to about US $1 million. Seven people including 3 civilians were killed in the gunfire from the assailants.Egyptsource
  • 201711 August – Alexandria train collision.Egyptsource
  • 201815 December – Egyptian archeologists discover a 4,400 year old tomb from the Pharaonic period, belonging to a high priest called Wahtye, decorated with statues and hieroglyphs.Egyptsource