Conflict Americas

Football War

1969 CE

A brief but deadly war sparked by tensions surrounding World Cup qualifying matches, though the real causes were land reform disputes and Salvadoran immigration. The OAS brokered a ceasefire after just 100 hours of fighting.

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Football War on Wikipedia.

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Belligerents

The main peoples, kingdoms and states involved.

El Salvador
Honduras

Key moments

Defining events in the Football War.

1969 Salvadoran air raids on Tegucigalpa
1969 Battle of El Amatillo

Elsewhere in Americas at the time

Records whose own span overlaps this one, found by the same test the canvas draws with. The bar under each card is where it sits inside this one.

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Landmark · Americas

Grand Canyon

3000 BCE – still standing

Polity · Americas

Canada

Founded 1815 CE · attested to 2026 CE

Conflict · Americas

Guatemalan Civil War

1960 CE – 1996 CE

Landmark · Americas

Mammoth Cave

3000 BCE – still standing

Polity · Americas

Mexico

Founded 1810 CE · attested to 2026 CE

Conflict · Americas

Colombian Armed Conflict

1964 CE – 2026 CE

Landmark · Americas

Hawaii Volcanoes

3000 BCE – still standing

Polity · Americas

Argentina

Founded 1816 CE · attested to 2026 CE

Dated moments inside this span

Events the timeline places between 1969 CE and 1969 CE.

1969 CE Sino-Soviet Border Conflict

And in the rest of the world

Records running through the same years, on the other side of the map.

Great Barrier Reef Landmark · Oceania 3000 BCE – still standing Iran Polity · Middle East Founded 1920 CE · attested to 2026 CE Pablo Picasso Figure · Spain / France 1881 CE – 1973 CE Naxalite–Maoist Insurgency Conflict · South Asia 1967 CE – 2026 CE Plitvice Lakes Landmark · Europe 3000 BCE – still standing Algeria Polity · Africa Founded 1900 CE · attested to 2026 CE

Image credits9 pictures from Wikimedia Commons

Football WarJuanJose1969 · CC BY-SA 4.0
Grand CanyonLennart Sikkema · CC BY 3.0
Flag of Canada (Pantone)Original: George F. G. Stanley Modified by: The original uploader was Illegitimate Barris… · Public domain
Guatemalan Civil WarUser:SSCreader · CC BY 4.0
Mammoth Cave National ParkWillis Thomas Lee · Public domain
Flag of MexicoOmar Alejandro Covarrubias Neri, 9 April 2006. Based on the 1968 arms by Francisco Eppens… · Public domain
Colombian conflictJorge pinzon2001 · CC BY-SA 4.0
Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National ParkBrocken Inaglory · CC BY-SA 3.0
Flag of ArgentinaManuel Belgrano · Public domain