2014 Event Twenty-eight years after Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos was ousted, the Philippine government recovers $29 million from Swiss accounts, bringing the total Marcos' secret accounts now recovered and in government hands to $712 million 2011 Event Former Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi's autopsy reveals that he was killed by a gunshot wound to the head 2011 Event Juan Maria Bordaberry, former Uruguayan dictator, dies while under house arrest for murders committed during his dictatorship 2011 Event In an effort to disprove claims that he has fled the country, Libyan dictator Muammar al-Gaddafi appears on television and claims to remain head of the revolution 2006 Event Hugo Chavez, leftist dictator, is re-elected President of Venezuela 2003 Death Idi Amin, Ugandan dictator, dies at 78 1998 Death Pol Pot, dictator/mass murderer, dies at 73 1997 Death Mobutu Sese Seko, dictator of Zaire (1965-97), dies at 66 1996 Death Jean-Bedel Bokassa, dictator of Cent Africa Rep (1967-79), dies at 75 1994 Event Lieutenant-General Raoul Cedras resigns as dictator of Haiti 1992 Event U.S. Federal court finds Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega guilty of drug crimes 1991 Event Dictator Siad Barre flees Somalia ending 22 year rule 1989 Death Elena Ceausescu, wife of Romania's dictator Nicolea, executed 1989 Death Nicolea Ceausescu, dictator of Romania, executed 1989 Event Panama's dictator, Manual Noriega seeks asylum at Vatican embassy 1989 Event Romania's dictator Nicolae Ceausescu's final speech (executed 12/25) 1989 Death Elena Ceaucescu, wife of Romanian dictator Nicolae, executed 1989 Death Nicolae Ceaucescu, Romanian dictator (1945-89), executed 1989 Event Panamanian voters reject dictator Manuel Noriega's bid for presidency 1989 Event Military coup overthrows Alfredo Stroessner, dictator of Paraguay 1986 Event Failed assassination attempt on Chilean dictator Pinochet, 5 killed 1986 Event Philippine Corazon Aquino defeats incumbent dictator Ferdinand Marcos but fraudulent returns gave the election to Marcos 1980 Death Reginald Gardiner, actor (Great Dictator), dies at 77 1979 Event Nicaraguan dictator Anastasio Somoza flees to Miami 1979 Event Ugandan dictator Idi Amin overthrown; Tanzania takes Kampala 1978 Death Jack Oakie, actor (Great Dictator, Gang Buster), dies at 74 1975 Death Francisco Franco, y Bahamonde, Span dictator (1936-75), dies at 82 1973 Death Fulgencio Batista y Zaldivar, dictator Cuba (1940-58), dies at 72 1972 Event Dictator Idi Amin throws 8,000 Asians out of Uganda 1971 Death Billy Gilbert, U.S. actor (Great Dictator, His Gal Friday), dies at 76 1971 Death Francois "Doc" Duvalier, dictator of Haiti, dies at 64 1971 Event Idi Amin ousts Milton Obote to become dictator of Uganda 1970 Death Antonio de Oliveira Salazar, dictator of Portugal (1932-68), dies 1967 Event Nicolea Ceausescu becomes president (dictator) of Romania 1963 Event Portuguese dictator Salazar firm on African colonization 1961 Death Rafael L Trujillo Molina, dictator Dom Rep (1930-61), murdered at 69 1959 Event Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista flees 1958 Event Cubans dictator Batista flees 1958 Event Dictator Marcos Perez Jimenez flees Venezuela, Larrazabal takes power 1957 Event Cuban dictator Batista bombs Cienfuegos uprising 1956 Death Anastasio Somoza, Nicaraguan dictator, assassinated by Roliberto Lopez 1954 Death Getulio D Vargas, president/dictator Brazil: 1930 - 1945, 1951 - 1954, suicide at 71 1952 Death Theodorus Pangalos, Greek general/dictator 1926, dies at 74 1950 Event Spanish dictator Franco ends war in Gibraltar 1949 Death Husni el-Zaim, president/dictator of Syria, shot to death 1946 Event U.S. government asks United Nations to order dictator Franco out of Spain 1946 Death Ion Antonescu, fascist premier/dictator of Romania, executed 1946 Event Enver Hoxha declares People's Rep of Albania with himself dictator 1945 Death Adolph Hitler, German dictator (1936-45), commits suicide at 56 1943 Event German paratroopers, on orders of Adolf Hitler, seize former Italian dictator Benito Mussolini who was being held prisoner by the government 1943 Event Italian Facist dictator Benito Mussolini resigns 1943 Event Augusto Pinochet Ugarte (Chilean gen/dictator) marries Lucia Hiriart 1941 Death Ioannis Metaxas, Greek gen/dictator (1936-41), commits suicide at 69 1938 Birthday Manuel Antonio Noriega, Panamanian general/dictator, -1990 1938 Event King Carol II of Romania drives out dictator Goga 1937 Event Brazilian dictator Getulio Vargas proclaims "Estado novo" 1937 Death Bakr Sidqi, general/dictator of Iraq, dies 1936 Event Ioannis Metaxas names himself dictator of Greece 1936 Event Gen. Anastasio Somoza takes over as dictator of Nicaragua 1936 Event Metaxas proclaims himself dictator of Greece 1935 Death Juan V Gomez, general/dictator of Venezuela (1908-35), dies 1935 Death Gyula Gombos von Jakfa, general/dictator of Hungary (1932-35), dies 1935 Death Josef Pilsudski, Polish dictator (1926-35), dies 1934 Event Fascist dictator of Latvia Ulmanis begins building concentration camp 1934 Event Karlis Ulmanis names himself fascist dictator of Latvia 1933 Event Brazilians president Getulio Vargas names himself dictator 1933 Event Portuguese dictator Salazar forms secret police (PIDE) 1933 Event Cuban dictator Machado y Morales flees after military coup 1932 Event Mussolini promises to remain dictator for 30 years 1932 Event Antonio de Oliveira Salazar becomes premier/dictator of Portugal 1930 Death Miguel Primo de Riveray Orbaneja, Sp dictator (1923-30), dies at 60 1929 Event Spanish dictator Primo de Rivera closes university of Madrid 1927 Event Trotsky expelled from Soviet CP; Stalin becomes undisputed dictator 1926 Event Greek dictator General Pangulos driven out 1926 Event Uprising against Greek president/dictator Pangalos 1926 Birthday Fidel Castro, born in Mayari, Oriente, Cuba, dictator 1926 Event Greek dictator Theodorus Pangalos elected president 1926 Event Theodorus Pangalos resigns as Greek dictator 1926 Event Greek General Theodorus Pangulos names himself dictator 1925 Birthday Idi Amin, born in Uganda, military dictator, president of Uganda, assumed role of Chairman of the Organization of African Unity, attempted to annex Kagera, Tanzania 1925 Event Mussolini dissolves Italian parliament/becomes dictator 1923 Event Miguel Primo de Rivera becomes dictator of Spain 1922 Death Djemal Pasha, dictator of Turkey, murdered 1921 Birthday Jean-Bedel Bokassa, dictator 1918 Event Marshal J Pilsudski becomes 1st president (dictator) of Poland 1915 Birthday Pol Pot, dictator/mass murderer 1914 Birthday Abdel Karim Kassem, general/premier/dictator of Iraq, 1958-63 1914 Birthday Marcos Perez Jimenez, president/dictator Venezuela 1912 Birthday Alfredo Stroessner, dictator of Paraguay, 1954-89 1911 Event Haiti's dictator Simon flees on U.S. warship near Jamaica 1911 Birthday Paulette Goddard, Marion Levy, born in Switzerland, actress, Great Dictator 1911 Event President/dictator Jose Porfirio Diaz of Mexico term ends 1907 Birthday Francois "Doc" Duvalier, dictator of Haiti 1906 Event U.S. intervenes in Cuba ousts dictator Estrada Palma 1903 Birthday Jack Oakie, Sedalia, Missouri, actor, Great Dictator, 1974 Photoplay Award 1903 Birthday Reginald Gardiner, Wimbledon England, actor, Great Dictator 1901 Birthday Fulgencio Batista, president/dictator of Cuba, 1933-44, 1952-59 1901 Birthday Ngo Dinh Diem, president/dictator of South Vietnam, 1955-63 1894 Birthday Billy Gilbert, born in Louisville, Kentucky, Great Dictator, His Gal Friday 1892 Birthday Francisco Franco, y Bahamonde, Spanish General/dictator, 1936 - 1975 1891 Birthday Rafael L Trujillo Molina, president/dictator of Dom Rep, 1930-61 1889 Birthday Antonio de Oliveira Salazar, premier/dictator Portugal, 1932-68 1889 Birthday Adolph Hitler, Braunau Austria, dictator of Nazi Germany, 1936-45 1886 Birthday Gyula Gombos von Jakfa, general/dictator of Hungary, 1932-35 1883 Birthday Benito Mussolini, Il Duce, Fascist Italian dictator, 1922-43 1882 Birthday Ion Antonescu, fascist premier/dictator of Roemenia 1879 Birthday Joseph Stalin, Russian dictator; murdered 11,000,000 1878 Birthday Theodorus Pangalos, Greek general/dictator, 1926 1874 Birthday Konstantin Pats, Estonian PM, 1921-23, 1932-33, dictator, 1933-40 1871 Birthday Ioannis Metaxas, Greek general and dictator, 1936-41 1870 Birthday Miguel Primo de Rivera Orbaneja, dictator of Spain, 1923-30 1863 Event General Mieroslawski appointed dictator of Poland 1859 Birthday Yuan She-k'ai, Chinese general/president/dictator 1839 Death Jose Gaspar de Francia, dictator of Paraguay, 1816 - 1839, dies at 74 1830 Death Simon Bolivar, South American freedom fighter/"dictator", dies 1828 Event Simon Bolivar proclaimed dictator 1824 Event Simon Bolivar named dictator by the Congress of Peru 1799 Event Napoleon becomes dictator (1st consul) of France 1498 Death Girolamo Savonarola, dictator of Florence (1494-98), hanged at 45 1452 Birthday Girolamo Savonarola, monk/reformer/dictator of Florence, 1494-98
