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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 |
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