2006 Hugo Chavez, leftist dictator, is re-elected President of Venezuela
2003 Idi Amin, Ugandan dictator, dies at 78
1998 Pol Pot, dictator/mass murderer, dies at 73
1997 Mobutu Sese Seko, dictator of Zaire (1965-97), dies at 66
1996 Jean-Bedel Bokassa, dictator of Cent Africa Rep (1967-79), dies at 75
1994 Lt-general Raoul Cedras resigns as dictator of Haiti
1992 U.S. Federal court finds Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega guilty of drug crimes
1991 Dictator Siad Barre flees Somalia ending 22 year rule
1989 Elena Ceausescu, wife of Romania's dictator Nicolea, executed
1989 Nicolea Ceausescu, dictator of Romania, executed
1989 Panama's dictator, Manual Noriega seeks asylum at Vatican embassy
1989 Romania's dictator Nicolae Ceausescu's final speech (executed 12/25)
1989 Elena Ceaucescu, wife of Romanian dictator Nicolae, executed
1989 Nicolae Ceaucescu, Romanian dictator (1945-89), executed
1989 Panamanian voters reject dictator Manuel Noriega's bid for presidency
1989 Military coup overthrows Alfredo Stroessner, dictator of Paraguay
1986 Failed assassination attempt on Chilean dictator Pinochet, 5 killed
1986 Philippine Corazon Aquino defeats incumbent dictator Ferdinand Marcos but fraudulent returns gave the election to Marcos
1980 Reginald Gardiner, actor (Great Dictator), dies at 77
1979 Nicaraguan dictator Anastasio Somoza flees to Miami
1979 Ugandan dictator Idi Amin overthrown; Tanzania takes Kampala
1978 Jack Oakie, actor (Great Dictator, Gang Buster), dies at 74
1977 Carter De Haven, actor (Courage, Great Dictator), dies at 90
1975 Francisco Franco, [y Bahamonde], Span dictator (1936-75), dies at 82
1973 Fulgencio Batista y Zaldivar, dictator Cuba (1940-58), dies at 72
1972 Dictator Idi Amin throws 8,000 Asians out of Uganda
1971 Billy Gilbert, U.S. actor (Great Dictator, His Gal Friday), dies at 76
1971 Francois "Doc" Duvalier, dictator of Haiti, dies at 64
1971 Idi Amin ousts Milton Obote to become dictator of Uganda
1970 Antonio de Oliveira Salazar, dictator of Portugal (1932-68), dies
1967 Nicolea Ceausescu becomes president (dictator) of Romania
1963 Portuguese dictator Salazar firm on African colonization
1961 Rafael L Trujillo Molina, dictator Dom Rep (1930-61), murdered at 69
1959 Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista flees
1958 Cubans dictator Batista flees
1958 Dictator Marcos Perez Jimenez flees Venezuela, Larrazabal takes power
1957 Cuban dictator Batista bombs Cienfuegos uprising
1956 Anastasio Somoza, Nicaraguan dictator, assassinated by Roliberto Lopez
1954 Getulio D Vargas, pres/dictator Brazil: 1930-45, 51-54, suicide at 71
1952 Theodorus Pangalos, Greek general/dictator 1926, dies at 74
1950 Spanish dictator Franco ends war in Gibraltar
1949 Husni el-Zaim, president/dictator of Syria, shot to death
1946 U.S. government asks United Nations to order dictator Franco out of Spain
1946 Ion Antonescu, fascist premier/dictator of Romania, executed
1946 Enver Hoxha declares People's Rep of Albania with himself dictator
1945 Juan Peron becomes dictator of Argentina
1945 Adolph Hitler, German dictator (1936-45), commits suicide at 56
1943 German paratroopers, on orders of Adolf Hitler, seize former Italian dictator Benito Mussolini who was being held prisoner by the government
1943 Italian Facist dictator Benito Mussolini resigns
1943 Augusto Pinochet Ugarte (Chilean gen/dictator) marries Lucia Hiriart
1941 Ioannis Metaxas, Greek gen/dictator (1936-41), commits suicide at 69
1938 Manuel Antonio Noriega, Panamanian general/dictator, -1990
1938 King Carol II of Romania drives out dictator Goga
1937 Brazilian dictator Getulio Vargas proclaims "Estado novo"
1937 Bakr Sidqi, general/dictator of Iraq, dies
1936 Ioannis Metaxas names himself dictator of Greece
1936 Gen. Anastasio Somoza takes over as dictator of Nicaragua
1936 Metaxas proclaims himself dictator of Greece
1935 Juan V Gomez, general/dictator of Venezuela (1908-35), dies
1935 Gyula Gombos von Jakfa, general/dictator of Hungary (1932-35), dies
1935 Josef Pilsudski, Polish dictator (1926-35), dies
1934 Fascist dictator of Latvia Ulmanis begins building concentration camp
1934 Karlis Ulmanis names himself fascist dictator of Latvia
1933 Brazilians president Getulio Vargas names himself dictator
1933 Portuguese dictator Salazar forms secret police (PIDE)
1933 Cuban dictator Machado y Morales flees after military coup
1932 Mussolini promises to remain dictator for 30 years
1932 Antonio de Oliveira Salazar becomes premier/dictator of Portugal
1930 Miguel Primo de Riveray Orbaneja, Sp dictator (1923-30), dies at 60
1929 Spanish dictator Primo de Rivera closes university of Madrid
1927 Trotsky expelled from Soviet CP; Stalin becomes undisputed dictator
1926 Greek dictator Gen Pangulos driven out
1926 Uprising against Greek president/dictator Pangalos
1926 Fidel Castro, born in Mayari, Oriente, Cuba, dictator
1926 Greek dictator Theodorus Pangalos elected president
1926 Theodorus Pangalos resigns as Greek dictator
1926 Greek gen Theodorus Pangulos names himself dictator
1925 Mussolini dissolves Italian parliament/becomes dictator
1923 Miguel Primo de Rivera becomes dictator of Spain
1922 Djemal Pasha, dictator of Turkey, murdered
1921 Jean-Bedel Bokassa, dictator
1918 Marshal J Pilsudski becomes 1st president (dictator) of Poland
1915 Pol Pot, dictator/mass murderer
1914 Abdel Karim Kassem, general/premier/dictator of Iraq, 1958-63
1914 Marcos Perez Jimenez, president/dictator Venezuela
1912 Alfredo Stroessner, dictator of Paraguay, 1954-89
1911 Haiti's dictator Simon flees on U.S. warship near Jamaica
1911 Paulette Goddard, [Marion Levy], Switz, actress, Great Dictator
1911 Pres/dictator Jose Porfirio Diaz of Mexico term ends
1907 Francois "Doc" Duvalier, dictator of Haiti
1906 U.S. intervenes in Cuba ousts dictator Estrada Palma
1903 Jack Oakie, Sedalia, Missouri, actor, Great Dictator, 1974 Photoplay Award
1903 Reginald Gardiner, Wimbledon England, actor, Great Dictator
1901 Fulgencio Batista, president/dictator of Cuba, 1933-44, 1952-59
1901 Ngo Dinh Diem, pres/dictator of South Vietnam, 1955-63
1894 Billy Gilbert, born in Louisville, Kentucky, Great Dictator, His Gal Friday
1892 Francisco Franco, [y Bahamonde], Spanish General/dictator, 1936-75
1891 Rafael L Trujillo Molina, president/dictator of Dom Rep, 1930-61
1889 Antonio de Oliveira Salazar, premier/dictator Portugal, 1932-68
1889 Adolph Hitler, Braunau Austria, dictator of Nazi Germany, 1936-45
1886 Gyula Gombos von Jakfa, general/dictator of Hungary, 1932-35
1883 Benito Mussolini, [Il Duce], Fascist Italian dictator, 1922-43
1882 Ion Antonescu, fascist premier/dictator of Roemenia
1879 Joseph Stalin, Russian dictator; murdered 11,000,000
1878 Theodorus Pangalos, Greek general/dictator, 1926
1874 Konstantin Pats, Estonian PM, 1921-23, 1932-33, dictator, 1933-40
1871 Ioannis Metaxas, Greek general and dictator, 1936-41
1870 Miguel Primo de Rivera Orbaneja, dictator of Spain, 1923-30
1863 General Mieroslawski appointed dictator of Poland
1859 Yuan She-k'ai, Chinese general/president/dictator
1839 Jose Gaspar de Francia, dictator of Paraguay (1816-39), dies at 74
1830 Simon Bolivar, South American freedom fighter/"dictator", dies
1828 Simon Bolivar proclaimed dictator
1824 Simon Bolivar named dictator by the Congress of Peru
1799 Napoleon becomes dictator (1st consul) of France
1498 Girolamo Savonarola, dictator of Florence (1494-98), hanged at 45
1452 Girolamo Savonarola, monk/reformer/dictator of Florence, 1494-98
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