2011 Event A 5.8 magnitude earthquake and two lesser related quakes strike 32 miles south of Guatemala City, Guatemala, claiming 3 lives 2010 Event In Guatemala, heavy rains and landslides kill at least 18 people and a state of emergency is declared 1997 Death Enrique Peralta Azurdia, military President of Guatemala in 1963 - 1966, dies 1996 Death Julio Cesar Mendez Montenegro, President of Guatemala (1966-70), dies 1993 Event Ramiro de Leon Carpio elected President of Guatemala 1993 Event Guatemala president Jorge Serrano overthrown by army 1991 Event Jorge Serrano Elias sworn in as president of Guatemala 1991 Event Jorge Serrano Elias elected president of Guatemala 1990 Death Juan Jose Arevalo, president of Guatemala (1945-51), dies 1989 Event U.S. beats Guatemala 2-1, in 3rd round of 1990 world soccer cup 1987 Event 5 Central American presidents sign peace accord in Guatemala 1986 Event Constitution of Guatemala takes effect 1986 Event Vinicio Cerezo becomes only 2nd freely elected president of Guatemala since CIA-sponsored coup in 1954 1985 Event Guatemala adopts constitution 1983 Event Military coup in Guatemala, President Rios Montt flees 1983 Event Reagan ends U.S. arms embargo against Guatemala 1982 Event General Efrain Rios Montt declares himself president of Guatemala 1982 Event Guatemala military coup under General Rios Montt, President Romeo Lucas flees 1980 Event Police storm occupied Spanish embassy in Guatemala City, killing 41 1978 Birthday Carol Aquino, Miss Guatemala Universe in 1997 1976 Event 7.5 earthquake kills 22,778 in Guatemala and Honduras 1968 Death John Gordon Mein, U.S. ambassador in Guatemala, dies 1960 Event Guatemala's "La Hora" reports plan for invasion on Cuba 1960 Event Fire raging through a Guatemala City, Guatemala insane asylum kills 225, severly injuring 300 1958 Event General Miguel Ydegoras Fuentes elected president of Guatemala 1957 Death Carlos Castillo Armas, president of Guatemala, murdered 1954 Event Military junta selects colonel Armas president of Guatemala 1954 Event CIA-sponsored rebels overthrow elected government of Guatemala 1954 Event CIA exile army lands in Guatemala, JF Dulles and United Fruit Co 1952 Event 56th Boston Marathon won by Doroteo Flores of Guatemala in 2:31:53 1950 Event Jacobo Arbenz Guzman elected President of Guatemala 1944 Event Revolution by workers and students in Guatemala 1944 Event Newspaper editor Alejandro Cordova assassinated in Guatemala 1942 Birthday Marco Vinicio Cerezo Arevalo, president of Guatemala, 1986-91 1922 Event Union of Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador dissolved 1921 Event Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador sign Pact of Union 1915 Birthday Hans Namuth, German/U.S. photographer, Todos Santos, Guatemala 1913 Birthday Jacobo Arbenz, president of Guatemala, 1951-54, ; overthrown by CIA 1907 Death Manuel Estrada Vabrera, president Guatemala, murdered 1902 Event Santa Maria Guatemala hit by Earthquake; about 6,000 die 1899 Birthday Miguel Asturias, Guatemala, poet/diplomat, Hombres de Maiz, Nobel 67 1871 Event Guatemala revolts for agrarian reforms 1839 Event Guatemala forms republic 1821 Event Costa Rica El Salvador Guatemala Honduras and Nicaragua gain independ 1817 Birthday Juan de la Cruz Moreno Maisonave, Guatemala
