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