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2004 Paraguay supermarket fire kills at least 300
1993 Paraguay holds its 1st President and parliamentary elections in 50 years 1991 Colorado party wins Paraguay parliamentary election 1989 Military coup overthrows Alfredo Stroessner, dictator of Paraguay 1988 Alfredo Stroessner re-elected president of Paraguay 1987 U.S. Davis Cup team loses to Paraguay 1980 Anastasio Somoza, former Nicaraguan President, assassinated in Paraguay 1974 Rosanna Gimenez, Miss Paraguay Universe, 1997 1967 Paraguay accepts its constitution 1959 President Stroessner disbands Paraguay's parliament 1958 Angel Franco, Asuncion Paraguay, golfer, 1993 Nike Dominion 1955 Victor Pecci, Paraguay, tennis star 1954 Alfredo Stroessner names himself president of Paraguay 1954 Military coup by general Alfredo Stroessner in Paraguay 1945 Peru, Paraguay, Chile and Ecuador joins UN 1935 Chaco War between Bolivia and Paraguay ends 1935 Weapons pact ends 3 year war of Gran Chaco, Bolivia vs Paraguay 1933 Bolivia and Paraguay sign weapon cease fire 1933 Paraguay declares war on Bolivia 1930 Boqueron battle ends Paraguay border dispute 1912 Alfredo Stroessner, dictator of Paraguay, 1954-89 1882 Manuel Galvez, Argentina writer, poet and historian, Paraguay 1870 Francisco Solano Lopez, Field Marshal/president of Paraguay 1870 Francisco S Lopez, President of Paraguay (1862-70), dies at 43 1862 Carlos A Lopez, president of Paraguay (1844-62), dies at 71 1839 Jose Gaspar de Francia, dictator of Paraguay, 1816 - 1839, dies at 74 1826 Francisco S Lopez, Tiran, president of Paraguay, 1862-70 1811 Paraguay gains independence from Spain (National Day) 1790 Carlos A Lopez, president of Paraguay, 1844-62 1617 Spanish viceroy Hernando Arias de Saavedra founds provinces Rio de la Plata (Argentina)/Guaira (Paraguay) 1535 Asuncion, Paraguay founded |
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