Guatemala Events in History

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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

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