Nicaragua Events in History

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1997 Event - Right-winger Arnoldo Aleman sworn in as president of Nicaragua

1992 Event - Nicaragua struck by earthquake/floodings; 118 die

1991 Event - Debbie Doom (U.S.) pitches 2nd consecutive perfect game in women's softball at the Pan American Games, beats Nicaragua, 8-0

1991 Death - Enrique B Varela, commandant Nicaragua contra's, dies

1990 Event - Violeta Barrios de Chamorro begins a 6 year term as Nicaragua's president

1990 Event - Truce in Nicaragua's civil war

1988 Event - U.S. sends 3000 soldiers to Nicaragua's neighbor Honduras

1987 Death - Ben Linder, development worker, murdered by Contras in Nicaragua

1985 Event - U.S. president Reagan ends embargo against Nicaragua

1985 Event - Daniel Ortega Saavedra inaugurated as president of Nicaragua

1984 Event - Nicaragua holds 1st free elections in 56 years; Sandinistas win 63%

1984 Event - Bomb explodes in rebel leader Eden Pastora headquarters in Nicaragua

1984 Event - International Court of Justice rules on U.S. blockade of Nicaragua

1983 Event - Nicaragua expels 3 U.S. diplomats

1982 Event - Nicaragua suspends their citizens rights for 30 days

1979 Event - Nicaragua Liberation Day; Sandinistas take over from Somoza

1978 Event - Sandinistas occupy National Palace in Managua Nicaragua

1972 Event - 6.25 Earthquake destroys central Managua Nicaragua, 10,000 die

1972 Event - 6.25 earthquake strikes Managua Nicaragua, 12,000+ killed

1971 Event - U.S. canal rights in Nicaragua and rights to Corn Islands expire

1970 Birthday - Marvin Benard, Bluefields Nicaragua, outfielder for the San Francisco Giants

1967 Event - Anastasio Somoza Debayle becomes president of Nicaragua

1967 Death - Luis Somoza Debayle, president of Nicaragua (1956-63), dies at 44

1967 Event - Anastasio Somoza elected president of Nicaragua

1961 Event - Cuban-American invasion army departs Nicaragua

1959 Event - President Somoza ends emergency crisis in Nicaragua

1955 Event - Argentine ex-president Peron arrives in Nicaragua

1955 Birthday - [Jose] Dennis Martinez, Nicaragua, pitcher, Orioles, Expos, Indians

1952 Birthday - Alexis Arguello, born in Managua, Nicaragua, featherweight boxer, 1974 champ

1946 Birthday - Barbara Carrera, Managua Nicaragua, actress, Angelica-Dallas

1945 Birthday - Daniel Ortega Saavedra, president of Nicaragua, 1984-90

1945 Event - Nicaragua becomes 1st nation to formally accept United Nations Charter

1945 Birthday - Bianca Perez Morena de Macias Jagger, Nicaragua, model/Mick's ex-wife

1937 Event - Anastasio Somoza becomes president of Nicaragua

1936 Event - Anastasio Somoza elected President of Nicaragua

1936 Event - Gen. Anastasio Somoza takes over as dictator of Nicaragua

1933 Event - U.S. troops leave Nicaragua

1931 Event - Earthquake devastate Managua Nicaragua, kills 2,000

1929 Birthday - Violeta Barrios de Chamorro, president of Nicaragua, 1990-

1928 Event - Jose Moncada elected president of Nicaragua

1927 Event - Augusto Sandino begins 5 -year war against U.S. occupation of Nicaragua

1927 Event - Nicaragua agrees to a U.S. supervised presidential election in 1928

1927 Event - U.S. Marines sent to Nicaragua

1926 Event - U.S. Marines land in Nicaragua (9-mo after leaving), stay until 1933

1926 Event - U.S. military intervenes in Nicaragua

1926 Birthday - Miguel Cardinal Obando y Bravo, 1st Cent American cardinal, Nicaragua

1925 Birthday - Anastasio "Tachito" Somoza Debayle, president of Nicaragua, 1967..79

1925 Event - U.S. Marines leave Nicaragua after 13-year occupation

1925 Event - Last U.S. troops leave Nicaragua (there since 1912)

1925 Birthday - Ernesto Cardenal, born in Granada, Nicaragua, Catholic priest, famous Nicaraguan Sandinista liberation theologian, served as culture minister, poet, established primitivist art community

1922 Birthday - Luis Somoza Debayle, president of Nicaragua, 1956-63

1914 Event - U.S., Nicaragua sign treaty granting canal rights to U.S.

1912 Event - 2,500 U.S. Marines invade Nicaragua; U.S. remains until 1925

1912 Event - U.S. Marines sent to Nicaragua

1911 Event - Nicaragua signs treaty turning over customs to U.S., not ratified

1910 Event - U.S. supported opposition brings down Madriz in Nicaragua

1909 Event - U.S. invades Nicaragua, later overthrows President Zelaya

1896 Event - Marines land in Nicaragua to protect U.S. citizens

1896 Birthday - Anastasio "Tacho" Somoza, general/president of Nicaragua, 1937-56

1895 Event - El Salvador, Honduras and Nicaragua form Central American Union

1895 Event - Nicaragua, El Salvador and Honduras form a short-lived confederation

1895 Birthday - Matthew B. Ridgway, U.S. general in WW II, China, Nicaragua, Korea, NATO

1894 Event - U.S. intervenes in Bluefields, Nicaragua

1894 Event - Nicaragua captures Tegucigalpa, Honduras (National Day, sort of)

1874 Birthday - Juan Bautista Sacasa, President of Nicaragua, 1932-36

1867 Birthday - Ruben Dario, national poet, Nicaragua

1860 Event - Britain formally returns Mosquito Coast to Nicaragua

1857 Event - William Walker, conqueror of Nicaragua, surrenders to U.S. Navy

1856 Event - Battle of San Jacinto, Nicaragua defeats invaders

1855 Event - U.S. adventurer Wm Walker conquers Nicaragua, reestablishes slavery

1854 Event - U.S. forces shell and burn San Juan del Norte, Nicaragua

1853 Birthday - Jose Santos Zelaya, L, ruler of Nicaragua, 1893-1910

1849 Event - 1st gold seekers arrive in Nicaragua en route to California

1848 Event - Britain takes Mosquito Coast from Nicaragua

1838 Event - Nicaragua declares independence from Central American federation

1824 Birthday - William Walker, filibuster/president of Nicaragua, 1856-57

1821 Event - Costa Rica El Salvador Guatemala Honduras and Nicaragua gain independ

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