2012 Event Paraguay's President Fernando Lugo faces impeachment 2004 Event Paraguay supermarket fire kills at least 300 1993 Event Paraguay holds its 1st President and parliamentary elections in 50 years 1991 Event Colorado party wins Paraguay parliamentary election 1989 Event Military coup overthrows Alfredo Stroessner, dictator of Paraguay 1988 Event Alfredo Stroessner re-elected president of Paraguay 1987 Event U.S. Davis Cup team loses to Paraguay 1980 Death Anastasio Somoza, former Nicaraguan President, assassinated in Paraguay 1974 Birthday Rosanna Gimenez, Miss Paraguay Universe, 1997 1967 Event Paraguay accepts its constitution 1959 Event President Stroessner disbands Paraguay's parliament 1958 Birthday Angel Franco, Asuncion Paraguay, golfer, 1993 Nike Dominion 1955 Birthday Victor Pecci, Paraguay, tennis star 1954 Event Alfredo Stroessner names himself president of Paraguay 1954 Event Military coup by general Alfredo Stroessner in Paraguay 1945 Event Peru, Paraguay, Chile and Ecuador joins UN 1935 Event Chaco War between Bolivia and Paraguay ends 1935 Event Weapons pact ends 3 year war of Gran Chaco, Bolivia vs Paraguay 1933 Event Bolivia and Paraguay sign weapon cease fire 1933 Event Paraguay declares war on Bolivia 1930 Event Boqueron battle ends Paraguay border dispute 1912 Birthday Alfredo Stroessner, dictator of Paraguay, 1954-89 1882 Birthday Manuel Galvez, Argentina writer, poet and historian, Paraguay 1870 Death Francisco Solano Lopez, Field Marshal/president of Paraguay 1870 Death Francisco S Lopez, President of Paraguay (1862-70), dies at 43 1862 Death Carlos A Lopez, president of Paraguay (1844-62), dies at 71 1839 Death Jose Gaspar de Francia, dictator of Paraguay, 1816 - 1839, dies at 74 1826 Birthday Francisco S Lopez, Tiran, president of Paraguay, 1862-70 1811 Event Paraguay gains independence from Spain (National Day) 1790 Birthday Carlos A Lopez, president of Paraguay, 1844-62 1617 Event Spanish viceroy Hernando Arias de Saavedra founds provinces Rio de la Plata (Argentina)/Guaira (Paraguay) 1535 Event Asuncion, Paraguay founded
