1930
Coup
Establishes a dictatorship by means of a military coup
Historical place archive
Browse historical events and people recorded at Santo Domingo in Dominican Republic. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.
Establishes a dictatorship by means of a military coup
The Army massacres 20,000 Haitians living in Dominican border provinces
Trujillo is assassinated
Trujillo is assassinated
Overthrown by the Army
The Dominica Labour party wins the election
Tried & found guilty of trying to overthrow the Government in 1980
Forced by the International Monetary Fund to adopt austerity measures to save the economy
Forced by the International Monetary Fund to adopt austerity measures to save the economy
Tried & found guilty of trying to overthrow the Government in 1980
Resigns as Party Leader of the Dominica Freedom Party, stays as Prime Minister
Provenance
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