Today in Nicaragua History
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Historical Events
Results 1 - 76 of 76
1821-09-15 - Costa Rica El Salvador Guatemala Honduras & Nicaragua gain independ
1824-07-25 - Costa Rica annexes Guanacaste from Nicaragua.
1825-04-10 - Nicaraguan constituent assembly meets at Leon
1838-04-30 - Nicaragua declares independence from Central American federation
1848-01-01 - Britain takes Mosquito Coast from Nicaragua
1849-03-12 - 1st gold seekers arrive in Nicaragua en route to Calif
1854-07-13 - US forces shell & burn San Juan del Norte, Nicaragua
1855-06-01 - US adventurer Wm Walker conquers Nicaragua, reestablishes slavery
1856-04-11 - Battle of Rivas; Costa Rica beats Wm Walker's invading Nicaraguans
1856-09-14 - Battle of San Jacinto, Nicaragua defeats invaders
1857-05-01 - William Walker, conqueror of Nicaragua, surrenders to US Navy
1860-01-28 - Britain formally returns Mosquito Coast to Nicaragua
1893-07-11 - A revolution led by the liberal general and politician, José Santos Zelaya, takes over state power in Nicaragua.
1894-02-24 - Nicaragua captures Tegucigalpa, Honduras (National Day, sort of)
1894-11-20 - US intervenes in Bluefields, Nicaragua
1895-06-20 - Nicaragua, El Salvador & Honduras form a short-lived confederation
1895-06-28 - El Salvador, Honduras & Nicaragua form Central American Union
1896-03-20 - Marines land in Nicaragua to protect US citizens
1909-11-18 - US invades Nicaragua, later overthrows Pres Zelaya
1909-12-16 - US pressure forces Nicaraguan Pres Jose Santos Zelaya from office
1910-08-20 - US supported opposition brings down Madriz in Nicaragua
1911-06-06 - Nicaragua signs treaty turning over customs to US (not ratified)
1912-05-30 - US Marines sent to Nicaragua
1912-08-14 - 2,500 US marines invade Nicaragua; US remains until 1925
1913-12-15 - Nicaragua becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty.
1914-08-05 - US, Nicaragua sign treaty granting canal rights to US
1925-08-03 - Last US troops leave Nicaragua (there since 1912)
1925-08-04 - US marines leave Nicaragua after 13-year occupation
1926-05-02 - US military intervenes in Nicaragua
1926-05-03 - US marines land in Nicaragua (9-mo after leaving), stay until 1933
1927-01-06 - US marines sent to Nicaragua
1927-05-04 - Nicaragua agrees to a US supervised presidential election in 1928
1927-07-16 - Augusto Sandino begins 5½ year war against US occupation of Nicaragua
1928-11-04 - Jose Moncada elected president of Nicaragua
1931-04-01 - Earthquake devastate Managua Nicaragua, kills 2,000
1933-01-02 - US troops leave Nicaragua
1934-02-21 - Nicaraguan patriot Augusto Cesar Sandino assassinated by Natl Guard
1936-06-02 - Gen Anastasio Somoza takes over as dictator of Nicaragua
1936-12-08 - Anastasio Somoza elected pres of Nicaragua
1937-01-01 - Anastasio Somoza becomes president of Nicaragua
1945-07-06 - Nicaragua becomes 1st nation to formally accept UN Charter
1953-07-07 - Che Guevara sets out on a trip through Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras, and El Salvador.
1955-11-03 - Argentine ex-president Peron arrives in Nicaragua
1959-05-30 - Pres Somoza ends emergency crisis in Nicaragua
1961-04-14 - Cuban-American invasion army departs Nicaragua
1967-02-05 - Anastasio Somoza elected president of Nicaragua
1967-05-01 - Anastasio Somoza Debayle becomes president of Nicaragua
1971-04-25 - US canal rights in Nicaragua & rights to Corn Islands expire
1972-12-22 - 6.25 earthquake strikes Managua Nicaragua, 12,000+ killed
1972-12-23 - 6.25 Earthquake destroys central Managua Nicaragua, 10,000 die
1978-08-22 - Sandinistas occupy National Palace in Managua Nicaragua
1979-07-17 - Nicaraguan dictator Anastasio Somoza flees to Miami
1979-07-19 - Nicaragua Liberation Day; Sandinistas take over from Somoza
1982-03-15 - Nicaragua suspends their citizens rights for 30 days
1983-06-06 - Nicaragua expels 3 US diplomats
1984-03-07 - The United States attacks San Juan del Sur in Nicaragua.
1984-04-10 - US Senate condemns CIA mining of Nicaraguan harbors
1984-05-10 - Intl Court of Justice rules on US blockade of Nicaragua
1984-05-30 - Bomb explodes in rebel leader Eden Pastora headquarters in Nicaragua
1984-11-04 - Nicaragua holds 1st free elections in 56 years; Sandinistas win 63%
1985-01-10 - Daniel Ortega Saavedra inaugurated as president of Nicaragua
1985-05-01 - US president Reagan ends embargo against Nicaragua
1986-06-27 - World Court rules US aid to Nicaraguan contras illegal
1987-01-09 - New Nicaraguan constitution takes effect
1987-04-28 - American engineer Ben Linder is killed in an ambush by U.S.-funded Contras in northern Nicaragua.
1988-03-16 - US sends 3000 soldiers to Nicaragua's neighbor Honduras
1988-03-29 - US Congress discontinues aid to Nicaraguan contras
1989-08-05 - General elections are held in Nicaragua with the Sandinista Front winning a majority.
1990-02-25 - Nicaraguans votes out Sandinistas
1990-02-26 - The Sandinistas are defeated in Nicaraguan elections.
1990-04-19 - Truce in Nicaragua's civil war
1990-04-25 - Violeta Barrios de Chamorro begins a 6 year term as Nicaragua's pres
1991-08-06 - Debbie Doom (US) pitches 2nd consecutive perfect game in women's softball at the Pan American Games, beats Nicaragua, 8-0
1992-09-02 - Nicaragua struck by earthquake/floodings; 118 die
1997-01-10 - Right-winger Arnoldo Aleman sworn in as president of Nicaragua
2000-08-23 - Nicaragua becomes a member of the Berne Convention copyright treaty. This essentially deprecated the Buenos Aires Convention treaty, because as of this date, all members of the BA Convention were also signatories to Berne.
Famous Birthdays
Results 1 - 20 of 20
1824-05-08 - William Walker, filibuster/president of Nicaragua (1856-57)
1853-11-01 - Jose Santos Zelaya, (L), ruler of Nicaragua (1893-1910)
1867-01-18 - Rubén Darío, Nicaraguan Journalist, Diplomat, Poet (d. 1916)
1874-12-21 - Juan Bautista Sacasa, pres of Nicaragua (1932-36)
1895-03-03 - Matthew B Ridgway, US gen (WW II/China/Nicaragua/Korea/NATO)
1896-02-01 - Anastasio "Tacho" Somoza, general/pres of Nicaragua (1937-56)
1922-11-18 - Luis Somoza Debayle, president of Nicaragua (1956-63)
1925-12-05 - Anastasio "Tachito" Somoza Debayle, president of Nicaragua (1967..79)
1926-02-02 - Miguel Cardinal Obando y Bravo, 1st Cent American cardinal (Nicaragua)
1928-05-13 - Enrique Bolaños, President of Nicaragua
1929-10-18 - Violeta Barrios de Chamorro, president of Nicaragua (1990- )
1937-01-22 - Edén Pastora, Nicaraguan rebel leader
1945-05-02 - Bianca Perez Morena de Macias Jagger, Nicaragua, model/Mick's ex-wife
1945-11-11 - Daniel Ortega Saavedra, president of Nicaragua (1984-90)
1946-12-31 - Barbara Carrera, Managua Nicaragua, actress (Angelica-Dallas)
1950-05-02 - Bianca Jagger, Nicaraguan socialite
1952-04-12 - Alexis Arguello, Managua Nicaragua, featherweight boxer (1974 champ)
1953-08-29 - James Quesada, Nicaraguan/American anthropologist
1955-05-14 - [Jose] Dennis Martinez, Nicaragua, pitcher (Orioles, Expos, Indians)
1970-01-20 - Marvin Benard, Bluefields Nicaragua, outfielder (SF Giants)
Famous Deaths
Results 1 - 9 of 9
1912-10-04 - Gen Zeledon, Nicaraguan opponent of US occupation, is executed
1916-02-06 - Rubén Darío, Nicaraguan writer (b. 1867)
1934-02-23 - Augusto Sandino, Nicaraguan patriot, assassinated by National Guard
1956-09-21 - Anastasio Somoza, Nicaraguan dictator, assassinated by Roliberto Lopez
1967-04-13 - Luis Somoza Debayle, president of Nicaragua (1956-63), dies at 44
1980-09-17 - Anastasio Somoza, former Nicaraguan Pres, assassinated in Paraguay
1987-04-28 - Ben Linder, development worker, murdered by Contras in Nicaragua
1991-02-16 - Enrique B Varela, commandant Nicaragua contra's, dies
2008-01-04 - Xavier Chamorro Cardenal, Nicaraguan print editor (b. 1932)
