1979 in El Salvador
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The following lists events that happened in 1979 in El Salvador.
Incumbents
[edit]- President: Carlos Humberto Romero (until 15 October), Revolutionary Government Junta (starting 15 October)
- Vice President: Julio Ernesto Astacio (until 15 October), Vacant (starting 15 October)
Events
[edit]October
[edit]- 15 October – The Armed Forces of El Salvador deposed President Humberto Romero in a military coup d'état and established the Revolutionary Government Junta.[1] The Salvadoran Civil War began.
Deaths
[edit]- 20 January – Octavio Ortiz, Catholic priest (b. 1944)
- 20 June – Rafael Palacios, Catholic priest (b. ?)
- 4 August – Napoleón Macías, Catholic priest (b. ?)[2]
References
[edit]- ^ "El Salvador - The Reformist Coup of 1979". countrystudies.us. Retrieved 2019-10-11.
- ^ Tombs, Oliver (1999). "Oscar Romero and Resurrection Hope". Resurrection. Continuum. p. 227. ISBN 9781841270166.
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