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Christopher Columbus discovers island and names it "Little Spain."
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Spaniards set up first Spanish colony and name it Santo Domingo.
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Dominican Republic and Santo Domingo declared independence from Haiti.
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A fifty year treaty was signed by the US and Dominican Republic stating that the Us would take over the Dominican Republic's customs department, in return buying their debt.
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General Rafael Leonidas Trujillo Molina establishes dictatorship for himself.
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An estimated 20,000 Haitians living in Dominican Republic adjacent to Haiti, were massacred my Dominican army.
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The OAS severs the diplomatic ties it has with Dominican Republic after creating its resolution.
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Maj. Gen. Antonio Imbert Barrera, a former president of the Dominican Republic and the few members left of a group of plotters assassinated Trujillo in 1961.
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In 1965, around 30,000 troops invaded the Dominican Republic after to pro-Bosch uprising.
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These hurricanes leave more than 200,000 people homeless, causing over 1 billion dollars worth of damage to the already deteriorating community.
