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General Strike
It was announced that the final general strike would begin on June 4. -
Sandistas take control
The Sandinistas controlled eighty percent of Nicaragua: twenty-three major citities and towns. -
Gaining Control
Revolutionary movements in Nicaragua gained control of the government and removed the longtime dictator, Anastasio Somoza Debayle. The Somoza family stayed power in Nicaragua for 43 years. -
Somoza
Somoza resigns and flees to Miami exiling to Paraguay. -
Paraguay
Sandista forces enter Managua and hundreds of thousands Nicaraguans celebrate their victory -
Assassination
Somoza is assassinated in Paraguay