The History of The Dominican Republic

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  • New President

    New President

    Joaquin Balaguer, a Trujillo protege and former leader of the Reformist Party (later to become the centre-right Christian Social Reform Party (PRSC)), is elected president.
  • Re-Elected

    Re-Elected

    Balaguer re-elected, but agrees to serve only a two-year term after being accused of fraud.
  • Re-Elected AGAIN

    Re-Elected AGAIN

    Balaguer (PRSC) re-elected president.
  • New President

    New President

    Leonel Fernandez Reyna of the leftist Dominican Liberation Party (PLD) elected president.
  • Hurricane George

    Hurricane George

    Hurricane George causes widespread devastation.

  • Plane Crash

    US jet bound for Santo Domingo crashes in New York killing all 255 people on board. Three days of national mourning declared.

  • Floods

    Severe floods in the south-west, and in parts of neighbouring Haiti, leave more than 2,000 dead or disappeared.

  • Prison Fire

    More than 130 inmates die in a prison fire. The blaze followed a riot at the jail, in the eastern town of Higuey.
  • Fernandez Re-Elected

    Fernandez Re-Elected

    President Leonel Fernandez is re-elected.

  • Cholera

    Dominican Republic tightens border restrictions to prevent cholera spreading from Haiti.