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August 15, 1954
On August 15, 1954, alfredo Stroessner begins his dictatorship in Paraguay. Robert Greenberg, Trevor Francis, Ebiet G. Ade would arrive in the same year.
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Featured · August 15, 1954
Alfredo Stroessner begins his dictatorship in Paraguay.
Alfredo Stroessner Matiauda was a Paraguayan politician, army general, and military dictator who ruled as the 42nd president of Paraguay from 15 August 1954 until his overthrow in 1989. Known as El Stronato, his dictatorship was marked by political violence. Before his accession to the presidency, he was the country's de facto leader from May to August 1954.
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The year in brief
1954 (MCMLIV) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1954th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 954th year of the 2nd millennium, the 54th year of the 20th century, and the 5th year of the 1950s decade.
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On August 15, 1954
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1954 Alfredo Stroessner begins his dictatorship in Paraguay. Dictator of Paraguay from 1954 to 1989
Alfredo Stroessner Matiauda was a Paraguayan politician, army general, and military dictator who ruled as the 42nd president of Paraguay from 15 August 1954 until his overthrow in 1989. Known as El Stronato, his dictatorship was marked by political violence. Before his accession to the presidency, he was the country's de facto leader from May to August 1954.
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Other moments from 1954
- April 1 United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower authorizes the creation of the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
- April 18 Gamal Abdel Nasser seizes power in Egypt.
- April 22 Red Scare: Witnesses begin testifying and live television coverage of the Army–McCarthy hearings begins.
- April 25 The first practical solar cell is publicly demonstrated by Bell Telephone Laboratories.
- April 26 The Geneva Conference, an effort to restore peace in Indochina and Korea, begins.
- April 26 The first clinical trials of Jonas Salk's polio vaccine begin in Fairfax County, Virginia.
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