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November 1, 1979

On November 1, 1979, in Bolivia, Colonel Alberto Natusch executes a bloody coup d'état against the constitutional government of Wálter Guevara. The year's #1 song was "My Sharona" by The Knack. Ruth Beitia, Iván Alonso, Malcolm Christie would arrive in the same year.

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In Bolivia, Colonel Alberto Natusch executes a bloody coup d'état against the constitutional government of Wálter Guevara.

Alberto Natusch Busch was a Bolivian general who briefly served as the 55th president of Bolivia in 1979 after a military coup.

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1979 (MCMLXXIX) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1979th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 979th year of the 2nd millennium, the 79th year of the 20th century, and the 10th and last year of the 1970s decade.

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On November 1, 1979

1979 In Bolivia, Colonel Alberto Natusch executes a bloody coup d'état against the constitutional government of Wálter Guevara.

55th President of Bolivia

Alberto Natusch Busch was a Bolivian general who briefly served as the 55th president of Bolivia in 1979 after a military coup.
1979 Griselda Álvarez becomes the first female governor of a state of Mexico.

Mexican politician (1913–2009)

Griselda Álvarez Ponce de León was the first female governor in Mexico. Álvarez was Governor of the state of Colima from 1979 to 1985.