1944 in El Salvador
The following lists events that happened in 1944 in El Salvador.
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Incumbents
- President: Maximiliano Hernández Martínez (until May 9), Andrés Ignacio Menéndez (May 9 - October 21), Osmín Aguirre y Salinas (starting October 21)
- Vice President: Vacant
Events
January
- January 3 - Voters in El Salvador voted Maximiliano Hernández Martínez as President of El Salvador for a third term in a 100% margin but to results were published.[1] He was the only candidate. The 1944 Salvadoran Constitutional Assembly election also but no results were posted either.[2]
April
- April 2 - Rouge military units rebelled against President Maximiliano Hernández Martínez.[3]
- April 4 - The rebellion was suppressed and more than 100 civilians were shot dead in street demonstrations by the army.[4]
May
- May 7 - The Strike of Fallen Arms began against Hernández Martínez's government.[5]
- May 9 - Maximiliano Hernández Martínez resigned and fled to Guatemala. Andrés Ignacio Menéndez became Provisional President.
- May 11 - The Strike of Fallen Arms ends.
November
- October 21 - Osmín Aguirre y Salinas deposed Andrés Ignacio Menéndez in a coup and became Provisional President.
Undated
- The National Pro Patria Party was disestablished.
Births
- March 22 - Octavio Ortiz, Catholic priest (d. 1979)
- June 18 - Salvador Sánchez Cerén, politician
References
- Krehm, William. Democracia y tiranias en el Caribe. Buenos Aires: Editorial Parnaso. 1957. pp. 37.
- Williams, Philip J. and Knut Walter (1997) Militarization and demilitarization in El Salvador's transition to democracy Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, p27
- Zunes, Stephen. "Movements and Campaigns - Issues - Dictatorships - El Salvador: 1944". Archived from the original on 31 December 2010. Retrieved 4 July 2012.
- Remembering a Massacre in El Salvador: The Insurrection of 1932, Roque Dalton, and the Politics of Historical Memory, by Héctor Lindo-Fuentes, Erik Kristofer Ching, Rafael Lara Martínez, UNM Press, 2007, page 84
- A Force More Powerful: A Century of Non-violent Conflict, by Peter Ackerman and Jack DuVall, St. Martin's Press, 2015, pages 256-263
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