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The following lists events that happened in 1944 in El Salvador.
Incumbents
- President: Maximiliano Hernández Martínez (until 9 May), Andrés Ignacio Menéndez (9 May – 21 October), Osmín Aguirre y Salinas (starting 21 October)
- Vice President: Vacant
Events
January
- 3 January – 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
- 2 April – Rouge military units rebelled against President Maximiliano Hernández Martínez.[3]
- 4 April – The rebellion was suppressed and more than 100 civilians were shot dead in street demonstrations by the army.[4]
May
- 7 May – The Strike of Fallen Arms began against Hernández Martínez's government.[5]
- 9 May – Maximiliano Hernández Martínez resigned and fled to Guatemala. Andrés Ignacio Menéndez became Provisional President.
- 11 May – The Strike of Fallen Arms ends.
November
- 21 October – Osmín Aguirre y Salinas deposed Andrés Ignacio Menéndez in a coup and became Provisional President.
Births
- 22 March – Octavio Ortiz, Catholic priest (d. 1979)
- 18 June – 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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