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Events on Saturday 5 December 1925 1
1925 – 1980Anastasio Somoza Debayle (1925-1980)Died 17 September 1980, aged 54Former President of Nicaragua and the last member of the Somoza family dynasty to rule the country, overthrown by the Sandinista revolution in 1979. He was assassinated in exile in Asuncion, Paraguay, by Argentine and Sandinista-linked guerrillas. His death closed the chapter on more than four decades of Somoza family rule.