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Events on Thursday 19 July 1979 1
1979Nicaraguan Revolution overthrows SomozaSandinistas topple the Somoza dictatorshipThe Sandinista National Liberation Front entered Managua on 19 July 1979 after President Anastasio Somoza Debayle fled the country. The victory ended over four decades of Somoza family rule and installed a Sandinista-led government. It set off a decade of civil conflict as US-backed Contra rebels fought the new regime.