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Post by ADMIN on May 30, 2021 10:26:01 GMT -5
LinksSun. | May 30, 2021Today's links from JFK Boards are here:Unfair Lineups | Helen Markham Revisited Oval Office tapes from October 9 – November 21, 1963 1961 Indianapolis 500 won by AJ Foyt C.I.A. Is Reported To Have Helped In Trujillo Death
Sixty Years On | May 30, 1961: Rafael Trujillo, assassinated.
Rafael Leónidas Trujillo, totalitarian despot of the Dominican Republic since 1930, was killed in an ambush, putting an end to the second longest-running dictatorship in Latin American history. Trujillo was being driven in his car from his residence in San Cristobal to Ciudad Trujillo.
May 29, 1961, Shortly after 10:00 pm local time, a sedan pulled into the path of his car, and assassins with machine guns killed both Trujillo and the chauffeur. The news was not announced to the Dominican public until 5:00 pm the next day. [wiki]
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Post by ADMIN on May 31, 2021 10:09:40 GMT -5
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