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1958
Elvis Presley presents himself for military service. Number US 53310761 is now a soldier in the army and Uncle Sam will lose half a million dollars in taxes for each year of Elvis’ military service.
Chile –Jorge Alessandri Rodriguez assumes the Presidency
Venezuela—Marcos Peréz Jiménez is defeated and flees to Santo Domingo. Rómulo Betancourt assumes the Presidency
1959
Cuba—Batista is defeated by the guerrillas headed up Fidel Castro
1960 & 1963
The constitution is amended two times.
Dominican Republic—Assassination of Rafaél Leónidas Trujillo
Argentina—Adolf Eichmann is kidnapped by Israeli Mossad agents
Uruguay—The guerrilla movement Los Tupamaros is formed
Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras and Nicaragua establishes the Common Market of Central America
1962
Argentina—President Arturo Frondizi is overthrown by the military
Venezuela—The 2nd and 3rd of June, the “Porteñazo” occurs—the insurrection of the Naval Base in Puerto Cabello
1963
Venezuela – Pulitzer Prize is awarded to Héctor Rodón of the newspaper La República for his photograph of a priest coming to the aid of a solider in the battle of Puerto Cabello.
1966
Argentina Coup d’état by the military. President Arturo Illia is defeated and a Junta Militar takes command.
Guyana—Previously named British Guyana become independent on the 26th of May, 1966.
1967
The law prohibiting the teaching of the theory of evolution is overturned.
The Columbia State Community College in established.
Bolivia—Che Guevara is captured and electrocuted. The Bolivian Army defeats the revolutionaries at the battle of Vallegrande.
1968
Having bought a rifle in Birmingham, Alabama, snipe Earl Ray assassinates the civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr., on the balcony of a motel in Memphis, the 4th of April, provoking violent protests in many cities.
1969
El Salvador, Honduras—The Soccer War
1970
The census indicates that the population of Tennessee is 3,926,018.
Winfield Dunn is the first republican elected Governor of Tennessee in 50 years.
Chile—Salvador Allende wins the presidential election. He assumes the presidency on the 3rd of November.
1971
Chile—Pablo Neruda wins the Nobel Prize for Literature
1972
New amendment to the constitution.
1973
Argentina—Juan Domingo Perón returns after 18 years of exile. The Massacre of Ezeiza occurs the 20th of June.
The 1st of July Juan Domingo Perón dies.
Isabel Martínez de Perón assumes the presidency
Chile—Coup d’état by the Armed Forces. Salvador Allende dies. A Junta Militar of the government takes power.
1975
Republic of Surinam—The Territory formerly known as Dutch Guyana becomes independent from the Netherlands.
1976
Alex Haley wins the Pulitzer Prize for Literature and international acclaim for his work “Roots,” that has been translated into more than 30 languages. Alex Haley is also the co-author of the “Autobiography of Malcolm X.”
Argentina—Coup d’état. Isabel Martínez de Perón is deposed by the military and Jorge Rafaél Videla Redondo is declared President.
1977
Elvis Presley dies in Memphis.
James Earl Ray, the assassin of Martin Luther King Jr., escapes from the Brushy Mountain State Prison on the 10th of June along with 6 other convicts, but is recaptured on the 13th of June.
1978
The constitution is amended.
1980
Tennessee reaches a population of 4,591,120 million. This is an increase of 17% above the census of 1970.
Bolivia—Violent coup d’état by General Luis García Mesa.
1982
“Energy makes the world go ‘round” is the theme of the World Fair in Knoxville.
Argentina—Invasion of the Falkland Islands (Malvinas) by Argentina. Great Britain retakes the Falkland Islands after 2 months of conflict.
1984
Uruguay—Julio María Sanguinetti wins the presidency
1985
Mexico—An 8.1 earthquake in Michoacán on the 19th of September.
1987
General Motors opens the new automobile plant for the Saturn Corporation in Springfield.
1990
Chile—Pinochet delivers President Elect Patricio Aylwin into power
1991
The National Museum of Human Rights in Memphis is inaugurated in the same place as the Lorraine Motel where Martin Luther King was assassinated, the 4th of April of 1968.
1992
Albert Gore, Jr. is elected Vice President of the United States.
Guatemala—Rigoberta Menchú receives the Nobel Peace Prize
1994
The population of Tennessee reaches 5,175,240 million; the 17th highest in the United States.
Chile—Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle assumes the presidency
Brazil—Fernando Henrique Cardoso assumes the presidency
Mexico—The 1st of January Mexico becomes a member of NAFTA, the Free Commerce Agreement with the United States and Canada
Mexico—The National Liberation Zapatista Army arises in Chiapas
1996
Celebration year of the Bicentennial of Tennessee as a state in the Union since 1796.
1998
The University of Tennessee football team wins the National Championship.
1999
Venezuela—Hugo Rafael Chávez Frías assumes the presidency
Brazil—Fernando Henrique Cardozo is reelected President
2000
Chile—Ricardo Lagos assumes the presidency
2002
The National Museum of Civil Rights inaugurates its expansion that includes Bessie Brewer’s boarding house in front of the Lorraine Motel, where Earl Ray used a hunting rifle to assassinate Martin Luther King Jr.
Brazil – Luis Inácio Lula da Silva assumes the Presidency
2003
Puerto Rico—The US Marines abandon their base on the island of Vieques under pressure from the Puerto Rican citizens
Argentina—Néstor Kirchner assumes the Presidency
2005
Bolivia—Evo Morales is elected President
2006
Mexico – The 5th of September the Federal Electoral Court declares Felipe Calderón Hinojosa the President elect
Chile -Michelle Bachelet assumes the responsibility of the President of the Republic
Brazil – Reelection of President Lula da Silva
2007
Argentina—Cristina Fernández de Kirchner assumes the presidency
2009
Uruguay—José Mujica, the Minister of Agriculture and ex-Tupumaro is elected President
2010
Torrential rains on the 1st and 2nd of May cause the worst floods in the history of the state.
Colombia – Juan Manual Santos assumes the Presidency
