1979 ABC News correspondent Bill Stewart is shot dead by a Nicaraguan soldier under the regime of Anastasio Somoza Debayle. The murder is caught on tape and sparked international outcry of the regime.
1979 Nicaraguan president General Anastasio Somoza Debayle resigns and flees to Miami, Florida.
1979 The Sandinista rebels overthrow the government of the Somoza family in Nicaragua.
1980 Former Nicaraguan President Anastasio Somoza Debayle is killed in Asunción, Paraguay.