Evo Morales was born on 26 October 1959 in Oruro. A Bolivian politician and the country's first president of indigenous descent, Morales rose from the coca growers' union in the Chapare region to lead the Movement for Socialism. He won the presidency in 2005 and took office the following January, then nationalized the hydrocarbon industry, wrote a new constitution that recognized Bolivia as a plurinational state, and reduced poverty during a commodity boom. His decision to seek a fourth term, despite a referendum against it, led to disputed elections and mass protests in 2019. He resigned under pressure from the military and went into exile, before returning home in 2020.
Before and after
- 4 October 1959Launch of Luna 3
- 9 October 1959Birth of Boris Nemtsov
- 21 October 1959Construction of Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
- 23 October 1959Birth of "Weird Al" Yankovic
- 26 October 1959Birth of Evo Morales
- 1 December 1959Antarctic Treaty System
- 1960Founding of Somalia
- c. 1960sRise of Fluxus
- from 1960 to 1996Guatemalan Civil War
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