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05-30-2007, 02:50 PM
On this date in 1961, members of Generalissimo Rafael Leonidas Trujillo y Molina's inner circle carried out their assassination plot, killing the dictator and ending his 30-year iron-fisted rule. With only two exceptions, all the men who were involved in the plot went on to be killed by Trujillo's sons or their accomplices. In many towns and cities, this date is commemorated as a holiday and traditional games are played in public parks. It is called "Independence Day" in the newspapers.
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