Events in the year 1940 in Paraguay.
Incumbents President of Paraguay: José Félix Estigarribia until September 7, then Higinio Moríñigo Minister of War and Navy: Higinio Moríñigo until September 7, then Paulino Ántola
Events February 19 - President Estigarribia dissolves the legislature and suspends the Constitution"Dictatorship in Paraguay," Oakland Tribune, February 19, 1940, p. 1 August 4 - Paraguayan constitutional referendum, 1940 September 7 - President Estigarribia and his wife are killed in a plane crash in Agapuey while on a tour of the interior."Dictator of Paraguay is Killed in Airplane Crash," Oakland Tribune, September 8, 1940, p. 1
Births
Deaths September 7 - Jose Felix Estigarribia, general and President, plane crash
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