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Tiburcio Carías

President of Honduras

Born
March 5, 1876
Died
December 23, 1969
Zodiac sign
Pisces
Birth year
1876

About Tiburcio Carías

Tiburcio Carías Andino (5 March 1876 – 23 December 1969) was a Honduran politician and military officer with the rank of major general. He served as the 38th president of Honduras, briefly in 1924 as constitutional president and later in the form of a dictatorial regime from 1933 until 1949. He was elected president of Honduras in the midst of the Great Depression. He strengthened the Armed Forces, maintained the support of the banana companies by opposing strikes, strongly aligned its government with that of the United States, and kept the country in strict adherence to debt payments. == Biography == === Early life === Tiburcio Carias Andino was born in the Republic of Honduras on 15 March 1876. His parents were Calixto Carias Galindo and Sara Francisca Andino Rivera. During his childhood Tiburcio Carias Andino is appointed Director of the Boys' School, and professor at the "El Porvenir" institute, where he taught Mathematics classes. After graduating from high school he studied criminal law in the faculty of jurisprudence and political science at the Central University of Honduras. During 15 February 1905. Tiburcio Carias Andino, was part of the Hospital de Occidente Project until the completion of its building.

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Career and life highlights

Tiburcio Carías timeline

  1. On 5 April 1908, the Society of Craftsmen "El Porvenir" was founded by Carias, who served as its president.
  2. In the 1923 elections, Carías was a candidate for the National Party against the divided Liberals, but only won a plurality of the vote.
  3. Carías became a general during the Second Civil War in 1924.

The world when Tiburcio Carías was born

Tiburcio Carías was born in 1876. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentFirst National League baseball season
  • Top headlineBattle of Little Bighorn — Custer's Last Stand
  • Technology milestoneAlexander Graham Bell patents the telephone
  • Notable inventionTelephone
  • World population~1.56B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderUlysses S. Grant
  • U.S. population43.4M

1876 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Tiburcio Carías's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure18762026
Population43.4M341 million

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