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Augusto César Sandino leads a raid on U.S. Marines and Nicaraguan Guardia Nacional that had been sent to apprehend him in the village of Ocotal, but is repulsed by one of the first dive-bombing attacks in history.
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Augusto César Sandino
Nicaraguan anti-US-occupation leader (1895–1934)
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Municipality in Nueva Segovia Department, Nicaragua
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