When Adelaida Tajtaj Callejas was born on 29 July 1955, in San Andrés Itzapa, Chimaltenango, Guatemala, her father, Candelario Tajtaj Pérez, was 43 and her mother, Maria Guadalupe Callejas, was 37. She died on 18 June 2007, in her hometown, at the age of 51.
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Colonel Enrique Peralta becomes president following the assassination of Castillo.
A major earthquake struck Guatemala causing around 23,000 deaths and $700 million in damage.
General Efrain Rios Montt seized power from Pres. Lucas Garcia. Under his 17-month rule the army burned Indian villages and killed thousands of suspected leftists. Montt established the Guatemalan Republican Front (FRG).
Some characteristic forenames: Spanish Jose, Roberto, Juan, Miguel, Ana, Luis, Mario, Orlando, Ricardo, Salvador, Carlos, Jorge.
Spanish: topographic name from the plural of calleja ‘lane’ (see Calleja ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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