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Events on Saturday 16 July 1927 1
1927Battle of OcotalSandino's rebels attack US Marines in NicaraguaAugusto César Sandino's forces attacked a garrison of US Marines and Nicaraguan National Guard at Ocotal. American aircraft broke the attack in one of the first organised dive-bombing attacks in combat. The battle began Sandino's long guerrilla war against the US occupation.