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"Generalissimo Francisco Franco is still dead" is a catchphrase that originated in 1975 during the first season of NBC's Saturday Night (now called Saturday Night Live, or SNL) and which mocked the weeks-long media reports of the impending death of Francisco Franco. It was one of the first catchphrases from the series to enter the general lexicon.
Francisco Franco Bahamonde [f] [g] (4 December 1892 – 20 November 1975) was a Spanish military general who led the Nationalist forces in overthrowing the Second Spanish Republic during the Spanish Civil War and thereafter ruled over Spain from 1939 to 1975 as a dictator, assuming the title Caudillo.
When chosen to be the commander-in-chief, was called by The Virginia Gazette the generalissimo of American forces. [53] Promoted posthumously to General of the Armies of the United States on January 19, 1976, with date of rank of July 4, 1976 [54] William, Count of Schaumburg-Lippe: Royal Portuguese Army Portugal: 1762–1763
On 29 November 2011, the Expert Commission for the Future of the Valley of the Fallen, formed by the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) government of José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero under the Historical Memory Law and in charge of giving advice for converting the Valley to a "memory centre that dignifies and rehabilitates the victims of the Civil War and the subsequent Franco regime", [1 ...
The Franco-American alliance first flourished in Newport, R.I., helping to win the U.S. to win independence.
Colonel Lorenzo Martínez Fuset , Franco's personal advisor, became one of the organisers of the military tribunals and their legal organisation when carried out. [18] General Francisco Gómez-Jordana Sousa was appointed president of the State Technical Board.
The Pittsburgh Steelers star died just days before the 50th anniversary of the famous play.
On 31 January 1926 Franco, aged 33, became the youngest general in all of Europe. In January 1928 he was then chosen to direct the newly formed General Military Academy in Zaragoza . From 19 May 1935 to 23 February 1936, Franco was elevated to Chief of Army Staff before the 1936 election moved the leftist Popular Front into power, relegating ...