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| 1958, March 2 |
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| Gen. Miguel Ydígoras Fuentes was inaugurated as president for a six-year term. | 1 |
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| 1960, Nov |
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| Supported by students and other democratic movements, a group of reformist military officers rebelled. CIA-trained Cuban exiles were used to suppress the revolt while U.S. warships waited off the coast. The survivors fell back to the countryside and began a low-intensity guerrilla war. | 2 |
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| 1963, March |
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| Arévalo returned to Guatemala to run in the November presidential elections. His return prompted renewed political activity, raising alarm in the military. | 3 |
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| March 30 |
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| The government of Pres. Ydígoras Fuentes was overthrown by a rightist anti-Fidelista rebel group, led by Defense Minister Col. Enrique Peralta Azurdia. | 4 |
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| April 10 |
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| The new military government issued an interim decree giving public power to the army. The U.S. recognized the government on April 17. | 5 |
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