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| 1966, Feb. 9–13 |
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| Riots and proclamation of a general strike were fomented by constitutionalists who demanded that rightist army officers accept diplomatic appointments and leave the country. | 1 |
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| June 3 |
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| In the presidential elections, the U.S.-supported candidate Joaquín Balaguer of the Reform Party (PR), an ex-Trujillista, was victorious over Juan Bosch. During the elections Bosch was kept at home under virtual house arrest; many of his supporters were murdered, tortured, or deported. | 2 |
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| June 24 |
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| The OAS decided to withdraw armed forces. The withdrawal was completed by October. | 3 |
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| July 1 |
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| INAUGURATION OF PRES. BALAGUER, whose regime was supported by the U.S. During the next 12 years Balaguer opened the door for massive foreign investment in the Dominican Republic, removing limits on land ownership by foreigners and revising tax and legal codes to give incentives to foreign business. He used murder and repression to quiet dissent. His economic policies generated considerable growth, some of which was used for housing for the poor and for education. During these years the population grew at an alarming rate, swelling the urban slums and aggravating rural poverty. | 4 |
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