Yes, Hurricane Edith made landfall in far northern Nicaragua on
the evening of September 9, 1971 at peak strength as a Category 5
hurricane with winds of 160 mph and a barometric pressure of 943
mbar. It was the first Category 5 storm to hit Nicaragua (Hurricane
Felix of 2007 has since hit Nicaragua at this strength). At the
time, it was the strongest hurricane to hit Nicaragua in terms of
barometric pressure, but has since been surpassed by Hurricane Joan
of 1988 and Hurricane Felix of 2007.