Idi Amin seizes power in Uganda
1971 · Event
A military coup brings Idi Amin to power; his eight-year dictatorship kills hundreds of thousands.
On these timelines: Master, Sub-Saharan Africa
Around 1971
- Iranian Revolution (1978)
- Watergate scandal (1972)
- The Troubles (1968)
- Cuban Missile Crisis (1962)
- Apollo 11 moon landing (1969)
- Six-Day War (1967)
- Vietnam War (American phase) (1965)
- Yom Kippur War (1973)
- Prague Spring (1968)
- Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody (1975)