Idi Amin seizes power in Uganda
1971 · Event
A military coup brings Idi Amin to power; his eight-year dictatorship kills hundreds of thousands.
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Around 1971
- Events of 1968 (1968)
- Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody (1975)
- Apollo 11 moon landing (1969)
- Another Brick in the Wall (Part II) (Pink Floyd) (1979)
- Pop music: the 1980s (1980)
- Pop music: the 1970s (1970)
- Cuban Missile Crisis (1962)
- Vietnam War (American phase) (1965)
- Hey Jude (The Beatles) (1968)
- Iranian Revolution (1978)