Gaddafi seizes power in Libya
1969 · Event
A young officer overthrows the monarchy, beginning Muammar Gaddafi's 42-year rule and a new force in oil politics.
On these timelines: North Africa, Master, The Arab Spring
More from North Africa
- Arab conquest of the Maghreb (647)
- Punic Wars (264 BCE)
- Algerian War of Independence (1954)
- Third Punic War / Destruction of Carthage (149 BCE)
- Founding of Carthage (814 BCE)
- Almohad Caliphate (1121)
- French conquest of Algeria (1830)
- Fatimid Caliphate (909)
Around 1969
- The Troubles (1968)
- Six-Day War (1967)
- Watergate scandal (1972)
- Yom Kippur War (1973)
- Iranian Revolution (1978)
- Apollo 11 moon landing (1969)
- Prague Spring (1968)
- Cuban Missile Crisis (1962)
- Vietnam War (American phase) (1965)
- The Beatles (1960)