Somalia - Notable Historical Events
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Somalia - Historical Events
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
1913-08-08 |
Richard Corfields "Camel Corps" opens "Mad Mullah" in Burao Somalia |
1925-10-19 |
Italian army takes Somalia |
1940-08-03 |
Italian troops invade British Somalia |
1941-03-24 |
British troops defeat British Somalia |
1960-06-26 |
British Somaliland (now Somalia) gains independence from Britain |
1960-06-27 |
British Somaliland becomes part of Somalia |
1960-07-01 |
The independent Somali Democratic Republic, commonly known as Somalia, is formed out of former British and Italian territories |
1963-03-11 |
Somalia drops diplomatic relations with Great Britain |
1969-10-21 |
Bloodless coup in Somalia (National Day) |
1977-09-07 |
Ethiopia drops diplomatic relations with Somalia |
1977-10-17 |
West German commandos storm hijacked Lufthansa in Mogadishu, Somalia freeing all 86 hostages & killing 3 of 4 hijackers |
1977-10-26 |
The last natural case of smallpox was discovered in Merca district, Somalia. The WHO and the CDC consider this date the anniversary of the eradication of smallpox, the most spectacular success of vaccination. |
1988-04-03 |
Somalia & Ethiopia sign accord about Ogaden desert |
1991-01-28 |
Dictator Siad Barre flees Somalia ending 22 year rule |
1992-02-14 |
Cease fire in Somalia begins |
1992-12-03 |
UN Security Council votes unanimous for US led forces to enter Somalia |
1992-12-04 |
Somali Civil War: President George H. W. Bush orders 28,000 US troops to Somalia in Northeast Africa. |
1992-12-09 |
Operation Restore Hope - US Marines land in Somalia |
1993-10-03 |
Battle of Mogadishu: In an attempt to capture officials of warlord Mohamed Farrah Aidid's organisation in Mogadishu, Somalia, 18 US Soldiers and about 1,000 Somalis are killed in heavy fighting. |
1994-11-30 |
Cruiser Achille Lauro destroyed by fire at Somalia, 4 die |
1994-12-02 |
Achille Lauro (Willem Ruys) sinks off the coast of Somalia |
1996-08-03 |
US General William F. Garrison accepts responsibility for outcome of the 1993 raid in Somalia, and retires from military service. |
2007-06-03 |
USS Carter Hall (LSD-50) engaged pirates after they boarded the Danish ship Danica White off the coast of Somalia. (details) |
2012-04-04 |
Somalia's National Theatre is struck by a suicide bomber killing ten people including the presidents of the Somali Olympic Committee and Football Federation |
2012-09-07 |
US drone attack kills 8 people in Kismayo, south Somalia |
2012-09-20 |
14 people are killed in a cafe suicide bominbg in Somalia |
2013-01-12 |
A failed attempt to rescue a French hostage in Bulo Marer, Somalia, results in 18 deaths |
2013-03-18 |
A car bombing kills 10 people and injures 20 in Mogadishu, Somalia |
2013-04-14 |
20 people are killed in attacks in Mogadishu, Somalia |
2013-04-25 |
The United Kingdom reopens its embassy in Somalia after 22 years |
2013-09-07 |
15 people are killed by a restaurant car bombing by Al-Shabaab in Mogadishu, Somalia |
2013-10-19 |
16 people are killed and 30 are wounded by a suicide bombing Beledweyne, Somalia |
2013-11-08 |
11 people are killed in a car park bombing in Mogadishu, Somalia |
2013-11-11 |
100 people are killed in a tropical cyclone in the Puntland region, Somalia |
2016-06-26 |
Islamist Militants Storm Hotel in Somalia, Killing at Least 6 |
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Somalia - Birthdays
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
1955-07-25 |
Iman, [Abdulmajid], Mogadishu Somalia, model/actress (Star Trek 6) |
Somalia - Deaths
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
1969-10-15 |
Shermake, president of (Somalia), murdered |
1995-01-02 |
Mohammed Siyad Barre, president of Somalia (1969-91), dies |
1995-01-02 |
Siad Barre, general/president of Somalia (1969-91), dies at 84 |
1996-08-01 |
Mohamed Farrah Aidid, Pres (ANS-CUS)/Somalia, dies |
2012-03-23 |
Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed, President of Somalia, dies from liver failure at 77 |
