A chronological list of the important events for
the topic "Muammar al-Gaddafi"
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1969 Colonel Muammar al-Gaddafi visits Mecca, Saudi ArabiaSaudi Arabia The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is the largest country on the Arabian Peninsula [i]. ...
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1969 A coup in LibyaLibya Libya , officially the Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya [i] , is a country in North Africa [i] ...
ousts King Idris, and brings Colonel Muammar al-Gaddafi to power.
1981 Gulf of Sidra incident (1981). LibyaLibya Libya , officially the Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya [i] , is a country in North Africa [i] ...
n leader Muammar al-Gaddafi sends two Sukhoi Su-22 fighter jets to intercept two USUnited States The United States of America, also known as the United States, the U.S., the U.S.A., a...
fighters over the Gulf of Sidra. The American jets destroy the Libyan fighters.
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