Libya · Revolution / Revolution of Libya. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.
King Sayyid Hasan ar-Rida al-Mahdi as-Sanussi had been formally deposed by the revolutionary army officers and put under house arrest; they abolish the monarchy and proclaime the new Libyan Arab Republic
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