1960
Brigadier General
Appointed Brigadier General of Police
Historical place archive
Browse historical events and people recorded at Mogadishu in Somalia. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.
Appointed Brigadier General of Police
Appointed Commander in Chief
The country is renamed Somali Democratic Republic. Suspends the Constitution & sets up the Supreme Revolutionary Council
A socialist one-party state is established
The anti-Government Somali National Movement is formed
Mogadishu is captured by the rebels
A ceasefire is signed but collapses
The Somaliland Republic is founded
North East Somalia is ceded
Provenance
These entries are generated from stored World History Database records whose country and place fields match Somalia and Mogadishu. Names, dates, event labels and descriptions are reviewed and normalised as the database develops. Historical place names may not match modern administrative boundaries.
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