1994 Military coup in Gambia: President Dawda Jawara flees
1993 Milt coup by Burundi President Ndadaye/525,000 Hutu's flee
1991 Communist coup is crushed in U.S.S.R. in 2 days
1991 Janajev and KGB coup in Russia deposes Mikhail Gorbachev
1991 Failed military coup in Mali
1991 Military coup in Thailand, Premier Choonhaven arrested
1989 Comores coup under Bob Benard
1989 Panamanian Defense Force attempted coup of Manuel Noriega fails
1989 Sudan suspends interim constitution following coup
1989 Military coup overthrows Alfredo Stroessner, dictator of Paraguay
1988 Coup in Haiti
1988 Military coup in Haiti: Lieutenant General Avril takes control, Henri Namphy flees
1988 Rocky Malebane-Metsing coup in Bophuthatswana fails
1987 Coup in Burkina Faso, president Sankara dies
1987 Milt coup leader Maj-Gen Sitiveni Rabuka declares Fiji a republic
1987 2nd coup on Fiji led by Major General Sitiveni Rabuka
1987 Coup in Burundi suspends constitution
1987 Military coup in Fiji Islands under lt col Sitivani Rabuka
1986 Ex-minister Arturo Tolentino failed coup in Philippines
1986 Milt coup in Lesotho under gen-mjr Lekhanya and premier Leabua Jonathan
1986 Vinicio Cerezo becomes only 2nd freely elected president of Guatemala since CIA-sponsored coup in 1954
1985 Uganda suspends constitution following coup
1985 Sudan suspends constitution after coup under general Swarreddahab
1984 Palace coup in Mauritania
1984 Mauretania military coup under Col Maawiya Ould Sid'ahmed Taya
1984 Failed coup by cocaine growers in Bolivia
1984 Guinea suspends constitution after coup
1983 Nigeria's National Assembly dissolves after military coup
1983 Maurice Bishop, premier of Grenada (1979-83), murdered in coup
1983 Grenada leftist coup under vice-premier Coard
1983 Military coup in Guatemala, President Rios Montt flees
1982 Guatemala military coup under gen Rios Montt, President Romeo Lucas flees
1982 Failed military coup under Rambocus/Hawker in Suriname
1981 Failed coup by South African mercenaries in Seychelles
1981 Milt coup under general Kolingba in Cent Afr Rep, President Dacko flees
1981 Suriname failed coup under sgt-mjr Wilfred Hawker
1981 Spanish coup under Lt-colonel Antonio Tejero Molina fails
1980 Coup in Burkina abolishes constitution
1980 Upper-Volta milt coup under Col Saye Zerbo, president Lamizana flees
1980 Military coup under General Kenan Evren in Turkey
1980 Bolivian military coup; general Garcia Meza becomes president
1980 William R Tolbert Jr, Liberian President and 27 others killed in coup
1980 Miltary coup under Desi Bouterse in Suriname
1980 Coup ousts PM Henck Arron of Suriname
1979 Bolivia military coup under Gen Busch, President Guevara flees
1979 Military coup in El Salvador: president/general Carlos Romero flees
1979 Coup in Central African Rep: David Dacko overthrows emperor Bokassa I
1979 Coup in Afghanistan under Hafizullah Amin
1978 Bolivia milt coup under general Juan Pereda, President Hugo Banzer flees
1978 Bloodless military coup in Mauritania, president Moktar flees
1978 Afghanistan revolution (National Day), pro-Russian military coup
1977 Coup in Seychelles, National Day
1976 Mao Tse-Tung's widow Jiang Qing and "Gang of Four," arrested and charged with plotting a coup
1976 Failed coup in Niger
1976 General Murtala Mohammed, head of Nigeria, killed during a coup
1976 Military coup in Ecuador, President Guillermo Lara leaves
1975 Bangladesh military coup under Khondakar Moustaque Ahmed
1975 Mujibur Rahiman, Pakistani sheik, killed in a military coup at 53
1975 Pakistani military coup against president Mujib ur-Rahman
1975 Military coup by Gen Mohammed/President Jakubu Gowon fired
1975 Chad military coup by General Odingar
1975 Portugal military coup under general Spinola fails
1974 Coup overthrows Emperor Haile Selassie in Ethiopia (National Day)
1974 Coup in East-Timor under UDT
1974 Military coup on Cyprus: archbishop/president Makarios flees
1974 Military coup in Niger, president Diori Hamani deposed
1973 Bloodless military coup ousts Greek President George Papadopoulos
1973 Chile's President, Salvador Allende, deposed in a military coup
1973 Military coup in Afghanistan; King Mohammad Zahir Shah flees
1973 Rwanda military coup under general-major Habyalimana
1972 Ntare V, deposed King of Burundi, killed in an abortive coup
1972 Military coup ousts civilian government of Ghana
1971 Bolivian military coup under col Hugo Banzer, President Torres driven out
1971 Sudan military counter coup under premier Numeiry
1971 Sudan military coup under maj Hashem al-Atta, Numeiry flees
1971 Military coup in Uganda under Gen Idi Amin Dada
1970 Lieutenant General Hafez al-Assad becomes PM of Syria following military coup
1970 Cambodia military coup under Gen Lon Nol, prince Sihanuk flees
1969 Bloodless coup in Somalia (National Day)
1969 Bolivia military coup under general Ovando Candia
1969 Sudanese government is overthrown in a military coup
1969 Gen Hafez al-Assad becomes head of Syria via miltary coup
1968 Mali military coup, president Modibo Keita flees
1968 Milt coup in Mali, President Keita ousted
1968 Military coup overthrows President Fernando Belaunde Terry in Peru
1968 Peru coup under gen Velasco Alvarado, President Belaunde Terry flees
1967 Unsuccessful coup against Greek King Constantine II
1967 Military coup in Greece, Konstantinos Kollias becomes premier
1967 Coup in Togo
1966 Coup in Burundi overthrows monarchy; a republic is declared
1966 Nigerians chief of staff Jakubu Gowon makes coup
1966 Military coup led by Indonesian Gen Suharto breaks out
1966 Syrian military coup under Hafiz al-Assad
1966 Coup ousts President Kwame Nkrumah of Ghana
1966 Military coup in Syria ends Bitar government
1966 Milt coup by Col Jean-Bedel Bokassa in Central African Republic
1965 Congo milt coup under Gen Mobutu, President Kasavubu overthrown
1965 Failed coup under lt col Untung in Indonesia
1965 Algerian coup under colonel Houari Boumedienne, President Ben Bella fired
1965 Military coup under Donald Reid Cabral in Dominican Republic
1965 South Vietnam milt coup under general Nguyen Khanh
1964 Rightist coup in Laos, Suvanna Phuma remains premier
1964 Military coup in Brazil by Gen Castello Branco, President Goulart ousted
1964 Military coup of Gen Nguyen Khanh in South Vietnam
1963 Failed military coup in Syria
1963 Syrian Arab Rep Revolution Day - Military coup in Syria
1962 Failed coup in Brunei
1962 Military coup in Syria, President Nazim al-Kudsi flees
1961 Failed coup by Syrian group in Lebanon
1961 Military coup in El Salvador
1960 Coup against South Vietnam President Ngo Dinh Diem fails
1960 Coup under Col Joseph-Desire Mobutu in Congo
1960 Military coup overthrows democratic government of Turkey
1959 Patrick Bruel, Algerian/French actor/rock vocalist, Coup of Sirocco
1959 Pro-Egyptian coup fails in Mosul Iraq
1957 Thailand military coup under marshal Sarit Thanarat
1957 Coup in Thailand (Premier Songgram deposed)
1956 Military coup under colonel Simbolon in Sumatra
1955 Yemen: failed coup by Abdullah Seif el-Islam
1954 Military coup by general Alfredo Stroessner in Paraguay
1953 Marcel R Zeeuw, Suriname Lt-colonel, coup 1982
1953 Military coup by general Gustavo Rojas Pinilla in Colombia
1952 Military coup by general Fulgencio Batista in Cuba
1951 Military coup under Col Adib el-Shishakli in Syria
1949 Military coup under colonel Sami Hinnawi in Syria
1947 Military coup discovered in France
1945 Vietnam conflict begins as Ho Chi Minh leads a successful coup
1944 Argentina coup by Juan Peron minister of war
1943 Military coup in Bolivia
1943 Jean-Jacques Annaud, director, Bear, Black and White, Coup de Tete
1941 English Army enters Baghdad, chasing pro-German coup government
1941 Yugoslavian coup gets rid of pro-German Prince Paul
1938 Fascist coup in Romania, fails
1936 Military coup in Japan
1935 Coup under Gen Giorgios Kondylis in favor of Greek monarchy
1935 Milt coup by General Pons and president Ibarra in Ecuador
1934 Failed nazi coup in Austria
1934 Military coup by Col Damian Veltsjev in Bulgaria
1934 Acting President Constantine Pats commits coup in Tallinn Estonia
1933 Coup on Cuban president De Cespedes by Fulgencio Batista
1933 Cuban dictator Machado y Morales flees after military coup
1932 Military coup in Chile under Arturo Alessandri
1932 Coup ends absolute monarchy in Thailand
1932 Carlos Davila coup against President Juan Montero of Chile
1932 Failed coup attempt by fascist Lapua Movement in Finland
1932 Fascist coup in the Memel territory
1931 Right-radical coup of Dr. Pfrimer fails in Austria
1929 Coup by King Alexander in South Slavia
1926 Mohammed Nadir Khan begins coup in Afghanistan, 1200 killed
1926 Coup under Gen Sinel de Cordes in Portugal
1926 Portuguese president Bernardino Machedo resigns after coup
1926 Military coup by Gen Manuel Gomes da Costa in Portugal
1926 Gen Pilsudski sets coup on premier Witos compared
1924 Albania becomes a republic (ex-premier Ahmed Zogoe's coup)
1923 Dmitri T Jazov, Russian minister of defense, 1991 coup
1923 With Spain's king Alfonso XIII assist, army coup under de Rivera
1920 Wolfgang Kapp's coup attempt in Berlin fails
1913 Francisco Indalecio Madero, Mex pres, assassinated in milt coup at 39
1913 Suarez, Mexican vice pres, assassinated in a miltary coup
1908 Haiti's president-General Alexis Nord flees from military coup
1899 Roger Vitrac, French poet/dramatist, Coup of Trafalgar
1881 Egyptian military coup under colonel Arab "El Wahid"
1851 President Louis Napolean Boaparte forces crush a coup d'etat in France
1821 Failed liberal coup against French King Louis XVIII
1812 Failed coup against emperor Napoleon
1798 Coup of Midderigh
1794 Coup of thermidor/fall of Robespierre in Paris
1730 Turkish coup under Mahmud I; Sultan Ahmed III flees
1660 Denmark king Frederik III makes coup
1571 Catholic coup in Scotland
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