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Prayuth Chan-ocha has become interim leader of Thailand in a military coup today; the military has thrown out part of the constitution, imposed a curfew and placed media and Internet communication under its control 2012 Event The decision of the Economic Community of West African States to deploy troops to the country is rejected by Mali coup leader Amadou Haya Sanogo 2012 Event Mali swears in Dioncounda Traore, an interim president, marking the country's transition back to civilian rule following last month's coup 1994 Event Military coup in Gambia: President Dawda Jawara flees 1993 Event Military coup by Burundi President Ndadaye/525,000 Hutu's flee 1991 Event Communist coup is crushed in U.S.S.R. in 2 days 1991 Event Janajev and KGB coup in Russia deposes Mikhail Gorbachev 1991 Event Failed military coup in Mali 1991 Event Military coup in Thailand, Premier Choonhaven arrested 1989 Event Comores coup under Bob Benard 1989 Event Panamanian Defense Force attempted coup of Manuel Noriega fails 1989 Event Sudan suspends interim constitution following coup 1989 Event Military coup overthrows Alfredo Stroessner, dictator of Paraguay 1988 Event Coup in Haiti 1988 Event Military coup in Haiti: Lieutenant General Avril takes control, Henri Namphy flees 1988 Event Rocky Malebane-Metsing coup in Bophuthatswana fails 1987 Event Coup in Burkina Faso, president Sankara dies 1987 Event Military coup leader Major-General Sitiveni Rabuka declares Fiji a republic 1987 Event 2nd coup on Fiji led by Major General Sitiveni Rabuka 1987 Event Coup in Burundi suspends constitution 1987 Event Military coup in Fiji Islands under Lieutenant Colonel Sitivani Rabuka 1986 Event Ex-minister Arturo Tolentino failed coup in Philippines 1986 Event Military coup in Lesotho under general-major Lekhanya and premier Leabua Jonathan 1986 Event Vinicio Cerezo becomes only 2nd freely elected president of Guatemala since CIA-sponsored coup in 1954 1985 Event Uganda suspends constitution following coup 1985 Event Sudan suspends constitution after coup under general Swarreddahab 1984 Event Palace coup in Mauritania 1984 Event Mauretania military coup under Col Maawiya Ould Sid'ahmed Taya 1984 Event Failed coup by cocaine growers in Bolivia 1984 Event Guinea suspends constitution after coup 1983 Event Nigeria's National Assembly dissolves after military coup 1983 Death Maurice Bishop, premier of Grenada (1979-83), murdered in coup 1983 Event Grenada leftist coup under vice-premier Coard 1983 Event Military coup in Guatemala, President Rios Montt flees 1982 Event Guatemala military coup under General Rios Montt, President Romeo Lucas flees 1982 Event Failed military coup under Rambocus/Hawker in Suriname 1981 Event Failed coup by South African mercenaries in Seychelles 1981 Event Military coup under general Kolingba in Central African Republic, President Dacko flees 1981 Event Suriname failed coup under Sergeant-Major Wilfred Hawker 1981 Event Spanish coup under Lt-colonel Antonio Tejero Molina fails 1980 Event Coup in Burkina abolishes constitution 1980 Event Upper-Volta military coup under Col Saye Zerbo, president Lamizana flees 1980 Event Military coup under General Kenan Evren in Turkey 1980 Event Bolivian military coup; general Garcia Meza becomes president 1980 Death William R Tolbert, Jr., Liberian President and 27 others killed in coup 1980 Event Miltary coup under Desi Bouterse in Suriname 1980 Event Coup ousts Prime Minister Henck Arron of Suriname 1979 Event Bolivia military coup under General Busch, President Guevara flees 1979 Event Military coup in El Salvador: president/general Carlos Romero flees 1979 Event Coup in Central African Rep: David Dacko overthrows emperor Bokassa I 1979 Event Coup in Afghanistan under Hafizullah Amin 1978 Event Bolivia military coup under general Juan Pereda, President Hugo Banzer flees 1978 Event Bloodless military coup in Mauritania, president Moktar flees 1978 Event Afghanistan revolution (National Day), pro-Russian military coup 1977 Event Coup in Seychelles, National Day 1976 Event Mao Tse-Tung's widow Jiang Qing and "Gang of Four," arrested and charged with plotting a coup 1976 Event Failed coup in Niger 1976 Death General Murtala Mohammed, head of Nigeria, killed during a coup 1976 Event Military coup in Ecuador, President Guillermo Lara leaves 1975 Event Bangladesh military coup under Khondakar Moustaque Ahmed 1975 Death Mujibur Rahiman, Pakistani sheik, killed in a military coup at 53 1975 Event Pakistani military coup against president Mujib ur-Rahman 1975 Event Military coup by General Mohammed/President Jakubu Gowon fired 1975 Event Chad military coup by General Odingar 1975 Event Portugal military coup under general Spinola fails 1974 Event Coup overthrows Emperor Haile Selassie in Ethiopia (National Day) 1974 Event Coup in East-Timor under UDT 1974 Event Military coup on Cyprus: archbishop/president Makarios flees 1974 Event Military coup in Niger, president Diori Hamani deposed 1973 Event Bloodless military coup ousts Greek President George Papadopoulos 1973 Event Chile's President, Salvador Allende, deposed in a military coup 1973 Event Military coup in Afghanistan; King Mohammad Zahir Shah flees 1973 Event Rwanda military coup under general-major Habyalimana 1972 Death Ntare V, deposed King of Burundi, killed in an abortive coup 1972 Event Military coup ousts civilian government of Ghana 1971 Event Bolivian military coup under col Hugo Banzer, President Torres driven out 1971 Event Sudan military counter coup under premier Numeiry 1971 Event Sudan military coup under Major Hashem al-Atta, Numeiry flees 1971 Event Military coup in Uganda under General Idi Amin Dada 1970 Event Lieutenant General Hafez al-Assad becomes Prime Minister of Syria following military coup 1970 Event Cambodia military coup under General Lon Nol, prince Sihanuk flees 1969 Event Bloodless coup in Somalia (National Day) 1969 Event Bolivia military coup under general Ovando Candia 1969 Event Sudanese government is overthrown in a military coup 1969 Event General Hafez al-Assad becomes head of Syria via miltary coup 1968 Event Mali military coup, president Modibo Keita flees 1968 Event Military coup in Mali, President Keita ousted 1968 Event Military coup overthrows President Fernando Belaunde Terry in Peru 1968 Event Peru coup under General Velasco Alvarado, President Belaunde Terry flees 1967 Event Unsuccessful coup against Greek King Constantine II 1967 Event Military coup in Greece, Konstantinos Kollias becomes premier 1967 Event Coup in Togo 1966 Event Coup in Burundi overthrows monarchy; a republic is declared 1966 Event Nigerians chief of staff Jakubu Gowon makes coup 1966 Event Military coup led by Indonesian General Suharto breaks out 1966 Event Syrian military coup under Hafiz al-Assad 1966 Event Coup ousts President Kwame Nkrumah of Ghana 1966 Event Military coup in Syria ends Bitar government 1966 Event Military coup by Col Jean-Bedel Bokassa in Central African Republic 1965 Event Congo military coup under General Mobutu, President Kasavubu overthrown 1965 Event Failed coup under Lieutenant Colonel Untung in Indonesia 1965 Event Algerian coup under colonel Houari Boumedienne, President Ben Bella fired 1965 Birthday Yahya Jammeh, born in Kanilai, Gambia, politician, President of Gambia, controlled the country as a result of a bloodless military coup, elected September 1996 1965 Event Military coup under Donald Reid Cabral in Dominican Republic 1965 Event South Vietnam military coup under general Nguyen Khanh 1964 Event Rightist coup in Laos, Suvanna Phuma remains premier 1964 Event Military coup in Brazil by General Castello Branco, President Goulart ousted 1964 Event Military coup of General Nguyen Khanh in South Vietnam 1963 Event Failed military coup in Syria 1963 Event Syrian Arab Rep Revolution Day - Military coup in Syria 1962 Event Failed coup in Brunei 1962 Event Military coup in Syria, President Nazim al-Kudsi flees 1961 Event Failed coup by Syrian group in Lebanon 1961 Event Military coup in El Salvador 1960 Event Coup against South Vietnam President Ngo Dinh Diem fails 1960 Event Coup under Col Joseph-Desire Mobutu in Congo 1960 Event Military coup overthrows democratic government of Turkey 1959 Birthday Patrick Bruel, Algerian/French actor/rock vocalist, Coup of Sirocco 1959 Event Pro-Egyptian coup fails in Mosul Iraq 1957 Event Thailand military coup under marshal Sarit Thanarat 1957 Event Coup in Thailand (Premier Songgram deposed) 1956 Event Military coup under colonel Simbolon in Sumatra 1955 Event Yemen: failed coup by Abdullah Seif el-Islam 1954 Event Military coup by general Alfredo Stroessner in Paraguay 1953 Birthday Marcel R Zeeuw, Suriname Lt-colonel, coup 1982 1953 Event Military coup by general Gustavo Rojas Pinilla in Colombia 1952 Event Military coup by general Fulgencio Batista in Cuba 1951 Event Military coup under Col Adib el-Shishakli in Syria 1949 Event Military coup under colonel Sami Hinnawi in Syria 1947 Event Military coup discovered in France 1945 Event Vietnam conflict begins as Ho Chi Minh leads a successful coup 1944 Event Argentina coup by Juan Peron minister of war 1943 Event Military coup in Bolivia 1943 Birthday Jean-Jacques Annaud, director, Bear, Black and White, Coup de Tete 1941 Event English Army enters Baghdad, chasing pro-German coup government 1941 Event Yugoslavian coup gets rid of pro-German Prince Paul 1938 Event Fascist coup in Romania, fails 1936 Event Military coup in Japan 1935 Event Coup under General Giorgios Kondylis in favor of Greek monarchy 1935 Event Military coup by General Pons and president Ibarra in Ecuador 1934 Event Failed nazi coup in Austria 1934 Event Military coup by Col Damian Veltsjev in Bulgaria 1934 Event Acting President Constantine Pats commits coup in Tallinn Estonia 1933 Event Coup on Cuban president De Cespedes by Fulgencio Batista 1933 Event Cuban dictator Machado y Morales flees after military coup 1932 Event Military coup in Chile under Arturo Alessandri 1932 Event Coup ends absolute monarchy in Thailand 1932 Event Carlos Davila coup against President Juan Montero of Chile 1932 Event Failed coup attempt by fascist Lapua Movement in Finland 1932 Event Fascist coup in the Memel territory 1931 Event Right-radical coup of Dr. Pfrimer fails in Austria 1929 Event Coup by King Alexander in South Slavia 1926 Event Mohammed Nadir Khan begins coup in Afghanistan, 1200 killed 1926 Event Coup under General Sinel de Cordes in Portugal 1926 Event Portuguese president Bernardino Machedo resigns after coup 1926 Event Military coup by General Manuel Gomes da Costa in Portugal 1926 Event General Pilsudski sets coup on premier Witos compared 1924 Event Albania becomes a republic (ex-premier Ahmed Zogoe's coup) 1923 Birthday Dmitri T Jazov, Russian minister of defense, 1991 coup 1923 Event With Spain's king Alfonso XIII assist, army coup under de Rivera 1920 Event Wolfgang Kapp's coup attempt in Berlin fails 1913 Death Francisco Indalecio Madero, Mexican president, assassinated in military coup at 39 1913 Death Suarez, Mexican vice president, assassinated in a miltary coup 1908 Event Haiti's president-General Alexis Nord flees from military coup 1899 Birthday Roger Vitrac, French poet/dramatist, Coup of Trafalgar 1881 Event Egyptian military coup under colonel Arab "El Wahid" 1851 Event President Louis Napolean Boaparte forces crush a coup d'etat in France 1821 Event Failed liberal coup against French King Louis XVIII 1812 Event Failed coup against emperor Napoleon 1798 Event Coup of Midderigh 1794 Event Coup of thermidor/fall of Robespierre in Paris 1730 Event Turkish coup under Mahmud I; Sultan Ahmed III flees 1660 Event Denmark king Frederik III makes coup 1571 Event Catholic coup in Scotland
