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1990 United Somali Congress seizes Presidential Palace
1982 Argentina seizes Malvinas, also known as the Falkland Islands 1979 Iran's premier Bakhtiar resigns, Ayatollah Khomeini seizes power 1977 Pakistan's army, led by General Mohammad Zia ul-Haq, seizes power 1974 FSLN seizes government hostages at a private Managua party 1968 Government seizes oil fields in Peru 1961 India seizes Goa and 2 other Portuguese colonies 1956 Egypt seizes Suez Canal 1956 U.S. seizes U.S. communist newspaper "Daily Worker" 1954 Colonel Nasser seizes power and becomes Prime Minister of Egypt 1952 General Neguib seizes power, Monarchy overthrown in Egypt (National Day) 1952 President Truman seizes steel mills to avert a strike 1948 Communist Party seizes complete control of Czechoslovakia 1946 President Truman seizes control of nation's railroads to delay a strike 1938 Hitler seizes control of German army and puts Nazi in key posts 1923 Lithuania seizes and annexes country of Memel 1921 Riza Khan Pahlevi seizes control of Iran 1917 October Revolution (Oct 26 OS) in Russia, Lenin seizes power 1917 In Russia, Bolsheviks led by Vladimir Lenin seizes power 1870 Italian army under Victor Emmanuel II seizes Rome from the French 1861 South Carolina seizes inactive Ft. Johnson in Charleston Harbor 1833 Britain seizes control of Falkland Islands in South Atlantic 1812 Duke of Wellington seizes Burgos Spain 1772 Gustav III seizes effective control of Swedish government and restores full power of monarchy, which had been subordinate to parliament since 1720 1649 Oliver Cromwell seizes Drogheda Ireland, most inhabitants massacred 1647 British army seizes King Charles I as a prisoner 1598 Pope Clement VIII seizes duchy of Ferrara on death of Alfonso 1598 Boris Godunov seizes Russian throne on death of Feodore I |
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