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Uganda
1996 Tito Okello, president of Uganda (1985-86), dies

1993 Prince Ronald "Ronnie" Mutebi crowned king of Uganda

1991 Paulo Muwanga, chief of Uganda (1980), dies

1990 10,000 Uganda RPF rebels move into Rwanda

1986 Yoweri Museveni sworn in as president of Uganda

1986 Yoweri Museveni's rebel army conquerors Kampala Uganda

1986 General Tito Okello's government flees Kampala Uganda

1985 Uganda suspends constitution following coup

1981 Munabi, assistant to Uganda president Obote, murdered

1979 Ex-president Idi Amin of Uganda flees to Libya

1979 Yusuf Lule becomes premier of Uganda

1978 Uganda troops attack Tanzania

1976 Uganda asks United Nations to condemn Israeli hostage rescue raid on Entebbe

1976 Israel launches rescue of 103 Air France crew and passengers being held at Entebbe Airport in Uganda by pro-Palestinian hijackers

1976 Hijacked French Airbus lands in Entebbe, Uganda

1976 Air France Airbus hijacked in Germany to Uganda

1976 Israeli raid on Entebbe, Uganda

1975 Betty Okino, born in Uganda, U.S. gymnist 1992 Olympics

1972 Dictator Idi Amin throws 8,000 Asians out of Uganda

1972 Tanzania troops march in to Uganda

1972 Uganda president Idi Amin throws out all 80,000 Asians

1971 General Idi Amin Dada appointed president of Uganda

1971 Idi Amin ousts Milton Obote to become dictator of Uganda

1971 Military coup in Uganda under Gen Idi Amin Dada

1967 Uganda declares independence from Great Britain

1967 Uganda abolishes traditional tribal kingdoms, becomes a republic

1966 Premier Obote grabs power in Uganda

1963 Only 1st-class cricket game played in Uganda, MCC vs. E African XI

1963 Uganda becomes a republic within British Commonwealth

1963 All Africa Conferences of Churches opens in Kampala Uganda

1962 110th member of United Nations admitted (Uganda)

1962 Uganda became a self-governing country

1950 John Akii-bua, Uganda, 400m hurdler, Olympics gold 1972

1894 Premier Roseberry declares Uganda a British protectorate

1892 Capt Lugard occupies Uganda's King Mwanga's hide out

1892 Battle at Mengo, Uganda: French missionaries attack British missionaries

1890 King Mwanga of Uganda signs contract with East Africa Company

1890 Lugards expedition to Mengo/Kampala, Uganda

1890 Lord Salisbury offers Germany Helgoland in exchange for Zanzibar, Uganda and Equatoria

1886 24 Christians burn to death in Namgongo Uganda

1885 James Hannington, English missionary, murdered in Uganda



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