1969 in Somalia
The following lists events that happened during 1969 in Somalia.
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Incumbents
- President:
- until 15 October: Abdirashid Ali Shermarke
- 15 October-21 October: Sheikh Mukhtar Mohamed Hussein
- starting 21 October: Siad Barre
- Prime Minister: Muhammad Haji Ibrahim Egal (until 1 November)
Events
October
- October 15 - President Abdirashid Ali Shermarke is assassinated by one of his own bodyguards in the town of Las Anod.
- October 21 - General Siad Barre comes to power in Somalia in a coup d'état, 6 days after the assassination of President Abdirashid Ali Shermarke.
gollark: 1.5% of the entire economy's output on charitable causes - including local ones - in the most charity-donating country out of all of them - isn't very high in absolute terms, though.
gollark: Well, a better metric might be median % of income donated or something, but I don't know where to get that.
gollark: It would be interesting to see how much of this charity spending is going to nearby or further away causes.
gollark: How tabular.
gollark: Going to check UK next.
References
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