The following lists events that happened during
1969
This year is notable for Apollo 11's first landing on the moon.
Events January
* January 4 – The Government of Spain hands over Ifni to Morocco.
* January 5
**Ariana Afghan Airlines Flight 701 crashes into a house on its approach to ...
in
Somalia.
Incumbents
*
President:
** until 15 October:
Abdirashid Ali Shermarke
** 15 October-21 October:
Sheikh Mukhtar Mohamed Hussein
** starting 21 October:
Siad Barre
Mohamed Siad Barre ( so, Maxamed Siyaad Barre, Osmanya script: ; ar, محمد سياد بري; c. 1910 – 2 January 1995) was a Somali head of state and general who served as the 3rd president of the Somali Democratic Republic from 1969 to 199 ...
*
Prime Minister:
Muhammad Haji Ibrahim Egal (until 1 November)
Events
* 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
Mohamed Siad Barre ( so, Maxamed Siyaad Barre, Osmanya script: ; ar, محمد سياد بري; c. 1910 – 2 January 1995) was a Somali head of state and general who served as the 3rd president of the Somali Democratic Republic from 1969 to 199 ...
comes to power in Somalia in a
coup d'état, 6 days after the assassination of President Abdirashid Ali Shermarke.
Births
* November 13 –
Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Somali-born Dutch American activist
References
1960s in Somalia
Years of the 20th century in Somalia
Somalia
Somalia
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