On This Day September 1 in history
Muammar Gaddafi came to power in Libya in September 1969 as the leader of a bloodless military coup which overthrew the US-British puppet king Idris. The vast majority of Libyan citizens welcomed the change — neither resistance nor deaths or casualties were reported during or after the action.
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