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  2. Public holidays in Somalia - Wikipedia

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    Marks the independence of British Somaliland on June 26, 1960. Five days later it joined Italian Somaliiland as the Somali Republic. [1] 1 July Republic Day: Marks the unification of the former Italian and British Somalilands as the Somali Republic on July 1, 1960. [2] Islamic lunar calendar 12 Rabi'-ul-Awwal: Birthday of Muhammad: Mawlid Nabi ...

  3. Independence Day (Somalia) - Wikipedia

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    July 1, 2025. (2025-07-01) Frequency. Annual. Independence Day is a national holiday observed annually in Somalia on July 1. The date celebrates the unification of the Trust Territory of Somaliland and the State of Somaliland into the Somali Republic on July 1, 1960. A government was subsequently formed by Abdullahi Issa, Muhammad Haji Ibrahim ...

  4. Independence Day (State of Somaliland) - Wikipedia

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    26 June. Next time. 26 June 2025. (2025-06-26) Frequency. annual. Independence Day of Somaliland is an annual celebration and a public holiday in Somaliland and neighbouring Somalia that commemorates the proclamation of independence of the short-lived independent State of Somaliland on 26 June 1960. [1]

  5. 1969 Somali coup d'état - Wikipedia

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    The 1969 Somali coup d'état was a bloodless military takeover of the Somali Republic on 21 October 1969, led by Somali National Army officers of the Supreme Revolutionary Council under General Siad Barre. After the assassination of President Abdirashid Shermarke in Las Anod, the Somali National Army under Barre's command stormed Mogadishu ...

  6. Somali Democratic Republic - Wikipedia

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    The Somali Democratic Republic (Somali: Jamhuuriyadda Dimuqraadiya Soomaaliyeed; Arabic: الجمهورية الديمقراطية الصومالية, al-Jumhūrīyah ad-Dīmuqrāṭīyah aṣ-Ṣūmālīyah) was a socialist state that existed in Somalia from 1969 to 1991. The Somalia Democratic Republic was established in October 1969 as a ...

  7. Somali Republic - Wikipedia

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    On October 15, 1969, while paying a visit to the northern town of Las Anod, Somalia's then President Abdirashid Ali Shermarke was shot dead by one of his own bodyguards. His assassination was quickly followed by a military coup d'état on October 21, 1969 (the day after his funeral), in which the Somali Army seized power without encountering ...

  8. History of Somalia - Wikipedia

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    1 July 1960 – 1967: Presidency of Aden Abdullah Osman Daar; 1967–1969: Presidency of Abdirashid Ali Sharmarke; assassinated by one of the policemen assigned to his protection. 21 October 1969: Somali Democratic Republic. 1969–1991: Siad Barre, leader of the Supreme Revolutionary Council, rises to power. 23 July 1977 – 15 March 1978 ...

  9. Tourism in Somalia - Wikipedia

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    Following Somalia's independence in 1960, the Ministry of Tourism was established in order to regulate the national tourist industry. [1] In 1969, the Law on Fauna (Hunting) and Forest Conservation was passed, which defined and provided for the establishment of controlled areas, game reserves and partial game reserves. It was later amended in ...