What the records say
- When
- 28 Jul 1966
- Kind
- Coup
- Coordinates
- 9.06° N, 7.49° E
- Description
- 2nd Nigeria coup in 1966
3 sources record it
- Wikidata: treaties and coupsWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Cline Center Coup d’État Project v2.2.2Cline Center for Advanced Social Research, University of Illinois · names it “Coup in Nigeria”Creative Commons Attribution 4.0
- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “1966 Nigerian counter-coup: Army officers from the north of Nigeria execute head of state General Aguiyi-Ironsi and install Yakubu Gowon”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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