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| | Somalia - MSN Encarta |
 | | On July 1, 1960, by agreement with the UN Trusteeship Council, Somalia was granted independence, merging with the former British protectorate of Somaliland, which had become independent on June 26. |
 | | The country’s first president, Aden Abdullah Osman Daar, elected in 1960, was defeated in 1967 by the former prime minister Abdi Rashid Ali Shirmarke. |
 | | On October 15, 1969, Shirmarke was assassinated, and days later a military group, led by Major-General Muhammad Siad Barre, seized power. |
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