| 01/06/86 | New constitution inaugurated. |
| 02/11 | Armed Forces Day. |
| 04/12/80 | President William Tolbert was overthrown in a coup led by Staff Sergeant Samuel K. Doe, who subsequently suspended the constitution and imposed martial law. |
| 05/25/63 | OAU--Africa Freedom Day. |
| 05/26/96 | Monrovia and Liberia again were plunged into civil war. Corpses littered the capital's streets, and perhaps 2000 Americans and other foreigners were airlifted from the American Embassy. |
| 07/26/1847 | Independence Day. |
| 12/14/89 | Charles Taylor launches his rebellion from neighboring Ivory Coast. |
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