| 01/31/92 | United Somali Congress rebels captured Mogadishu. |
| 03/01/93 | Aidid and the four tribes of NW Somalia adopt the Somali constitution called Xeer (pronounced "hair) two more clans join on June 4. |
| 03/01/95 | UN forces withdraw from Somali. |
| 03/03/92 | Under U.N. pressure, Ali Mahdi and Aidid signed a cease-fire. |
| 03/21/96 | Five U.N. aid workers were taken hostage at the Balidogie airport. |
| 06/01/91 | Aidid elected chairman of United Somali Congress. |
| 06/01/95 | Osman Hassan Ali Atto is elected as Chairman of the Somali National Alliance. |
| 06/05/93 | Twenty-six Pakistani peacekeepers and 50 Somalis were killed in a battle with Aidid's men. |
| 07/01/60 | British Somaliland and Italian Somaliland united to become independent Somalia. |
| 09/01/95 | Aidid and 600 men seize Baidoa in the south. |
| 10/21/69 | Bloodless coup brought Siad Barre to power. |
| 10/31/80 | President Siad Barre declared a state of emergency. |
| 12/09/92 | In Mogadishu, 1800 U.S. marines arrived prior to 28,000 other American troops--for the start of Operation Restore Hope. |
| 1991-92 | Massive famine. Seventy-five percent of the country's 6 million people were at risk from starvation. |
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