Sep 1942 |
Muammar Qaddafi born. |
1963 |
Graduates from the University of Libya. |
1965 |
Graduates from the Royal Libyan Military Academy, Benghazi. |
1 Sep 1969 |
Troops led by Muammar Qaddafi execute Operation Jerusalem, seizing control of Libya in a military coup. |
1970 |
Expels U.S. and British military bases from Libya. |
1970 |
Expels Jews from Libya. |
1973 |
Nationalizes oil companies. |
Sep 1978 |
Billy Carter visits Libya. Why Libya? "The only thing I can say is there is a hell of a lot more Arabians than there is Jews." |
2 Dec 1979 |
U.S. Embassy in Libya attacked and burned by a mob. |
Nov 1981 |
Libya purported to have dispatched assassins targeting Ronald Reagan. |
5 Apr 1986 |
Libyan agents bomb La Belle Disco, West Berlin. |
14 Apr 1986 |
U.S. bombs targets in Tripoli and Benghazi. |
21 Dec 1988 |
Libyan agents place a bomb on Pan Am Flight 103, which detonates over Lockerbie, Scotland, killing 270. |
31 Jan 2001 |
Libyan agent Abd al-Basit Ali Megrahi found guilty of the Lockerbie bombing by a Scottish court in the Netherlands. |