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Comoros

The Comoros , officially the Union of the Comoros is an archipelago island nation in the Indian Ocean, located off the eastern coast of Africa, on the northern end of the Mozambique Channel, between northeastern Mozambique and northwestern Madagascar...

Timeline of Events

1974

12.22.1974

Grande Comore, Anjouan and Mohéli vote to become the independent nation of Comoros. Mayotte remains under French administration.

1975

7.6.1975

The Comoros declare independence from France.

11.12.1975

The Comoros joins the United Nations.

1995

9.28.1995

Bob Denard and a group of mercenaries take the islands of Comoros in a coup.

1996

11.23.1996

Ethiopian Airlines Flight 961 is hijacked, then crashes into the Indian Ocean off the coast of Comoros after running out of fuel, killing 125.

2009

6.30.2009

Yemenia Flight 626 crashes off the coast of Moroni, Comoros killing 152 people and leaving 1 survivor