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1979

6.4.1979

Flight Lieutenant Jerry Rawlings takes power in Ghana after a military coup in which General Fred Akuffo is overthrown.

1980

5.17.1980

General Chun Doo-hwan of South Korea declares martial law in order to suppress student demonstrations.

1992

4.18.1992

General Abdul Rashid Dostum revolts against President Mohammad Najibullah of the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan and allies with Ahmed Shah Massoud to capture Kabul.

5.24.1992

The last Thai dictator, General Suchinda Kraprayoon, resigns following pro-democracy protests.

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