Chilean Coup

Today in History 09/11 (Chilean coup d’état)

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Chilean President Salvador Allende speaks during a news conference in Santiago, Chile on July 5, 1973 (© AP)(1973) Allende overthrown in Chile as a dictator waits in the wings
His presidential palace bombarded by his own air force, the world’s first democratically elected Marxist head of state, Salvador Allende, dies as a military coup ousts him from power in Chile. The South American country will then fall under the dictatorial rule of General Augusto Pinochet.
The 1973 Chilean coup d’état was a watershed moment in both the history of Chile and the Cold War. Following an extended period of social unrest and political tension between the opposition-controlled Congress of Chile and the socialist President Salvador Allende, as well as economic warfare ordered by US President Richard Nixon, Allende was overthrown by the armed forces and national police.
Date: Sep 11, 1973

Coup of September 11, 1973. Bombing of La Moneda (presidential palace)
Coup of September 11, 1973. Bombing of La Moneda (presidential palace)
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(1973) Allende overthrown in Chile as a dictator waits in the wings.
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A jet airliner nears one of the World Trade Center towers in New York, just before impact, on Sept 11, 2001 (© Carmen Taylor/AP)(2001) Terrorists hit major US cities in coordinated attack
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World Trade Center, NY - 2001-09-11 - Debris Impact Areas
Diagram showing the attacks on the World Trade Center

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