15 April 1986
Bombs on Tripoli
Stamps commemorating "The American Aggression against the Jamahiriya."
BG B27/314
On April 15, 1986, the American president Reagan ordered major bombing raids against "terrorist sites" in Libya. The bombs killed about 60 people, among whom the adopted daughter of Qadhafi. The official justification was self-defense, following U.S. accusations of Libyan involvement in a bomb explosion at a German nightclub frequented by U.S. servicemen. In Libya this day is remembered as "The American Aggression against the Jamahiriya."
See also:
• German Jamahiriya Foundation archive
Today in the Biographies Dutch Labour Movement
Born on 15 April |
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• Frans Lodewijk Ossedorp |