By Alistair Boddy-Evans, About.com
1952, 26 January
Egypt is placed under martial law in response to wide-spread riots against the British.
1986, 26 January
The National Resistance Army takes over the Ugandan capital of Kampala.
1991, 26 January
Rebels overrun the Somalian capital of Mogadishu.
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