{"slug": "mogadishu", "label": "Mogadishu", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mogadishu", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2449", "qid": "Q2449", "description": "capital and the largest city of Somalia", "entries": 7, "years": 6, "span": [950, 2022], "span_label": ["950 CE", "2022 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 3}, {"title": "Crime & Justice", "count": 2}, {"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 1}, {"title": "Disasters & Accidents", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "somalia", "label": "Somalia", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "pakistan", "label": "Pakistan", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "saudi-arabia", "label": "Saudi Arabia", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "siad-barre", "label": "Siad Barre", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 950, "year_label": "950 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "City of Mogadishu is established.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365260811#Africa", "title": "950", "revid": 1365260811, "section": "Events › By place › Africa"}}, {"year": 1977, "year_label": "1977 CE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": "October 17", "text": "October 17–18 – German Autumn: GSG 9 troopers storm the hijacked Lufthansa passenger plane in Mogadishu, Somalia; three of the four hijackers die.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371657539#October", "title": "1977", "revid": 1371657539, "section": "Events › October"}}, {"year": 1986, "year_label": "1986 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "May 23", "text": "May 23 – Somali President Siad Barre is injured in a car accident in Mogadishu and taken to Saudi Arabia for treatment. Somali opposition groups see this as an opportunity to try to remove Barre, beginning the Somali Civil War.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373510075#May", "title": "1986", "revid": 1373510075, "section": "Events › May"}}, {"year": 1993, "year_label": "1993 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "June 5", "text": "June 5 – Attack on Pakistani military in Somalia: twenty-four Pakistani troops in the United Nations forces are killed in Mogadishu, Somalia.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366430372#June", "title": "1993", "revid": 1366430372, "section": "Events › June"}}, {"year": 1993, "year_label": "1993 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "October 3", "text": "October 3–4– Battle of Mogadishu: The U.S. Army conducts Operation Gothic Serpent in the city of Mogadishu, Somalia, deploying Task Force Ranger. Two U.S. Army UH-60 Blackhawks are shot down and the operation leaves over 1,000 Somalis dead and over 74 Americans wounded in action, 18 killed and 1 captured.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366430372#October", "title": "1993", "revid": 1366430372, "section": "Events › October"}}, {"year": 2017, "year_label": "2017 CE", "section": "Disasters & Accidents", "date": "October 14", "text": "October 14 – A massive blast caused by a truck bombing in Mogadishu, Somalia kills at least 587 people and injures 316 others.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371948773#October", "title": "2017", "revid": 1371948773, "section": "Events › October"}}, {"year": 2022, "year_label": "2022 CE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": "October 29", "text": "October 29 – A double car bombing by al-Shabaab in Mogadishu, Somalia kills at least 121 people and injures around 300.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371998228#October", "title": "2022", "revid": 1371998228, "section": "Events › October"}}]}