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1 day ago · By the end of the decade oil provided over three-quarters of Switzerland's energy. In the 1970s the GDP growth rate gradually declined from a peak of 6.5% in 1970; GDP then contracted by 7.5% in 1975 and 1976. Switzerland became increasingly dependent on oil imported from its main suppliers, the OPEC cartel.
1 day ago · The 1953 Iranian coup d'état, known in Iran as the 28 Mordad coup d'état ( Persian: کودتای ۲۸ مرداد ), was the U.S.- and British-instigated, Iranian army-led overthrow of the elected Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddegh in favor of strengthening the monarchical rule of the shah, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, on 19 August 1953, with one of ...
- 15-19 August 1953
- Tehran, Imperial State of Iran
1 day ago · Husayn ibn Aliالْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ. / 32.61639°N 44.03250°E / 32.61639; 44.03250. Husayn ibn Ali ( Arabic: الحسين بن علي, romanized : al-Ḥusayn ibn ʿAlī; 11 January 626 – 10 October 680) was an Alid political and religious leader. The grandson of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and a son of Ali ...
