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On This Day: East Timor: Governor Mário Lemos Pires of Portuguese Timor abandons the capital... (1975)
Source: Today in History (history.muffinlabs.com) - CC BY-SA 3.058 words
On August 11, 1975: East Timor: Governor Mário Lemos Pires of Portuguese Timor abandons the capital Dili, following a coup by the Timorese Democratic Union (UDT) and the outbreak of civil war between UDT and Fretilin.
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