the six governorates of Italian East Africa. World War II 18 August 1940: Italian occupation of British Somaliland. February 1941: British administration of Italian Somaliland. Independence and Cold War 1 April 1950: Italian Somaliland becomes a United Nations trust territory administration, the Trust Territory of Somalia, which is promised independence within 10 years. 26 June 1960: British Somaliland is granted independence as the State of Somaliland, with the understanding that it is to reunite with Italian Somaliland. 1 July 1960: Reunification of British Somaliland with Italian Somaliland to form the Somali Republic. 1 July 1960: First president of Somali National Assembly, Speaker of the Somali Union Act. Haji Bashir Ismail Yusuf. 1 July 1960 – 1967: Presidency of Aden Abdullah Osman Daar 1967–1969: Presidency of Abdirashid Ali Sharmarke; assassinated by one of the policemen assigned to his protection. 21 October 1969: Somali Democratic Republic. 1969–1991: Siad Barre, leader of the Supreme Revolutionary Council, rises to power. 23 July 1977 – 15 March 1978: Ogaden War. 1982: 1982 Ethiopian–Somali Border War. 1986: Fall of Barre government. 1991: Somaliland declares independence from Somalia. See also Economic history of Somalia Federal Parliament of Somalia History of Africa List of colonial governors of British Somaliland List of colonial governors of Italian Somaliland Military history of Somalia Political history of Somalia President of Somalia Prime Minister of Somalia Xeer Notes References External links ja:ソマリア#歴史