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Events on Monday 24 December 1951 1
1951Libya Declares IndependenceKingdom of Libya becomes first country to gain independence through the United NationsLibya proclaimed independence under King Idris I, becoming the first state to achieve statehood through the United Nations. The kingdom united the formerly separate territories of Tripolitania, Cyrenaica, and Fezzan. It remained a monarchy until Muammar Gaddafi's coup in 1969.