Libya - The Apocalypse Now of Revolutions

A minimally competent government and military would have stopped this in seconds. There's a great lesson in this for kids, which is that you can sometimes succeed in rebelling against the state if you just show up. The 40-year reign of Muammar Gaddafi had begun. At 6.30 a.m. on September 1, 1969, Libyans with radios woke up to the sound of Moamark Gaddafi's voice for the very first time.