Saint-Sylvestre coup d’état
Coup attempt succeeds. Jean-Bédel Bokassa, leader of the Central African Republic army, and his military officers staged a coup d’état against the government of President David Dacko on 31 December 1965 and 1 January 1966. By 1965, the country was in turmoil—plagued by corruption and slow economic growth, while its borders were breached by rebels from neighboring countries.