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The Democratic Party was elected in 1950, and remained in control until 1960, when, faced with increasing social and economic difficulties, it was overthrown by a military coup.
On 1 December 1640 — a date still celebrated as Portugal’s Restoration Day — Spanish rule was finally completely overthrown.
Five years later, the Taira were overthrown after being defeated in the straits between western Honshu and Kyushu, at the titanic sea battle of Dannoura — which has a place in Japanese annals comparable to Waterloo or Stalingrad.
Like all royal statues, that of Louis XIV was overthrown during the Revolution.
When Attila died in 453 the Huns were overthrown and the Avars became the dominant power, occupying the region from the middle of the sixth century to the early ninth century.