Muammar Qadhafi

Oct. 20, 2011
Oct. 20, 2011, at 11:35 a.m.

Colonel Muammar Qadhafi formed the Free Officers Movement, a group of revolutionary army officers, in 1963. On Sept. 1 1969, the group overthrew King Idris of Libya.(AFP/Getty Images)

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