History of Uganda Minister, suspended the constitution and assumed all government powers, removing the positions of president and vice president. In September 1967, a new constitution proclaimed Uganda a republic, gave the president even greater powers, and abolished the traditional kingdoms. After a military coup on 25 January 1971, Obote was deposed from power and the dictator Idi Amin seized control of the country. Amin ruled Uganda with the military for the next eight years and carried out mass killings within the country to maintain his rule. An estimated 300,000 Ugandans lost their lives at the hands of his regime, many of them
The Beguiled (1971 film) The Beguiled (1971 film) The Beguiled is a 1971 American Southern Gothic, thriller-drama film directed by Don Siegel, starring Clint Eastwood and Geraldine Page. The script was written by Albert Maltz and is based on the 1966 novel written by Thomas P. Cullinan, originally titled "A Painted Devil". The film marks the third of five collaborations between Siegel and Eastwood, following "Coogan's Bluff" (1968) and "Two Mules for Sister Sara" (1970), and continuing with "Dirty Harry" (1971) and "Escape from Alcatraz" (1979). During the American Civil War in 1863, Amy, a 12-year-old student at the Miss Martha Farnsworth Seminary for