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1973: Libya
Proclaimed on August 29, Libya's controversial merger with Egypt was not quite the immediate and complete union President Muammar al-Qaddafi had striven for so persistently. After protracted negotiations, it was agreed that a constituent assembly of 50 Libyans and 50 Egyptians would meet at a later...
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