Overthrow may refer to:
* Overthrow, a change in government, often achieved by force or through a
coup d'état
A coup d'état (; ; ), or simply a coup
, is typically an illegal and overt attempt by a military organization or other government elites to unseat an incumbent leadership. A self-coup is said to take place when a leader, having come to powe ...
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**The
5th October Overthrow
Fifth is the ordinal form of the number five.
Fifth or The Fifth may refer to:
* Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution, as in the expression "pleading the Fifth"
* Fifth Avenue
* Fifth column, a political term
* Fifth disease, a cont ...
, or Bulldozer Revolution, the events of 2000 that led to the downfall of Slobodan Milošević in the former Yugoslavia
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Overthrow of the Hawaiian Monarchy
The Hawaiian Kingdom was overthrown in a ''coup d'état'' against Queen Liliʻuokalani that took place on January 17, 1893, on the island of Oahu. The coup was led by the Committee of Safety, composed of seven foreign residents (five Americ ...
, the 1893 coup d'état by European and American businessmen that overthrew Queen Lili`uokalani of Hawai'i
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Independence
Independence is a condition of a nation, country, or state, in which residents and population, or some portion thereof, exercise self-government, and usually sovereignty, over its territory. The opposite of independence is the status of ...
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''Overthrow'' (book), a 2006 book by Stephen Kinzer about the United States's involvement in overthrowing governments
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Overthrow (cricket) In cricket, an overthrow (sometimes called a buzzer) is an additional run scored by a batter as a result of the ball not being collected by a fielder in the centre, having been thrown in from the outfield. Overthrows usually occur when a fielder ...
, an extra run scored by a batsman as a result of the ball not being collected by a fielder in the centre, having been thrown in from the outfield
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Overthrow (structure)
In wrought ironwork, the overthrow, particularly popular in the Baroque era commencing in the 17th century, refers to the crowning section of ornamental wrought ironwork which forms a decorative crest above a wrought-iron gate; the overthrow prov ...
, the crowning section of ornamental wrought iron work which forms a decorative crest above a wrought iron gate
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Overthrow (comics)
Overthrow is a DC Comics supervillain who serves as an adversary to the Blue Beetle.
Fictional character biography
Arnold Daniel Beck was an embittered employee let go from Kord Omniversal (the corporation run by Ted Kord, the Blue Beetle) who cam ...
, a DC Comics supervillain who fought the Blue Beetle
* ''Overthrow'', a 2001 EP by American death metal band
Misery Index Misery Index can refer to:
Economics
*Misery index (economics), adding the unemployment rate to the inflation rate
Entertainment
*Misery Index (band), an American death metal band from Baltimore
*Misery Index (album), ''Misery Index'' (alb ...
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