sentences:  The date of 7 April was used from the first anniversary on 7 April 1977 and annually to the late 1980s as a date for public executions in Libya in reference to the "great student event".The "Organizing Committee for the April Demonstration" referred to the usage of the 7 April anniversary as a "trademark" of Muammar Gaddafi's government.The university was renamed in 2011, the year of the Libyan Revolution that overthrew Gaddafi, as the University of Zawia.