A French-supported <i id="mw3g"><a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1979_Central_African_Republic_coup_d'état" id="mw3w" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="1979 Central African Republic coup d'état">coup d'état</a></i> in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_African_Empire" id="mw4A" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Central African Empire">Central African Empire</a> overthrows Emperor Bokassa I.<sup about="#mwt107" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-20"}}' id="cite_ref-20" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./September_20#cite_note-20" id="mw4Q" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 20;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mw4g">[20]</span></a></sup>
<span class="mw-reference-text" id="mw-reference-text-cite_note-20"><cite about="#mwt104" class="citation news cs1" id="mwB1s"><a class="external text" href="https://www.nytimes.com/1979/09/21/archives/bokassa-is-reported-overthrown-in-coup-in-central-african-empire.html" id="mwB1w" rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow">"Bokassa Is Reported Overthrown In Coup in Central African Empire (Published 1979)"</a>. <i id="mwB10">The New York Times</i>. September 21, 1979<span class="reference-accessdate" id="mwB14">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap" id="mwB18">November 23,</span> 2020</span>.</cite><span about="#mwt104" class="Z3988" id="mwB2A" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&amp;rft.genre=article&amp;rft.jtitle=The+New+York+Times&amp;rft.atitle=Bokassa+Is+Reported+Overthrown+In+Coup+in+Central+African+Empire+%28Published+1979%29&amp;rft.date=1979-09-21&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F1979%2F09%2F21%2Farchives%2Fbokassa-is-reported-overthrown-in-coup-in-central-african-empire.html&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASeptember+20"></span></span>