TIMELINE-Chaos in Somalia

(Reuters) - A suicide bomber in a car killed seven people near the home of Somali Prime Minister Ali Mohamed Gedi in the capital Mogadishu on Sunday but he was unhurt, security sources and witnesses said.

Here is a chronology of events in Somalia:

November 1991 - Power struggle after the overthrow of dictator Mohamed Siad Barre between clan warlords Mohamed Farah Aideed and Ali Mahdi Mohamed kills and wounds thousands of civilians.

December 1992 - U.N. Security Council endorses full-scale U.S.-led military operation. A week later U.S. Marines arrive on Mogadishu's beaches in "Operation Restore Hope".

October 1993 - Eighteen U.S. Army Rangers and one Malaysian are killed when Somali militias shoot down two U.S. helicopters in Mogadishu and a battle ensues. Hundreds of Somalis die in the fighting. Battle depicted in book and film "Black Hawk Down". U.S. mission formally ends in March 1994.

October 2004 - In 14th attempt since 1991 to restore central government, lawmakers elect Ethiopian-backed warlord Abdullahi Yusuf as president. In December, Prime Minister Mohamed Ali Gedi swears in 27 ministers in Kenya.

February 2006 - Lawmakers arrive in the southern city of Baidoa for the first meeting of the country's parliament on home soil.

June 2006 - The Somalia Islamic Courts Council (SICC) seizes the capital Mogadishu from U.S.-backed warlords and take control of parts of southern Somalia.

September 25 - Yusuf escapes a bomb attack that kills five outside parliament in Baidoa.