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Aman Michael AndomBiography of Aman Michael Andom: - General Aman Michael Andom, the darling of the Ethiopian Army and also known as the Desert Lion.1974 - Prime Minister of Ethiopia on November 17th. - General Aman was elected by the Derg regime as its Chairman. - Aman Michael Andom was the recipient of ...
Kenenisa BekeleBiography of Kenenisa Bekele: Ethiopian long-distance track athlete 1982 - Born on the 13th of June in Bekoji, a town in the Oromia Region of Ethiopia. 2003 - Won the gold medal in the 10,000 m at the World Championships in Athletic and bronze at the 5,000 m. 2004 - Won gold medal in Olympic men's ...
Tafari BentiBiography of Tafari Benti: 1921 - Tafari Benti was born is a Ethiopian.1974 - Tafari Benti became the President of Ethiopia. - Tafari Benti led the military coup of the 12th of September which deposed Emperor Haile Selassie.1977 - Tafari Benti died in office, either by committing suicide or by being killed by ...
Adebe BikilaBiography of Adebe Bikila: 1932 - Born on the 7th of August in Montgomery, Ethiopia. Ethiopian marathon runner.1956 - The son of a shepherd, Bikila began running at age 24.1960 - Won a gold medal and set an unofficial world record while running barefoot at the 60's Olympic Games in Rome. - Adebe ...
Haile SelassieBiography of Haile Selassie: 1892 – Haile Selassie was born on the 23rd day of July this year in Ejersa Goro, Harar. Haile Selassie inherited his imperial blood through his paternal grandmother, Princess Tenagnework Sahle Selassie, who was an aunt of Emperor Menelik II, and as such, claimed to be a direct descendant of ...
Haile GebrselassieBiography of Haile Gebrselassie: 1973 - Born on April 18th in Asella, Arsi Province, Ethiopia. Ethiopian long-distance track athlete.1992 - Won the 5,000m and 10,000m races at the World Junior Championships. 1994 - Running a 12:56.96 in the 5,000m, Haile Gebrselassie set his first world record.1996 - Haile Gebrselassie won a gold medal in ...
TaituBiography of Taitu: 1851 - Taytu Betul or Taitu was born in or around this year, the third of four children in an aristocratic Ethiopian family that was related to the Solomonic dynasty.1889 - Taitu is acknowledged to have wielded considerable political power as the wife of Menelik, both before and after they ...
Menelik IIBiography of Menelik II: 1844 - Born on the 17th of August in Ankober, Shewa. - His forefathers had been rulers of Menz, the heartland of Shewa, since the 17th century, and it has been claimed that further back they were related to the Solomonid line of emperors who ruled Ethiopie.1855 - The ...
