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| 1941 April 6 |
| | | The Allies recover Ethiopia from the Italians and Haile Selassie returns to his throne in Addis Ababa | |
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| 1952 |
| | | A decision by the United Nations makes Eritrea an autonomous federal province within Ethiopia | |
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| 1962 |
| | | The Eritrean parliament votes to merge fully with Ethiopia, ending Eritrean autonomy | |
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| 1963 |
| | | The OAU (Organization of African Unity) is founded in Addis Ababa to give Africa a united voice in world affairs | |
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| 1974 |
| | | Donald Johanson and Tom Gray find an almost complete Australopithecus female skeleton at Hadar in Ethiopia, and nickname her Lucy after the Beatles song Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds | |
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| 1974 |
| | | An uprising organized in Ethiopia by the Dergue results in the arrest of Haile Selassie and his murder a year later | |
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| 1977 |
| | | Mengistu Haile Mariam seizes control of Ethiopia's ruling Dergue (military council) in a violent coup | |
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| 1984 |
| | | A disastrous famine in the northern provinces of Ethiopia is the first to be seen all round the world on television | |
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| 1991 |
| | | As Ethiopian and Eritrean rebels approach Addis Ababa, the leader of the Dergue, Mengistu, flees the country | |
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| 1991 |
| | | The rebel Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF), led by Meles Zenawi, takes control in Ethiopia | |
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