Historical Figure
Haile Selassie
1892–1975
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Timeline
Rastafari movement - Celebration of the liberation of Haile Selassie from slavery.
August 1 →Emperor Haile Selassie of Abyssinia appeals for aid to the League of Nations against Italy's invasion of his country.
June 30 →Emperor Haile Selassie returns to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia; date since commemorated as Liberation Day.
May 5 →Rastafari movement: Haile Selassie of Ethiopia visits Jamaica, an event now celebrated as Grounation Day.
April 21 →Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia, 'Messiah' of the Rastafari movement, is deposed following a military coup by the Derg, ending a reign of 58 years.
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