1960 in Ethiopia

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Other events of 1960
Timeline of Ethiopian history

The following lists events that happened during 1960 in Ethiopia.

Events

July

July 10 - The Eritrean Liberation Front was founded, with the goal of liberating Eritrea from the rule of Ethiopia.^[1]

December

December 13 - While Emperor Haile Selassie I of Ethiopia was visiting Brazil, his Imperial Bodyguard staged a coup d'etat, taking many of the Imperial staff hostage, including Crown Prince Asfa Wossen, who was proclaimed as King (rather than Emperor). The coup failed within a few days, and Haile Selassie reigned as emperor until another coup in 1975.^[2]

References

↑ David H. Shinn and Thomas P. Ofcansky, Historical Dictionary of Ethiopia (Scarecrow Press, 2004) p141
↑ Saheed A. Adejumobi, The History of Ethiopia (Greenwood Press, 2006) p102

1960 in Africa

Sovereign states	Cameroon Central African Republic Chad Democratic Republic of the Congo Republic of the Congo Dahomey Egypt Ethiopia Gabon Ghana Guinea Ivory Coast (Côte d'Ivoire) Liberia Libya Madagascar Mali Mauritania Morocco Niger Nigeria Senegal Somalia South Africa South-West Africa Sudan Togo Tunisia Upper Volta

Dependencies, colonies and other territories	Ascension Island Algeria Basutoland Bechuanaland Protectorate British Cameroons French Somaliland The Gambia Mauritius Northern Rhodesia Réunion Ruanda-Urundi Saint Helena Sierra Leone Southern Rhodesia Spanish Sahara Tristan da Cunha

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