** Abeluzius ( Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church )

** Timkat, or 20 during Leap Year ( Ethiopian Orthodox )

** Ethiopian Civil War ( 1976 – 1991 )

** War in Somalia ( 2006 – 2009 ) – involved largely Ethiopian and Somali Transitional Federal Government ( TFG ) forces whom fought against the Somali Islamist umbrella group, the Islamic Court Union ( ICU ), and other affiliated militias for control of the country.

** Haile Gerima, Ethiopian filmmaker

** Ethiopian Airlines Flight 961 is hijacked, then crashes into the Indian Ocean off the coast of Comoros after running out of fuel, killing 125.

** Gete Wami, Ethiopian long-distance runner

** Eritrean War of Independence – Battle of Afabet: The Nadew Command, an Ethiopian army corps in Eritrea, is attacked on 3 sides by military units of the Eritrean People's Liberation Front ( EPLF ).

** Derartu Tulu, Ethiopian long-distance runner

** Mulugeta Yeggazu, Ethiopian government official and military leader

** Mengistu Haile Mariam, president of the People's Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, flees Ethiopia, effectively bringing the Ethiopian Civil War to an end.

** In Ethiopia, the Eritrean Liberation Front kills an Ethiopian general.

** Somalia mobilizes its troops, due to an apparent Ethiopian attack.

** Abebe Bikila, Ethiopian long-distance runner ( d. 1973 )

** Marye of Yejju, Ethiopian Ras

** Sabagadis, Ethiopian warlord

** Ethiopian montane grasslands and woodlands ( Ethiopia )

** Genfo is a thick porridge made by lightly roasting, milling and cooking any combination of Ethiopian oats wheat, barley, sorghum, millet, maize, chickpeas, yellow peas, soybeans or bulla, the starch from the root of the false banana tree ; it is traditionally eaten for breakfast with a dollop of clarified, spiced butter ( kibe ) or oil and chili-spice mix berbere, or with yoghurt.

** Haile Selassie I of Ethiopia was an Ethiopian Orthodox Christian, and did not consider himself divine, but the Rastafari movement in Jamaica saw him as the second coming of Christ.

** Mengistu Lemma, Ethiopian playwright ( died 1988 )

** Nega Mezlekia, Ethiopian writer

** AT1007 Ethiopian montane grasslands and woodlands

** AT1008 Ethiopian montane moorlands

** 1543 – Battle of Wayna Daga – A combined army of Ethiopian and Portuguese troops defeated a Muslim army led by Ahmed Gragn.

** Zhao Gao, Chief eunuch in the service of the Emperors of the Qin Dynasty of China ( assassinated )

** August 8 ( Eastern Orthodox liturgics )

** Rich persons in Samaria & Jerusalem ( 6. 1-7 ; 8. 4-8 )

** A basket of fruit ( 8. 1-3 )

** Simon Magus ( 8: 9 – 24 )

** April 8 ( Eastern Orthodox liturgics )

** 8 System timers ( 2 reserved for LCD timing, one for UART )

** Allison Iraheta ( born 1992 ), American Idol Season 8 contestant

** Ecozones or realms ( 8 )

** Ultrahigh vacuum CVD ( UHVCVD ) – CVD process at very low pressure, typically below 10 < sup >− 6 </ sup > Pa (~ 10 < sup >− 8 </ sup > torr ).

** Genus Eucyon ( 8 Ma †)

** A Highland tradition, highly influenced by the ornamentation and mixolydian scale of the Great Highland Bagpipe, as well as smoother bowing than other Scottish fiddle styles and a swinging of the 6 / 8 jig rhythm.

** Arena football: 8

** February 8 ( Eastern Orthodox liturgics )

** Chicago ( now Reisinger ) ( 8 ) 1937, 1938, 1939, 1942, 1943, 1950, 1957, 1963

** Vanderbilt ( 8 ) 1934, 1936, 1949, 1950, 1953, 1955, 1959, 1962

** Age 15-24: 8. 5 %

** Age 25-39: 36. 8 %

** Public administration, social and personal services 24. 8 %

** 2, 438 to 3, 047 m: 8

** UNTSO, from 1958 ( Israel, Egypt, Syria and Lebanon ) – 8 out of 142 soldiers from 23 countries

** UNMOGIP, from 1951 ( India and Pakistan ) – 7 out of 44 soldiers from 8 countries

** Calcium-activated potassium channels: This family of channels is, for the most part, activated by intracellular Ca < sup > 2 +</ sup > and contains 8 members.

** June 8 ( Eastern Orthodox liturgics )

** July 8 ( Eastern Orthodox liturgics )