** Ethiopian eunuch ( 8: 26 – 39 )

** 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 )

** 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.

** based on the book by Danish writer Bjarne Reuter

** based on the book by Danish writer Bjarne Reuter

** Note: Marker was eventually credited as a writer for this one, apparently, he wrote the dialogue ( Film Comment ).

** Bernard Darwin ( 1876 – 1961 ), golf writer

** Charles Darwin ( 1809 – 1882 ), English naturalist and writer

** Clement Freud, Ernst's son, English politician, writer, chef and raconteur

** W. Somerset Maugham, English writer, best known of the Maughams.

** Siarhiej Bałachonaŭ, Belarusian writer

** Artur Adson, Estonian poet, writer and theatre critic ( b. 1889 )

** Vince Offer, American writer, director, comedian, and pitchman

** Grace Metalious, American writer ( b. 1924 )

** Ian Fleming, British writer ( b. 1908 )

** Sean O ' Casey, Irish writer ( b. 1880 )

** Brian Moore, Irish-born writer ( b. 1921 )

** Andre Dubus, American short-story writer ( b. 1936 )

** Del Close, American actor, writer, and teacher ( b. 1934 )

** James White, Irish writer ( b. 1928 )

** Lars Bo, Danish artist and writer ( b. 1924 )

** Julio Cortázar, Argentine writer ( b. 1914 )

** Jessamyn West, American writer.

** Elizabeth Goudge, English writer ( b. 1900 )

** Alexander Trocchi, Scottish writer ( b. 1925 )

** Truman Capote, American writer ( b. 1924 )

** Geoffrey Fenton, English writer and politician ( b. c. 1539 )

** Stirling Silliphant, American writer and producer ( d. 1996 )