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Today in History - Oct. 16
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The Associated Press
AP Online
10-16-2003
Today is Thursday, Oct. 16, the 289th day of 2003. There are 76 days left in the year.
Today's Highlight in History:
Twenty-five years ago, on Oct. 16, 1978, the College of Cardinals of the Roman Catholic Church chose Cardinal Karol Wojtyla to be the new pope; he took the name John Paul II.
On this date:
In 1793, during the French Revolution, Queen Marie Antoinette was beheaded.
In 1859, abolitionist John Brown led a group of about 20 men in a raid on Harper's Ferry.
In 1916, Margaret Sanger opened the first birth control clinic, in New York City.
In 1943, ...
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New book on Haile Selassie I highlights his accomplishments
Newspaper article from: Caribbean Today
; ...Today 07-31-2001 New book on Haile Selassie I highlights his accomplishments For decades, His Imperial Majesty Haile Selassie I -- the late emperor of Ethiopia...name Ras Tafari is derived from Haile Selassie I's original name, Teferi Makonnen...
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Thousands of Ethiopians gather to attend the funeral of former Emperor Haile Selassie's last surviving child
News Wire article from: AP Worldstream
; ...Cathedral, alongside her father Haile Selassie. Many said that Tenagne's death...to beginning of the century. Haile Selassie was emperor from 1930 until he...was aged 90, was the oldest of Haile Selassie's six children and acted as...
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Haile Selassie, Western Education, and Political Revolution in Ethiopia
Magazine article from: The International Journal of African Historical Studies
; Haile Selassie, Western Education, and Political...in the overthrow of legendary emperor Haile Selassie, and then a singularly brutal military...a period when western education that Haile Selassie championed played an important role...
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HAILE SELASSIE BURIED 25 YEARS AFTER DYING
Newspaper article from: The Columbian
; ...wailed and applauded Sunday as Haile Selassie, their last emperor, was finally...waiting at the cathedral since Haile Selassie's remains were discovered under...from a prostate condition. The Haile Selassie I Foundation, which had worked...
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Haile Selassie laid to rest 25 years after death
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times
; ...wailed and applauded Sunday as Haile Selassie, their last emperor, was finally...waiting at the cathedral since Haile Selassie's remains were discovered under...from a prostate condition. The Haile Selassie I Foundation, which had worked...
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Haile Selassie, DeCarteret shuttle away Under-15 titles
Newspaper article from: The Weekly Gleaner
; HAILE SELASSIE High School's girls' team and the...Institutor de Mandevilla Prep recently. Haile Selassie defeated Bishop Gibson 3-0 while DeCarteret...Abigail Tracy (21-8, 21-18) for Haile Selassie's two individuals victories. Bailey...
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Haile Selassie, western education, and political revolution in Ethiopia.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Magazine article from: Reference & Research Book News
; 9781934043202 Haile Selassie, western education, and political...the Ministry of Defense of Emperor Haile Selassie's government) the influence of...education in the modernizing autocracy of Haile Selassie's Ethiopia played a crucial role...
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LEGACY OF THE LION KING It may be 30 years since his death, but Emperor Haile Selassie I of Ethiopia remains a controversial figure. To a million Rastafarians he's a deity. Others have a less benign view
Newspaper article from: The Sunday Herald
; ...person of His Imperial Majesty Haile Selassie I of Ethiopia, the world's...Forty years later Marley cemented Selassie's pre-coronation name - Ras...the fount of all things Rasta: Haile Selassie. Time magazine made him its man...
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Haile Selassie's body dug up in Ethiopia
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times
; ...Ethiopia - The remains of Emperor Haile Selassie were exhumed Monday from beneath...under former President Mengistu Haile Mariam's office at the Grand...The emperor, who took the name Haile Selassie (Might of the Trinity) in 1930...
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Please don't compare the Dalai Lama to Haile Selassie.(Commentary)(Editorials)(Letters)
Newspaper article from: The Washington Times
; ...Lama to former Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassie III. He calls the latter "a symbol...mocking tyranny," referring to Selassie's defeat of Italian fascism in...important irony must be noted. It was Selassie who, in 1961, disbanded the United...
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