Ethiopian Timeline By DTindall Period: Dec 31, 1970 to Jan 1, 2000 Ethiopian timeline Jan 1, 1974 famine kills 200,000 people wallo Province Mar 21, 1974 Haile Selassie overthrown benti comes to power Aug 27, 1975 Haile Selassie dies masteriously Feb 3, 1977 benti killed, Mengistu comes to power Start of red terror Jul 13, 1977 Somalia invades Ethiopia Jan 1, 1978 Thousands killed Mar 9, 1978 Somali forces defeated Sep 27, 1978 red terror hits most by mengistu Jan 1, 1984 Worst famine in a decade Feb 3, 1987 Mengistu elected president Apr 26, 1988 peace treaty. samolia and Ethiopia Jan 1, 1990 End of red terror May 28, 1991 Democratic captures Addis Ababa Mengitsu flees to Zimbabwe Nov 5, 1992 Selassie's remains discovered under tiolet Dec 15, 1995 Negasso Gidada becomes presedent
