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Events on Monday 5 May 1941 1
1941Haile Selassie returns to Addis AbabaEthiopia liberated from Italian ruleEmperor Haile Selassie re-entered his capital five years to the day after Italian forces had occupied it. British, Commonwealth and Ethiopian patriot forces had driven the Italians out.