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Events on Wednesday 27 August 1975 1
1892 – 1975Haile Selassie (1892-1975)Died 27 August 1975, aged 83Haile Selassie ruled Ethiopia as emperor from 1930 until he was deposed by a military coup in 1974. He was held under house arrest and reportedly died in captivity in Addis Ababa, though the exact circumstances of his death were disputed for years. He remains a revered figure in the Rastafari movement.