(Historic tidbits about Ethiopia on this date on May 31) --- On this date in 2004, Ethiopian runner Keneisa Bekele set a new world record for the mens 10000m race at the Golden League in Brussels, completing the race in 26:17:53, breaking his previous world record by 2.78 seconds. Bekele, born in Bekoji on June 13, 1982, began running only three years prior. Inspired by fellow runner Ethiopian Haile Gebrselassie, Bekele would go on to continue to outperform his running revivals, including Gebreselassie, taking the Olympic Gold Medal in the mens 10000m race in Athens later that year. --- On this dae on May 31, 1991, the New York Times reported that members of the Ethiopian royal family were safe after taking refuge inside the British Embassy amid the chaos from the collapse of the Ethiopian government and the city-take over by anti-government forces lead by the Ethiopian Peoples Revolutionary Democratic Front. --- On this date on May 31, 1954, the Associated Press reported that yesterday Emperor Haile Selassie was at Yankee Stadium, watching the New York Home Yankees lose to the Washington Senators in the first game of a doubleheader.
Posted on: Sun, 01 Jun 2014 00:41:58 +0000
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