Ethiopia's Emperor Lij Iyasu was deposed in a palace coup by the Christian nobility and church, who installed Empress Zewditu and made Ras Tafari Makonnen (the future Haile Selassie) regent and heir.
PoliticsOn this day — September 27 in African history
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Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons 1862 Louis Botha, the Boer general who became the first prime minister of the Union of South Africa, was born near Greytown, Natal.
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