HAILE SALASSIE

On this day April 3rd, 1930 Ras Tafari Makonnen Woldemikael would become Negus (King) or Emperor of Ethiopia. He would finally defeat the Italian army driving them out the country. Also He would later grace the cover of TIME magazine and inspire the “Rastafarian Movement” as he is seen as the second coming of Christ being the only modern King with a bloodline connecting him to Solomon.