Word: menelik
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Judah's throne at the Addis Ababa airport. "So delighted was the King," Julian recalled, "that he climbed down most unprecedentedly from his throne, slapped me on the back, swore me in as an Ethiopian citizen, made me Colonel of the Air Forces, pinned on my chest the Menelik medal for bravery, and gave me 5,000 bucks in cash...