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Fikirte Addis
1981Aug, 3

Fikirte Addis

Fikirte Addis, Ethiopian fashion designer
Fikirte Addis (born August 3, 1981) is an Ethiopian fashion designer. In 2009, Addis formed her own label–Yefiker Design–which creates clothes that are modern interpretations of traditional Ethiopian dress. Her work rose to prominence by 2011, when she was a featured designer in the second annual Africa Fashion Week in New York City.

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  • 20Jan

    Iran hostage crisis

    Twenty minutes after Ronald Reagan was inaugurated, Iran releases 52 American hostages.
  • 27Apr

    Computer mouse

    Xerox PARC introduces the computer mouse.
  • 27Jun

    Mao Zedong

    The Central Committee of the Communist Party of China issues its "Resolution on Certain Questions in the History of Our Party Since the Founding of the People's Republic of China", laying the blame for the Cultural Revolution on Mao Zedong.
  • 7Jul

    Sandra Day O'Connor

    U.S. President Ronald Reagan appoints Sandra Day O'Connor to become the first female member of the Supreme Court of the United States.
  • 15Sep

    Sandra Day O'Connor

    The Senate Judiciary Committee unanimously approves Sandra Day O'Connor to become the first female justice of the Supreme Court of the United States