Dec 25: Germame and Mengistu Neway captured, Isaias visited Ethiopia

Dec 25, 1960: Germame and Mengistu Neway, the two brothers behind the failed coup of 1960, were caught. Germame was killed during the capture while Mengistu was badly injured

Dec 25, 2019: President Isaias flew to Addis Ababa for his first meeting with the Ethiopian prime minister since Abiy Ahmed won the Nobel Peace Prize.