Timeline of Zambia

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This page contains a timeline of some of the key events that have happened in Zambian history.

By towns

• Lusaka

All events

1. 2 November 2008: Elijah Mudenda dies at age 81 at Mina Medical Centre in Lusaka.
2. 11 December 2001 Mainza Chona dies at age 71 in South Africa.
3. 27 May 1975: President Kenneth Kaunda names Elijah Mudenda as the Prime Minister after Mainza Chona resigned.
4. 1972: Zamrock music genre comes is started.
5. 24 October 1964: Zambia gains its independence from British colonial rule.
6. October 1959: United National Independence Party (UNIP) is formed as a successor to the Zambian African National Congress (ZANC), which had been banned earlier in the year.
7. 21 January 1930: Mainza Chona is born in Monze.
8. 6 June 1927: Elijah Mudenda is born.

See also

• History of Zambia