Timeline of Zambia: Difference between revisions

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

2 November 2008: Elijah Mudenda dies at age 81 at Mina Medical Centre in Lusaka.
11 December 2001 Mainza Chona dies at age 71 in South Africa.
27 May 1975: President Kenneth Kaunda names Elijah Mudenda as the Prime Minister after Mainza Chona resigned.
1972: Zamrock music genre comes is started.
24 October 1964: Zambia gains its independence from British colonial rule.
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.
1935: Lusaka becomes the capital city of Zambia (then Northern Rhodesia}
21 January 1930: Mainza Chona is born in Monze.
6 June 1927: Elijah Mudenda is born.
1921: Skull of Broken Hill man is discovered in Kabwe.

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 #'''24 October 1964''': Zambia gains its independence from British colonial rule.
 #'''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.
+#'''1935''': [[Lusaka]] becomes the capital city of [[Zambia]] (then [[Northern Rhodesia]]}
 #'''21 January 1930''': [[Mainza Chona]] is born in [[Monze]].
 #'''6 June 1927''': [[Elijah Mudenda]] is born.
+#'''1921''': Skull of [[Broken Hill]] man is discovered in [[Kabwe]].