Timeline of Lusaka

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Lusaka, Zambia.

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20th century

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• 1905
  • Railway begins operating.
  • European settlement formed.
• 1913 - Village Management Board established.
• 1926 - "District administrative headquarters" relocated to Lusaka from Chilanga (approximate date).
• 1935 - Capital of British Protectorate of Northern Rhodesia relocated to Lusaka from Livingstone.
• 1937 - City of Lusaka Football Club formed.
• 1948 - Central African Post begins publication.
• 1951 - Lusaka Playhouse built.
• 1952 - African Listener radio programme begins broadcasting.
• 1954 - F. Payne becomes mayor.
• 1956 - Lusaka African Marketeers' Cooperative Society organized.
• 1958 - Waddington Theatre Club founded.
• 1959 - 20th Century cinema opens (approximate date).
• 1960
  • Lusaka attains city status.
  • African Mail newspaper begins publication.
  • Palace cinema opens (approximate date).
  • Luburma market established (approximate date).
• 1963
  • National Archives of Zambia headquartered in city.
  • International School of Lusaka founded.
  • Population: 87,495.
• 1964
  • City becomes capital of the newly independent Republic of Zambia.
  • Independence Stadium (Zambia) opens.
• 1965 - Rhodes Park School established.
• 1966 - University of Zambia founded.
• 1967 - Mtendele "squatter township" opens.
• 1968
  • Zambia Daily Mail newspaper in publication.
  • Sister city relationship established with Los Angeles, USA.
• 1969 - Zambian News Agency headquartered in city.
• 1970 - "Greater Lusaka created."
• 1971 - Chikwakwa Theatre established at the University of Zambia.
• 1972 - Chunga market built.
• 1976
  • Housing Project Unit established.
  • United Nations Institute for Namibia inaugurated.
  • Libala, Kaunda Square, and Longacres markets established (approximate date).
• 1978 - Racial unrest.
• 1979
  • August: City hosts Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting 1979.
  • Zambia Consumer Buying Corporation opens.
• 1985
  • Zanaco Football Club formed.
  • Non-governmental Organisations' Co-ordinating Committee established.
• 1991 - Weekly Post newspaper begins publication (approximate date).
• 1994
  • Lusaka Stock Exchange opens.
  • Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa headquartered in Lusaka.
• 1996 - Lusaka National Museum opens.
• 1997
  • Umar Al Farook mosque opens.
  • Sustainable Lusaka Project launched.
• 1999 - University of Lusaka founded.

21st century

View of Lusaka, 2013

• 2000 - Population: 1,057,212.
• 2001 - Munali Girls High School established.
• 2006 - October: Post-election unrest.
• 2010 - Daniel Chisenga becomes mayor.
• 2012 - February: Celebration of Zambia's winning 2012 Africa Cup of Nations.

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