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Timeline of Lusaka

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

Contents

20th century

  • 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

  • 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.

    • References

    Timeline of Lusaka Wikipedia
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