Timeline of Lusaka
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The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Lusaka, Zambia.
20th century
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- 1905
- 1913 - Village Management Board established.[2]
- 1926 - "District administrative headquarters" relocated to Lusaka from Chilanga (approximate date).[1]
- 1935 - Capital of British Protectorate of Northern Rhodesia relocated to Lusaka from Livingstone.[3]
- 1937 - City of Lusaka Football Club formed.
- 1948 - Central African Post newspaper begins publication.[4]
- 1950 - Population: 27,100.[5]
- 1951 - Lusaka Playhouse built.[6]
- 1952 - African Listener radio programme begins broadcasting.[7]
- 1954 - F. Payne becomes mayor.
- 1956 - Lusaka African Marketeers' Cooperative Society organized.[8]
- 1958 - Waddington Theatre Club founded.[6]
- 1959 - 20th Century cinema opens (approximate date).[9]
- 1960
- 1963
- National Archives of Zambia headquartered in city.[11]
- International School of Lusaka founded.[12]
- Population: 87,495.[1]
- 1964
- City becomes capital of the newly independent Republic of Zambia.[13]
- Independence Stadium (Zambia) opens.
- 1965
- Rhodes Park School established.
- Green Buffaloes F.C. founded.
- 1966 - University of Zambia founded.
- 1967
- Mtendele "squatter township" opens.[14]
- Intergovernmental Council of Copper Exporting Countries established in Lusaka.
- 1968
- Zambia Daily Mail newspaper in publication.[15]
- Sister city relationship established with Los Angeles, US.[16]
- 1969 - Zambian News Agency headquartered in city.
- 1970
- "Greater Lusaka created."[3]
- September: International 3rd Summit of the Non-Aligned Movement held in city.
- 1971 - Chikwakwa Theatre established at the University of Zambia.[17]
- 1972
- 1976
- Housing Project Unit established.[19]
- United Nations Institute for Namibia inaugurated.
- Libala, Kaunda Square, and Longacres markets established (approximate date).[10]
- 1978 - Racial unrest.[20]
- 1979
- August: City hosts Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting 1979.[21]
- Zambia Consumer Buying Corporation opens.[10]
- 1980 - Population: 498,837 city; 535,830 urban agglomeration.[22]
- 1985
- Zanaco Football Club formed.
- Non-governmental Organisations' Co-ordinating Committee established.[12]
- 1990 - Population: 982,362 city.[22]
- 1991 - Weekly Post newspaper begins publication (approximate date).[4]
- 1994
- 31 October: Lusaka Protocol initiated.
- Lusaka Stock Exchange opens.[12]
- Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa headquartered in Lusaka.[23]
- 1996 - Lusaka National Museum opens.
- 1997
- Umar Al Farook mosque opens.
- Sustainable Lusaka Project launched.[24]
- 1999 - University of Lusaka founded.
- 2000 - Population: 1,057,212.[25]
21st century
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- 2001 - Munali Girls High School established.[26]
- 2001 - Independent Churches of Zambia (ICOZ) established. ICOZ was Founded by Rev David Musonda Masupa with the help of the 2nd Republican President Fredrick Chiluba.
- 2006 - October: Post-election unrest.[27]
- 2010
- 2012 - February: Celebration of Zambia's winning 2012 Africa Cup of Nations.[30]
- 2017 - March: Stampede occurs.[31]
References
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- ^ Howard 1953.
- ^ Oberschall 1972.
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- ^ a b c d Scott 1985.
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- ^ Hansen 1980.
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- ^ Hansen 1982.
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- ^ Kanduza 2003.
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