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==1961 - 1970==
==1961 - 1970==


*'''1961 Sep 18''': Dag Hammarskjold, Secretary-General of the UN, was killed in a plane crash in [[Northern Rhodesia]] (now [[Zambia]]). He was flying to negotiate a cease-fire in the Congo. Hammarskjold was the son of a former Swedish prime minister. In 1953, he was elected to the top UN post and in 1957 was reelected. During his second term, he initiated and directed the United Nation's vigorous role in the Belgian Congo. Hammarskjold had sent Conor O’Brien (1919-2008), an Irish diplomat, to the Congo where a rebellion was openly being backed by Belgium and secretly by Britain and France. O’Brien ordered in UN troops, but the mission ended in disarray and the UN repudiated the mission. O’Brien recounted his version of the events in his book “To Katanga and Back" (1962).
*'''1970 Oct''' - China began construction of the 1,870 km (1,160 miles) [[Tanzania-Zambia Railway]] (TAZARA) between [[Lusaka]] and the Tanzanian port of Dar es Salaam. China brought in its own workers for the project, which in  
*'''1963''': [[Northern Rhodesia]] (later [[Zambia]]) ended the [[Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland|Federation]] with Southern Rhodesia and Nyasaland.
*'''1970 Jan''' - [[Zambia]] had acquired majority holding in the Zambian operations of the two major foreign mining interests, the Anglo American Corporation and the Rhodesian Selection Trust (RST). The two became [[Nchanga Consolidated Copper Mines]] (NCCM) and [[Roan Consolidated Mines]] (RCM).
*'''1964 Oct 24''' - [[Zambia]] gains independence from Britain.  President [[Kenneth Kaunda]] and his [[United National Independence Party]] (UNIP) ran the country until 1991.  
1976 finished ahead of schedule.
*'''1964 Dec 24''' - [[Kenneth Kaunda]]'s [[Chilenje House 394]] is achieved as a national monument.
*'''1969 Sep''' - [[James John Skinner]] resigns as Chief Justice of [[Zambia]] following a clash with President [[Kenneth Kaunda]] over the sentencing of Portuguese soldiers from neighbouring Angola caught in Zambia.
*'''1967 Sep''': - The government delegations of China, Tanzania and [[Zambia]] held talks in Beijing and formally signed the "Agreement of the Government of the People's Republic of China, the Government of the United Republic of Tanzania and the Government of the Republic of [[Zambia]] on the Construction of the [[Tanzania-Zambia Railway]] (TAZARA)".
*'''1969''' - [[Emmanuel Milingo]] (39) was named archbishop of [[Lusaka]].
*'''1969''' - [[Emmanuel Milingo]] (39) was named archbishop of [[Lusaka]].
*'''1969''' - [[Chipata|Fort Jameson]], the capital of the [[Eastern Province]], was renamed [[Chipata]].
*'''1969''' - [[Chipata|Fort Jameson]], the capital of the [[Eastern Province]], was renamed [[Chipata]].
*'''1970 Jan''' - [[Zambia]] had acquired majority holding in the Zambian operations of the two major foreign mining interests, the Anglo American Corporation and the Rhodesian Selection Trust (RST). The two became [[Nchanga Consolidated Copper Mines]] (NCCM) and [[Roan Consolidated Mines]] (RCM).
*'''1968 Feb 5''' - President [[Kenneth Kaunda]] temporarily resigns because of bitter tribal factions. This was at the National Council meeting.
*'''1969 Sep''' - [[James John Skinner]] resigns as Chief Justice of [[Zambia]] following a clash with President [[Kenneth Kaunda]] over the sentencing of Portuguese soldiers from neighbouring Angola caught in Zambia.
*'''1967 Sep''': - The government delegations of China, Tanzania and [[Zambia]] held talks in Beijing and formally signed the "Agreement of the Government of the People's Republic of China, the Government of the United Republic of Tanzania and the Government of the Republic of [[Zambia]] on the Construction of the [[Tanzania-Zambia Railway]] (TAZARA)".
*'''1970 Oct''' - China began construction of the 1,870 km (1,160 miles) [[Tanzania-Zambia Railway]] (TAZARA) between [[Lusaka]] and the Tanzanian port of Dar es Salaam. China brought in its own workers for the project, which in 1976 finished ahead of schedule.
*'''1964 Dec 24''' - [[Kenneth Kaunda]]'s [[Chilenje House 394]] is achieved as a national monument.
*'''1964 Oct 24''' - [[Zambia]] gains independence from Britain.  President [[Kenneth Kaunda]] and his [[United National Independence Party]] (UNIP) ran the country until 1991.
*'''1963''': [[Northern Rhodesia]] (later [[Zambia]]) ended the [[Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland|Federation]] with Southern Rhodesia and Nyasaland.
*'''1961 Sep 18''': Dag Hammarskjold, Secretary-General of the UN, was killed in a plane crash in [[Northern Rhodesia]] (now [[Zambia]]). He was flying to negotiate a cease-fire in the Congo. Hammarskjold was the son of a former Swedish prime minister. In 1953, he was elected to the top UN post and in 1957 was reelected. During his second term, he initiated and directed the United Nation's vigorous role in the Belgian Congo. Hammarskjold had sent Conor O’Brien (1919-2008), an Irish diplomat, to the Congo where a rebellion was openly being backed by Belgium and secretly by Britain and France. O’Brien ordered in UN troops, but the mission ended in disarray and the UN repudiated the mission. O’Brien recounted his version of the events in his book “To Katanga and Back" (1962).


==1900 - 1960==
==1900 - 1960==
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