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#'''February 2014''': Nationwide strike after tax hike and public sector wage freeze prohibited salary increases and new hires. | #'''February 2014''': Nationwide strike after tax hike and public sector wage freeze prohibited salary increases and new hires. | ||
#'''2 November 2008''': [[Elijah Mudenda]] dies at age 81 at [[Mina Medical Centre]] in [[Lusaka]]. | #'''2 November 2008''': [[Elijah Mudenda]] dies at age 81 at [[Mina Medical Centre]] in [[Lusaka]]. | ||
#'''19 October 2007''': [[Kenneth Kaunda]] is awarded the 2007 [http://allafrica.com/stories/200710160163.html Ubuntu Award]. | |||
#'''11 December 2001''' [[Mainza Chona]] dies at age 71 in South Africa. | #'''11 December 2001''' [[Mainza Chona]] dies at age 71 in South Africa. | ||
#'''27 April 1993''': The [[Zambia national football team]] perishes in the [[1993 Zambia national football team air disaster|1993 air crash disaster in Gabon]] as the team was flying to the FIFA World Cup Qualifier against Senegal in Dakar. The crash left all on board dead. | #'''27 April 1993''': The [[Zambia national football team]] perishes in the [[1993 Zambia national football team air disaster|1993 air crash disaster in Gabon]] as the team was flying to the FIFA World Cup Qualifier against Senegal in Dakar. The crash left all on board dead. | ||
# '''27 May 1975''': President [[Kenneth Kaunda]] names [[Elijah Mudenda]] as the Prime Minister after [[Mainza Chona]] resigned. | # '''27 May 1975''': President [[Kenneth Kaunda]] names [[Elijah Mudenda]] as the Prime Minister after [[Mainza Chona]] resigned. | ||
#'''27 June 1973''': The new constitution dubbed the [[Choma Declaration]] is signed in [[Choma]]. | |||
#'''1972''': [[Zamrock]] music genre comes is started. | #'''1972''': [[Zamrock]] music genre comes is started. | ||
#'''January 1970''': [[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). | |||
#'''24 October 1964''': Zambia gains its independence from British colonial rule. | #'''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. | #'''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. | ||
