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===1800 - 1900=== | |||
*'''1855''': [[David Livingstone]], English physician and explorer, first saw the 328-foot waterfall on the Zambezi River. Livingstone named the falls, which straddled the [[Zambia]] and Zimbabwe border, [[Victoria Falls]]. The local name is [[Musi-oa-Tunya]] (the smoke that thunders). | *'''1855''': [[David Livingstone]], English physician and explorer, first saw the 328-foot waterfall on the Zambezi River. Livingstone named the falls, which straddled the [[Zambia]] and Zimbabwe border, [[Victoria Falls]]. The local name is [[Musi-oa-Tunya]] (the smoke that thunders). | ||
*'''1873 May 1''': [[David Livingstone]] (60), British physician, explorer, died in [[Chitambo]], [[Zambia]]. His body passed through Zanzibar for a funeral in London in Apr 18, 1874. | *'''1873 May 1''': [[David Livingstone]] (60), British physician, explorer, died in [[Chitambo]], [[Zambia]]. His body passed through Zanzibar for a funeral in London in Apr 18, 1874. | ||
*'''1891 Jun 11''': Portugal assigned [[Barotseland]], now in Zambia, to Britain, and Nyasaland becomes a British protectorate. | *'''1891 Jun 11''': Portugal assigned [[Barotseland]], now in Zambia, to Britain, and Nyasaland becomes a British protectorate. | ||
===1900 - 1950=== | |||
*'''1905''': [[Cecil Rhodes]] brought about the construction of a 650 foot iron bridge to connect Zambia and Zimbabwe near [[Victoria Falls]]. | *'''1905''': [[Cecil Rhodes]] brought about the construction of a 650 foot iron bridge to connect Zambia and Zimbabwe near [[Victoria Falls]]. | ||
*'''1911''': North-Eastern Rhodesia and North-Western Rhodesia, administered as separate units, were merged to form the British Colony of [[Northern Rhodesia]] (Later [[Zambia]]). | *'''1911''': North-Eastern Rhodesia and North-Western Rhodesia, administered as separate units, were merged to form the British Colony of [[Northern Rhodesia]] (Later [[Zambia]]). | ||
*'''1950-1959''': Zambia’s [[Chibuku Beer]] was developed in the 1950s by Max Heinrich, a German brewer. He ramped the indigenous home-brew to a commercial scale. In 1999, after passing through many hands, it was acquired by SABMiller and branded as [[Chibuku Shake Shake]]. | *'''1950-1959''': Zambia’s [[Chibuku Beer]] was developed in the 1950s by Max Heinrich, a German brewer. He ramped the indigenous home-brew to a commercial scale. In 1999, after passing through many hands, it was acquired by SABMiller and branded as [[Chibuku Shake Shake]]. | ||
===1960 - 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). | *'''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). | ||
*'''1963''': [[Northern Rhodesia]] (later [[Zambia]]) ended a federation with Southern Rhodesia and Nyasaland. | *'''1963''': [[Northern Rhodesia]] (later [[Zambia]]) ended a federation with Southern Rhodesia and Nyasaland. | ||
