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*'''2007 July 3''' - Lusaka Province police commanding officer [[Wasakaza Ng'uni]] (57) dies in a road accident.
*'''2007 July 3''' - Lusaka Province police commanding officer [[Wasakaza Ng'uni]] (57) dies in a road accident.
*'''2007 Aug 16''' - Zambia hosts the 27th Southern African Development Community (SADC) summit in [[Lusaka]]. The 2-day summit provided scant hope for the people of Zimbabwe. Zimbabwe rejected the need for political reform at the summit of regional leaders that is meant to find ways to ease the country's political and economic crisis.
*'''2007 Aug 16''' - Zambia hosts the 27th Southern African Development Community (SADC) summit in [[Lusaka]]. The 2-day summit provided scant hope for the people of Zimbabwe. Zimbabwe rejected the need for political reform at the summit of regional leaders that is meant to find ways to ease the country's political and economic crisis.
*'''2007 Oct 19''' - [[Kenneth Kaunda]] is awarded the 2007 [http://allafrica.com/stories/200710160163.html Ubuntu Award].
*'''2007 Nov 22''' - The UN resumed the repatriation of 12,000 Congolese refugees from Zambia which was suspended three months ago due to insecurity in the Democratic Republic of Congo's (DRC) Katanga province.
*'''2007 Nov 22''' - The UN resumed the repatriation of 12,000 Congolese refugees from Zambia which was suspended three months ago due to insecurity in the Democratic Republic of Congo's (DRC) Katanga province.
*'''2008 Aug 19''' - President [[Levy Mwanawasa]] (b.1948) dies in France. He had been hospitalized at a French military hospital since suffering a stroke in June.
*'''2008 Aug 19''' - President [[Levy Mwanawasa]] (b.1948) dies in France. He had been hospitalized at a French military hospital since suffering a stroke in June.
*'''2008 Oct 30''' - Zambia votes for a successor to the late President [[Levy Mwanawasa]] in an election the main opposition leader, [[Michael Sata]], accused the ruling party of rigging. Sata was ahead in early presidential election results, but his lead was slowly narrowed. [[Rupiah Banda]] won 40% of the vote and opposition leader Michael Sata secured 38%.  
*'''2008 Oct 30''' - Zambia votes for a successor to the late President [[Levy Mwanawasa]] in an election the main opposition leader, [[Michael Sata]], accused the ruling party of rigging. Sata was ahead in early presidential election results, but his lead was slowly narrowed. [[Rupiah Banda]] won 40% of the vote and opposition leader Michael Sata secured 38%.  
*'''2008 Nov 2''' - Veteran diplomat [[Rupiah Banda]] (72) is sworn in as the new president of Zambia following a narrow and disputed victory over a populist rival in an election necessitated by the death of the country's former leader, [[Levy Mwanawasa]].
*'''2008 Nov 2''' - Veteran diplomat [[Rupiah Banda]] (72) is sworn in as the new president of Zambia following a narrow and disputed victory over a populist rival in an election necessitated by the death of the country's former leader, [[Levy Mwanawasa]].
*'''2008 Nov 2''' - [[Elijah Mudenda]] dies at age 81 at [[Mina Medical Centre]] in [[Lusaka]].
*'''2009 Jul 20''' - Zambia's Catholic bishops and the International Press Institute condemned the arrest on obscenity charges of a newspaper editor who says she was trying to draw attention to the consequences of a health workers' strike. [[Chansa Kabwela]], editor of the independent [[The Post|Post], was arrested last week after e-mailing pictures of a woman giving birth in the streets to policy makers and aid groups.
*'''2009 Jul 20''' - Zambia's Catholic bishops and the International Press Institute condemned the arrest on obscenity charges of a newspaper editor who says she was trying to draw attention to the consequences of a health workers' strike. [[Chansa Kabwela]], editor of the independent [[The Post|Post], was arrested last week after e-mailing pictures of a woman giving birth in the streets to policy makers and aid groups.
*'''2009 Aug 17''' - Former President [[Frederick Chiluba]] (1991-2001) was cleared of corruption charges following a six-year trial after a magistrate ruled that $500,000 of allegedly embezzled funds could not be traced to government money.
*'''2009 Aug 17''' - Former President [[Frederick Chiluba]] (1991-2001) was cleared of corruption charges following a six-year trial after a magistrate ruled that $500,000 of allegedly embezzled funds could not be traced to government money.
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*'''2013 Nov 1''' - Dozens of Zambian separatists appeared in court on charges of treason for trying to create a new state called [[Barotseland]] in the west of the country. A total of 84 defendants, mostly from the [[Lozi people|Lozi tribe]], were rounded up in a recent crackdown on those protesting for Barotseland.
*'''2013 Nov 1''' - Dozens of Zambian separatists appeared in court on charges of treason for trying to create a new state called [[Barotseland]] in the west of the country. A total of 84 defendants, mostly from the [[Lozi people|Lozi tribe]], were rounded up in a recent crackdown on those protesting for Barotseland.
*'''2013 Dec 23''' - Defense minister [[Geoffrey Bwalya Mwamba]] resigns.
*'''2013 Dec 23''' - Defense minister [[Geoffrey Bwalya Mwamba]] resigns.
*'''2013 Dec 24''' - [[Edgar Lungu]] becomes  Minister of Defence after [[Geoffrey Bwalya Mwamba]] resigned from his ministerial post.
*'''2014 Jan 6''' - Police arrest and charged opposition leader [[Frank Bwalya]] with defamation, after he referred to President [[Michael Sata]] as a  "Chumbu Mushololwa." The Bemba term literally refers to a sweet potato that breaks when it is bent and is used to describe someone who does not heed advice.
*'''2014 Jan 6''' - Police arrest and charged opposition leader [[Frank Bwalya]] with defamation, after he referred to President [[Michael Sata]] as a  "Chumbu Mushololwa." The Bemba term literally refers to a sweet potato that breaks when it is bent and is used to describe someone who does not heed advice.
*'''2014 Feb''': Nationwide strike after tax hike and public sector wage freeze prohibited salary increases and new hires.
*'''2014 Mar 21''' - Zambia scraps restrictions on the use of dollars and other foreign currencies as it tried to halt the slide in its currency, which has lost nearly a fifth of its value in recent months.
*'''2014 Mar 21''' - Zambia scraps restrictions on the use of dollars and other foreign currencies as it tried to halt the slide in its currency, which has lost nearly a fifth of its value in recent months.
*'''2014 May 23''' - Ranger [[Dexter Chilunda]] is killed while investigating reports of gunshots in [[Liuwa Plain National Park]]. Two suspected poachers were arrested on June 1.
*'''2014 May 23''' - Ranger [[Dexter Chilunda]] is killed while investigating reports of gunshots in [[Liuwa Plain National Park]]. Two suspected poachers were arrested on June 1.
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*'''2015 Apr 6''' - 17 people are killed when a light truck they were in hit a shop before turning over in [[Mazabuka]].
*'''2015 Apr 6''' - 17 people are killed when a light truck they were in hit a shop before turning over in [[Mazabuka]].
*'''2015 Apr 20''' - [[Zambia]] slashes by more than half a controversial mineral royalty tax after investors threatened to pull out of the copper-rich country.
*'''2015 Apr 20''' - [[Zambia]] slashes by more than half a controversial mineral royalty tax after investors threatened to pull out of the copper-rich country.
*'''2015 Jul 16''' - [[Edgar Lungu]] commutes the death sentences of 332 prisoners to life in prison and condemned the massive overcrowding at the [[Mukobeko Prison]], calling it "an affront to basic human dignity".


==2016 - 2020==
===2016 - 2020===


 
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#'''16 July 2015''': [[Edgar Lungu]] commutes the death sentences of 332 prisoners to life in prison and condemned the massive overcrowding at the [[Mukobeko Prison]], calling it "an affront to basic human dignity".
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#'''20 January 2015''': [[Edgar Lungu]] is elected as sixth president of the Republic of [[Zambia]] at the [[National Heroes Stadium]] in [[Lusaka]].
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#'''February 2014''': Nationwide strike after tax hike and public sector wage freeze prohibited salary increases and new hires.
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#'''24 December 2013''': [[Edgar Lungu]] becomes  Minister of Defence after [[Geoffrey Bwalya Mwamba]] resigned from his ministerial post.
#'''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.
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#'''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.
#'''1935''': [[Lusaka]] becomes the capital city of [[Zambia]] (then [[Northern Rhodesia]]}
#'''1935''': [[Lusaka]] becomes the capital city of [[Zambia]] (then [[Northern Rhodesia]]}
#'''21 January 1930''': [[Mainza Chona]] is born in [[Monze]].
#'''6 June 1927''': [[Elijah Mudenda]] is born.
#'''1929''': The [[Football Association of Zambia]] (FAZ) is founded.
#'''1929''': The [[Football Association of Zambia]] (FAZ) is founded.
#'''28 April 1924''': [[Kenneth Kaunda]] is born in [[Chinsali]].
#'''28 April 1924''': [[Kenneth Kaunda]] is born in [[Chinsali]].
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