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*'''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).
*'''1970 Oct''' - China began construction of the 1,160 mile [[TAZARA Railway]] 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.  
*'''1970 Oct''' - China began construction of the 1,160 mile [[TAZARA Railway]] 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.  


===1971 - 1980===
===1971 - 1980===
*'''1973 Aug 25''': Zambia adopted a constitution.
*'''1972''' - [[Zamrock]] (Zambian rock) music genre is started.
*'''1976 Jul''': China completed the construction of a railway between Tanzania and [[Zambia]].
*'''1973 Jun 27''' - The new constitution dubbed the [[Choma Declaration]] is signed in [[Choma]].
*'''1980 Apr 1''': The Southern African Development Coordination Conference (SADCC) was established by 9 countries with the [[Lusaka Declaration]] (Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Tanzania, [[Zambia]], Zimbabwe). The main aim was coordinating development projects in order to lessen economic dependence on apartheid South Africa.  On August 17, 1992, it was transformed into the Southern African Development Community (SADC). By 2008 it included 15 members.
*'''1973 Aug 25''' - Zambia adopted a constitution.
*'''1975 May 27''': President [[Kenneth Kaunda]] names [[Elijah Mudenda]] as the Prime Minister after [[Mainza Chona]] resigned.
*'''1976 Jul''' - China completed the construction of a railway between Tanzania and [[Zambia]].
*'''1980 Apr 1''' - The Southern African Development Coordination Conference (SADCC) was established by 9 countries with the [[Lusaka Declaration]] (Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Tanzania, [[Zambia]], Zimbabwe). The main aim was coordinating development projects in order to lessen economic dependence on apartheid South Africa.  On August 17, 1992, it was transformed into the Southern African Development Community (SADC). By 2008 it included 15 members.


===1981 - 1990===
===1981 - 1990===
*'''1982''': [[Lusaka]] Archbishop [[Emmanuel Milingo]] resigned under pressure for his faith healings and exorcisms. He was brought to Rome as a functionary and retired in 2000. In 2001 he (71) married Marie Sung (43) of South Korea in a New York City wedding conducted by the Rev. Sun Myung Moon.
*'''1982''' - [[Lusaka]] Archbishop [[Emmanuel Milingo]] resigned under pressure for his faith healings and exorcisms. He was brought to Rome as a functionary and retired in 2000. In 2001 he (71) married Marie Sung (43) of South Korea in a New York City wedding conducted by the Rev. Sun Myung Moon.


===1991 - 2000===
===1991 - 2000===
*'''1991''': [[Kenneth Kaunda]] was voted out of office. President [[Frederick Chiluba]] and the [[Movement for Multi-Party Democracy]] (MMD) won in the first multi-party elections.
*'''1991''': [[Kenneth Kaunda]] was voted out of office. President [[Frederick Chiluba]] and the [[Movement for Multi-Party Democracy]] (MMD) won in the first multi-party elections.
*'''1991''' Xu Jianxue arrived in Zambia and began a civil-engineering and construction firm with his 4 brothers. Some 300 Chinese lived in Zambia at this time. By 2006 the number was estimated at 3,000.
*'''1991''' Xu Jianxue arrived in Zambia and began a civil-engineering and construction firm with his 4 brothers. Some 300 Chinese lived in Zambia at this time. By 2006 the number was estimated at 3,000.
*'''1993 Apr 27''' - 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.
*'''1994''' [[Francis Grogan]] and [[Carl Irwin]] founded [[Zambeef]] with a staff of 60 people. In 2013 the company employed 5,000.
*'''1994''' [[Francis Grogan]] and [[Carl Irwin]] founded [[Zambeef]] with a staff of 60 people. In 2013 the company employed 5,000.
*'''1996 May 21''' The government of [[Zambia]] adopted new constitutional amendments to prevent [[Kenneth Kaunda]] from running for president. The amendments require that candidates be at least second-generation Zambians. Kaunda is the son of immigrants from Malawi.
*'''1996 May 21''' The government of [[Zambia]] adopted new constitutional amendments to prevent [[Kenneth Kaunda]] from running for president. The amendments require that candidates be at least second-generation Zambians. Kaunda is the son of immigrants from Malawi.
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*'''2001 May 27''' - Archbishop [[Emmanuel Milingo]] married Maria Sung in a mass ceremony conducted by Rev. Sun Myung Moon in NYC. In Aug Milingo was reported to have recommitted his life to the Catholic Church. Marie Sung went on a hunger strike. Sung later resigned herself to Milingo’s return to the Church.
*'''2001 May 27''' - Archbishop [[Emmanuel Milingo]] married Maria Sung in a mass ceremony conducted by Rev. Sun Myung Moon in NYC. In Aug Milingo was reported to have recommitted his life to the Catholic Church. Marie Sung went on a hunger strike. Sung later resigned herself to Milingo’s return to the Church.
*'''2001 Jul 20''' - The New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD) was formally adopted at the 37th session of the (OAU) Assembly of Heads of State and Government in [[Lusaka]], [[Zambia]].
*'''2001 Jul 20''' - The New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD) was formally adopted at the 37th session of the (OAU) Assembly of Heads of State and Government in [[Lusaka]], [[Zambia]].
*'''2001 Dec 11''' - [[Mainza Chona]] dies at age 71 in South Africa.
*'''2001 Dec 27''' - Zambia held national elections. Early returns showed a virtual tie between [[Levy Mwanawasa]] of the ruling [[Movement for Multiparty Democracy]] (MMD) and [[Anderson Mazoka]] (d.2006) of the [[United Party for National Development]] (UPND). Mwanawasa won with 29% of the vote.
*'''2001 Dec 27''' - Zambia held national elections. Early returns showed a virtual tie between [[Levy Mwanawasa]] of the ruling [[Movement for Multiparty Democracy]] (MMD) and [[Anderson Mazoka]] (d.2006) of the [[United Party for National Development]] (UPND). Mwanawasa won with 29% of the vote.
*'''2002 Jan 2''' - [[Levy Mwanawasa]] (1948-2008) of the ruling (MMD) was sworn in as president despite protests of ballot stuffing and voter intimidation. An appeal for a recount was rejected. Unrest closed much of [[Lusaka]]. Zambia’s inflation at this time was 21.7%.
*'''2002 Jan 2''' - [[Levy Mwanawasa]] (1948-2008) of the ruling (MMD) was sworn in as president despite protests of ballot stuffing and voter intimidation. An appeal for a recount was rejected. Unrest closed much of [[Lusaka]]. Zambia’s inflation at this time was 21.7%.
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===2016 - 2020===
===2016 - 2020===
#'''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 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.
#'''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).




==See also==
==See also==
*[[History of Zambia]]
*[[History of Zambia]]
==External links==
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