Timeline of Lusaka

The following is a of the history of the city of Lusaka, Zambia.

20th century

• 1905
• Railway begins operating.
• European settlement formed.
• 1913 - Village Management Board established.
• 1926 - "District administrative headquarters" relocated to Lusaka from Chilanga (approximate date).
• 1935 - Capital of British Protectorate of Northern Rhodesia relocated to Lusaka from Livingstone.
• 1937 - City of Lusaka Football Club formed.
• 1948 - Central African Post newspaper begins publication.
• 1950 - Population: 27,100.
• 1951 - Lusaka Playhouse built.
• 1952 - African Listener radio programme begins broadcasting.
• 1954 - F. Payne becomes mayor.
• 1956 - Lusaka African Marketeers' Cooperative Society organized.
• 1958 - Waddington Theatre Club founded.
• 1959 - 20th Century cinema opens (approximate date).

• 1960
• Lusaka attains city status.
• African Mail newspaper begins publication.
• Palace cinema opens (approximate date).
• Luburma market established (approximate date).
• 1963
• National Archives of Zambia headquartered in city.
• International School of Lusaka founded.
• Population: 87,495.
• 1964
• City becomes capital of the newly independent Republic of Zambia.
• Independence Stadium (Zambia) opens.
• 1965
• Rhodes Park School established.
• Green Buffaloes F.C. founded.
• 1966 - University of Zambia founded.
• 1967
• Mtendele "squatter township" opens.
• Intergovernmental Council of Copper Exporting Countries established in Lusaka.
• 1968
• Zambia Daily Mail newspaper in publication.
• Sister city relationship established with Los Angeles, US.
• 1969 - Zambian News Agency headquartered in city.
• 1970
• "Greater Lusaka created."
• September: International 3rd Summit of the Non-Aligned Movement held in city.
• 1971 - Chikwakwa Theatre established at the University of Zambia.
• 1972
• Chunga market built.
• Population: 448,000 urban agglomeration.
• 1976
• Housing Project Unit established.
• United Nations Institute for Namibia inaugurated.
• Libala, Kaunda Square, and Longacres markets established (approximate date).
• 1978 - Racial unrest.
• 1979
• August: City hosts Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting 1979.
• Zambia Consumer Buying Corporation opens.

• 1980 - Population: 498,837 city; 535,830 urban agglomeration.
• 1985
• Zanaco Football Club formed.
• Non-governmental Organisations' Co-ordinating Committee established.
• 1990 - Population: 982,362 city.
• 1991 - Weekly Post newspaper begins publication (approximate date).
• 1994
• 31 October: Lusaka Protocol initiated.
• Lusaka Stock Exchange opens.
• Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa headquartered in Lusaka.
• 1996 - Lusaka National Museum opens.
• 1997
• Umar Al Farook mosque opens.
• Sustainable Lusaka Project launched.
• 1999 - University of Lusaka founded.
• 2000 - Population: 1,057,212.

21st century

• 2001 - Munali Girls High School established.
• 2001 - Independent Churches of Zambia (ICOZ) established. ICOZ was Founded by Rev David Musonda Masupa with the help of the 2nd Republican President Fredrick Chiluba.
• 2006 - October: Post-election unrest.
• 2010
• Daniel Chisenga becomes mayor.
• Population: 1,747,152.
• 2012 - February: Celebration of Zambia's winning 2012 Africa Cup of Nations.
• 2017 - March: Stampede occurs.

References

Bibliography

Published in 20th century

Published in 21st century

External links

• (Bibliography of open access articles)
• (Images, etc.)
• (Images, etc.)
• (Bibliography)
• (Bibliography)
• (Bibliography)