Zambia events timeline

• 26 April 1924: The late Zimbabwean novelist and poet Solomon Mutswairo was born.
• 01 March 1929: Freedom fighter and politician George Silundika was born
• 01 August 1953: Southern Rhodesia joined Northern Rhodesia and Nyasaland to form the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland
• 18 March 1975: Lawyer and politician Herbert Chitepo died
• 6 March 1978: Rhodesian troops attacks ZAPU rebels at their base
• 08 March 1978: The attack on ZAPU freedom fighters by Rhodesian forces came to an end
• 17 February 1979: Rhodesian forces attack ZAPU rebels
• 14 April 1979: The attack launched on the 10th by Rhodesian army and military personnel on ZAPU rebels came to an end
• : General Josiah Tongogara was born