1962 Event Katanga becomes part of Democratic Republic of Congo 1962 Event U.N. troops occupies Elizabethstad Katanga 1961 Event Battles between United Nations and Katanga troops in Congo 1961 Event Premier Moise Tsjombe of Katanga arrested in Congo 1960 Event Country of Katanga forms in Africa 1960 Event Moise Tsjombe declares Congolese county Katanga independence 1919 Birthday Moise Tshombe, President of Katanga, then premier of the Congo, Zaire 1891 Death Msiri, king of Garanganja (Katanga), dies in battle
