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Zaire


1997 Mobutu Sese Seko, dictator of Zaire (1965-97), dies at 66

1995 Kinshasa, Zaire under quarantine after an outbreak of Ebola virus

1993 Nyamuisi Muvingi, Zaire minister of Culture, murdered

1989 Franco, Francis Luambo/"Makiadi", Zaire composer/music, dies at 51

1989 Idi Amin expelled from Zaire

1978 Zaire revises constitution

1977 Zaire president Mobutu visits Belgium

1974 Muhammad Ali KOs George Foreman in 8th round in Kinshasa Zaire

1971 Republic of Congo-Kinshasa becomes Republic of Zaire

1969 Moise K Tsjombe, premier Congo/Zaire, dies

1967 Zaire adopts constitution

1966 1st TV station in Congo, Kinshasa (Zaire)

1965 Marshal Mobutu Sese Seko Kuku Ngbendu, becomes President of Zaire

1964 Rebellion ends in Zaire

1964 Dr. Kenneth David Kaunda becomes president of Zaire

1960 Republic of Congo (Zaire, Dem Rep of Congo) forms

1960 Zaire (formerly Belgian Congo) declares independence from Belgium

1956 "Cherie" Samba, Mbimba N'zinga, Zaire painter, Pitie la prostituee

1938 Franco, Zaire, composer/guitarist/leader, Masumbuku

1930 Joseph-Desire Kuku NWZA Mobutu Sese Seko, president Zaire, 1965-

1925 Patrice E. Lumumba, born in Zaire, revolutionary/1st premier of Congo

1919 Moise Tshombe, President of Katanga, then premier of the Congo, Zaire

1732 Voltaire's "Zaire," premieres in Paris


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