{"slug": "zambia", "label": "Zambia", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zambia", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q953", "qid": "Q953", "description": "country at the crossroads of Central and Southern Africa", "entries": 9, "years": 8, "span": [1855, 2023], "span_label": ["1855 CE", "2023 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 3}, {"title": "Technology & Infrastructure", "count": 2}, {"title": "Disasters & Accidents", "count": 2}, {"title": "Exploration & Expansion", "count": 1}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "zimbabwe", "label": "Zimbabwe", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "rhodesia", "label": "Rhodesia", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "united-states", "label": "United States", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "zaire", "label": "Zaire", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "angola", "label": "Angola", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "scottish-people", "label": "Scottish people", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "david-livingstone", "label": "David Livingstone", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1855, "year_label": "1855 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "November 17", "text": "November 17 – Scottish missionary explorer David Livingstone becomes the first European to see Victoria Falls, in modern-day Zambia–Zimbabwe.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1358982600#October–December", "title": "1855", "revid": 1358982600, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1890, "year_label": "1890 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "January 11", "text": "January 11 – 1890 British Ultimatum: The United Kingdom demands Portugal withdraw its forces from the land between the Portuguese colonies of Mozambique and Angola (most of present-day Zimbabwe and Zambia).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364071388#January", "title": "1890", "revid": 1364071388, "section": "Events › January"}}, {"year": 1964, "year_label": "1964 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "October 24", "text": "October 24 – Northern Rhodesia, a former British protectorate, becomes the independent Republic of Zambia, ending 73 years of British rule.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371069587#October", "title": "1964", "revid": 1371069587, "section": "Events › October"}}, {"year": 1975, "year_label": "1975 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "August", "text": "The first Cuban forces arrive in Angola to join Soviet personnel who are there to assist the MPLA that controls less than a quarter of Angolan territory. The United States, Zaire and Zambia request South Africa to provide training and support for the FNLA and UNITA forces.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369955775#August", "title": "1975", "revid": 1369955775, "section": "Events › August"}}, {"year": 1975, "year_label": "1975 CE", "section": "Technology & Infrastructure", "date": "August 25", "text": "August 25 – The Victoria Falls Conference between Rhodesian Prime Minister Ian Smith and the United African National Council is held in a South African Railways coach on the Victoria Falls Bridge, officiated by Zambian President Kenneth Kaunda and South African Prime Minister John Vorster.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369955775#August", "title": "1975", "revid": 1369955775, "section": "Events › August"}}, {"year": 1977, "year_label": "1977 CE", "section": "Disasters & Accidents", "date": "May 14", "text": "May 14 – An IAS Cargo Boeing 707 airplane crash in Lusaka, Zambia, kills all six on board.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371657539#May", "title": "1977", "revid": 1371657539, "section": "Events › May"}}, {"year": 1978, "year_label": "1978 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "March 3", "text": "March 3 – Rhodesian Bush War: Rhodesia attacks Zambia.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370022681#March", "title": "1978", "revid": 1370022681, "section": "Events › March"}}, {"year": 1999, "year_label": "1999 CE", "section": "Disasters & Accidents", "date": "March 1", "text": "March 1 – One of four bombs detonated in Lusaka, Zambia, which destroys the Angolan Embassy.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369767946#March", "title": "1999", "revid": 1369767946, "section": "Events › March"}}, {"year": 2023, "year_label": "2023 CE", "section": "Technology & Infrastructure", "date": "September 20", "text": "September 20 – Archaeologists in Zambia find the world's oldest wooden structure, dating back 476,000 years, consisting of two interlocking wooden logs connected by a notch securing one perpendicular to the other.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372811827#September", "title": "2023", "revid": 1372811827, "section": "Events › September"}}]}