Congo gains independence
1960 · Event
Belgium hands over power hurriedly; King Baudouin praises Leopold II and Lumumba replies with a furious speech.
On these timelines: The Decolonisation of Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, Master, Cold War
More from The Decolonisation of Africa
- Decolonisation of Africa (1952)
- Ghanaian independence (1957)
- Congo Crisis / Assassination of Lumumba (1960)
- The Organisation of African Unity founded (1963)
- Wind of Change speech (1960)
- Portugal's African empire ends (1975)
- Lumumba's independence day speech (1960)
- Rhodesia's Unilateral Declaration of Independence (1965)
Around 1960
- Suez Crisis (1956)
- Six-Day War (1967)
- Prague Spring (1968)
- Vietnam War (American phase) (1965)
- Apollo 11 moon landing (1969)
- Cuban Missile Crisis (1962)
- US Civil Rights Movement (1954)
- Korean War (1950)
- The Troubles (1968)
- Cuban Revolutionary War (1953)