1955 in the Belgian Congo

List of events

1955
in
the Belgian Congo

Decades:
  • 1930s
  • 1940s
  • 1950s
  • 1960s

The following lists events that happened during 1955 in the Belgian Congo.

Incumbent

Events

Date Event
Presbyterian Community in Kinshasa is founded in 1955 in Léopoldville by the American Presbyterian Congo Mission.
Université officielle du Congo et du Ruanda-Urundi (now the University of Lubumbashi]) is opened in Lubumbashi by the University of Liège .[1]
Football club AS Nika is founded in Kisangani.[2]
3 March Air Brousse is established as a private enterprise.[3]
20 April Jean Paelinck becomes governor of Kasaï province
1 October Antoine Lamborelle becomes governor of Kasaï province

See also

References

Sources

  • Guttery, Ben R. (1998), Encyclopedia of African Airlines, Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company, ISBN 0-7864-0495-7
  • Kubusch, Lars; Schöggl, Hans (2021), Congo-Kinshasa (DR Congo, Zaire) - Foundation Dates of Clubs, Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation, retrieved 16 April 2021
  • Lubumbashi, Britannica, retrieved 7 July 2019
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