Zimbabwe: Timeline

1962   The UN General Assembly requests the United Kingdom United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is a country and sovereign state [i] tha ... 

 to suspend enforcement of the new constitution in Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe), but the constitution comes into effect on November 1.

1965   In Rhodesia Rhodesia

Rhodesia was the name of the British [i] colony [i] of Southern Rhodesia [i] after 1965. ... 

 (modern-day Zimbabwe), the white minority regime of Ian Smith Ian Smith

Ian Douglas Smith, GCLM [i] ID [i], was the Premier [i] ... 

 unilaterally declares independence Independence

Independence is self-government [i] of a nation [i], country [i], or state [i] by its residents and popu ... 

.

1980   Robert Mugabe Robert Mugabe

Robert Gabriel Mugabe, honorary KCB [i] is a Zimbabwean politician. ... 

 is elected Prime Minister of Zimbabwe.

1980   Zimbabwe gains independence from the United Kingdom United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is a country and sovereign state [i] tha ... 

; Robert Mugabe Robert Mugabe

Robert Gabriel Mugabe, honorary KCB [i] is a Zimbabwean politician. ... 

 becomes Prime Minister.

2005   A 4.1-kg (9-pound) meteorite Meteorite

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 crashes into the Dotito area of Zambezi Escarpment in Zimbabwe, leaving a 15-cm (6-inch) crater Impact crater

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. , following the devastation of the city by Hurricane Katrina.]]