1956 in the Belgian Congo

1956
in
the Belgian Congo

Decades:

The following lists events that happened during 1956 in the Belgian Congo.

Incumbent

Events

Date Event
South Kivu Sugar Refinery is founded in Kiliba, South Kivu.
Alphonse De Valkeneer is appointed acting governor of the province of Équateur.
January Jean Paelinck (1906–1961) is appointed governor of Katanga Province.
20 February Bruno Tshibala, future prime minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, is born in Gandajika.
June OK Jazz, later renamed TPOK Jazz, is formed in Léopoldville (now Kinshasa).

See also

References

Sources

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  • "Franco Luambo Makiadi and TP OK Jazz", Kenypages.net, retrieved 16 April 2021
  • Taarifa Rwanda (22 March 2021), South Kivu Sugar Factory Resumes Production After 25 Years Of Dormancy, Kigali: Taarifa Rwanda, retrieved 23 March 2021