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Independence Day
Tanzania Got their Independence -
Abeid Amani Karume became president
Abeid Amani Karume (August 4, 1905[1] – April 7, 1972) was the first President of Zanzibar. He obtained this title as a result of a violent revolution which led to the deposing of the last Sultan of Zanzibar Sultan Jamshid bin Abdullah in January 1964. Three months later, the United Republic of Tanzania was founded as Tanzania, prompting Karume to become the first Vice President of the United Republic along with Julius Nyerere of Tanganyika as president. He was the father of Zanzibar's former pr -
Arusha Declaration
The Arusha Declaration and TANU’s Policy on Socialism and Self Reliance (1967), referred to as the Arusha Declaration, is known as Tanzania’s most prominent political statement of African Socialism, ‘Ujamaa’, or brotherhood (Kaitilla, 2007). The Arusha declaration is divided into five parts: The TANU “Creed”; The Policy of Socialism; The Policy of Self Reliance; the TANU Membership; and the Arusha Resolution -
Mwinyi Aboud Jumbe Became 2nd President of ZNZ
Mwinyi Aboud Jumbe (born 14 June 1920)[1] was a politician in Zanzibar. He held several positions, including the second president of Zanzibar, chairman of the Revolutionary Council, Vice-President of the Union, and the vice-chairman of the Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM) party.[2] Jumbe served as president of Zanzibar from 11 April 1972 until 30 January 1984. He succeeded Abeid Karume as president, following Karume's assassination on April 7, 1972. He was initially elected by the Revolutionary Counci -
The Tanzania-Zambia railroad (known as the Tan-Zam) is completed
The TAZARA Railway, also called the Uhuru Railway or the Tanzam Railway, links the Tanzanian port of Dar es Salaam with the town of Kapiri Mposhi in Zambia's Central Province. The railway is 1,860 km (1,160 mi) in length and was built as a turnkey project financed and executed by China. Construction began in 1970 and was completed in 1975, two years ahead of schedule -
Merger of (TANU) and (ASP) to form CCM
Merger of Tanzania African National Union (TANU) and Zanzibar's Afro-Shirazi Party (ASP) to create the Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM - Revolutionary State Party). The CCM is declared to be the only legal political party in Tanzania. The Tanganyika African National Union (TANU) was the principal political party in the struggle for sovereignty in the East African state of Tanganyika (now Tanzania). -
Idi Amin attempts to annex Kagera, Tanzania's northern province.
With the assistance of Libyan troops, Idi Amin attempts to annex Kagera, Tanzania's northern province. -
Tanzanian forces invade Uganda
Tanzanian forces invade Uganda and capture the capital Kampala. The president of Uganda, Idi Amin, flees to Libya -
President Ali Hassan Mwinyi comes into power
President Ali Hassan Mwinyi comes into power, Mwinyi had been president of Zanzibar (5 November). Nyerere's socialist experiment is eased. Ali Hassan Mwinyi (born May 8, 1925, Kivure, Pwani Region, Tanzania) is a Tanzanian politician.[1] He was the second President of the United Republic of Tanzania from 1985 to 1995 -
Tanzania's constitution is amended to allow multi-party democracy
Tanzania's constitution is amended to allow multi-party democracy -
Tanzania accepts 800,000 refugees form ethnic violence in Rwanda and Burundi
The Rwandan Genocide was a genocidal mass slaughter of Tutsi and moderate Hutu in Rwanda by members of the Hutu majority. During the approximate 100-day period from April 7, 1994 to mid-July, an estimated 500,000–1,000,000 Rwandans were killed,constituting as much as 20% of the country's total population and 70% of the Tutsi then living in Rwanda -
Benjamin William Mkapa Became the 3rd President
Benjamin William Mkapa (born November 12, 1938) was the third President of the United Republic of Tanzania (1995–2005) and former Chairman for the Revolutionary State Party (Chama Cha Mapinduzi, CCM -
Bombing of United states Embassy
The 1998 United States embassy bombings were a series of attacks that occurred on August 7, 1998, in which hundreds of people were killed in simultaneous truck bomb explosions at the embassies of the United States in the East African cities of Dar es Salaam and Nairobi. (Picture shows the Kenyan Embassy) -
Julius Kambarage Nyerere dies
Julius Kambarage Nyerere (father of the Nation) dies (14 October) Born in Tanganyika to Nyerere Burito (1860–1942), Chief of the Zanaki,[2] Nyerere was known by the Swahili honorific Mwalimu or 'teacher', his profession prior to politics.[3] He was also referred to as Baba wa Taifa (Father of the Nation).[4] Nyerere received his higher education at Makerere University in Kampala and the University of Edinburgh. After he returned to Tanganyika, he worked as a teacher. In 1954, -
Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete becomes president
On December 21st 2005, Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete (born 7 October 1950) became the 4th and current President of the United Republic of Tanzania. Prior to his election in 2005, he was the Minister of Foreign Affairs for ten years under his predecessor. He has also served as the Chairpersonof the African Union in 2008/09 and the Chairman of the Southern African Development Community Troika on Peace, Defence and Security in 2012/13.
