1959 in Southern Rhodesia

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1959
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Southern Rhodesia

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1960
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1930s
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The following lists events that happened during 1959 in the Colony of Southern Rhodesia.

Incumbents

Prime Minister: Humphrey Gibbs (starting 28 December)

Events

Kariba Dam's 128 m high and 579 m long concrete wall is finished.

Births

Berenice Josephine Bickle, artist, is born Bulawayo
4 June - Russell Tiffin, international cricket umpire, is born in Salisbury
7 August - Ali Shah, all-rounder cricketer, is born in Salisbury

Years in Zimbabwe

2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016

Rhodesia

1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979

1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969

Southern Rhodesia

1960 1961 1962 1963

1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959

1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949

1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939

1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929

The Conquests

1920 1921 1922

1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919

1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909

1959 in Africa

Sovereign states	Dahomey Egypt Ethiopia Ghana Guinea Liberia Libya Morocco South Africa South-West Africa Sudan Tunisia Upper Volta

Dependencies, colonies and other territories	Ascension Island Algeria Basutoland Bechuanaland Protectorate Belgian Congo British Cameroons British Somaliland Chad French Cameroons French Somaliland French Sudan French Togoland The Gambia Mauritania Mauritius Niger Northern Rhodesia Réunion Ruanda-Urundi Saint Helena Sierra Leone Southern Rhodesia Spanish Sahara Tristan da Cunha

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