1937 in the Belgian Congo
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The following lists events that happened during 1937 in the Belgian Congo.
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Stade Cardinal Malula is opened in Léopoldville (Kinshasa). | |
January | Société des Chemins de Fer Vicinaux du Congo opens the line from Isiro to Penge |
22 February | Apostolic Prefecture of Lolo is created from the Apostolic Vicariate of Buta |
13 April | Apostolic Prefecture of Ipamu is created from the Apostolic Vicariate of Upper Kasai and Apostolic Vicariate of Koango |
30 August | Mpinga Kasenda, future prime minister of Zaire, is born in Tshilomba, Kasaï Province. |
28 September | The first train reaches the station at Mungbere on the Vicicongo line.[1] |
1 October | Société des Chemins de Fer Vicinaux du Congo formally opens the line from Penge to Mungbere |
4 October | St. Albert College (Boboto College) opens in Gombe, Kinshasa. |
See also[]
References[]
- ^ Omasombo Tshonda 2014, p. 453.
Sources[]
- Omasombo Tshonda, Jean (2014), Bas-Uele Pouvoirs locaux et économie agricole : héritages d’un passé brouillé (PDF) (in French), Musée royal de l’Afrique centrale, ISBN 978-9-4916-1586-3, retrieved 30 August 2020
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