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 1939
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The following lists events that happened during 1939 in the Belgian Congo.

Incumbents

Events

DateEvent
The football club FC Saint-Éloi Lupopo is founded in Lubumbashi.[1]
The football club TP Mazembe is founded in Lubumbashi.[1]
The football club SC Cilu is founded in Lukala.[1]
15 May Upemba National Park is created, the largest park in Africa.
8 July Likulia Bolongo, future prime minister of Zaire, is born in Basoko, Orientale Province.
11 July Apostolic Vicariate of Upper Congo is renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Baudouinville (future Roman Catholic Diocese of Kalemie–Kirungu)
27 November Laurent-Désiré Kabila, future president of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, is born in Baudouinville.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 Kubusch & Schöggl 2021.

Sources

  • Kubusch, Lars; Schöggl, Hans (2021), Congo-Kinshasa (DR Congo, Zaire) - Foundation Dates of Clubs, Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation, retrieved 16 April 2021
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