1959 in Southern Rhodesia
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The following lists events that happened during 1959 in the Colony of Southern Rhodesia.
Incumbents
[edit]- Prime Minister: Humphrey Gibbs (starting 28 December)
Events
[edit]- Kariba Dam's 128 m (420 ft) high and 579 m (1900 ft) long concrete wall is finished.[1]
Births
[edit]- 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
References
[edit]- ^ Bridgwater, William (1960). The Columbia-Viking Desk Encyclopedia. Viking Press.
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