Tanganyika was a country in East Africa that became independent from British rule in December 1961, under the leadership of Julius Nyerere, whose party, the Tanganyika African National Union, had campaigned peacefully for self-rule. The territory had earlier been a German colony and then a League of Nations mandate and UN trust territory administered by Britain. It became a republic within the Commonwealth in 1962, with Nyerere as president. In 1964, after a revolution overthrew the Sultan of Zanzibar, Tanganyika and Zanzibar agreed to unite, and the new state was soon renamed the United Republic of Tanzania. The name Tanganyika survives for the mainland and for Lake Tanganyika.
Before and after
- 18 September 1961Founding of CONCACAF
- 18 September 1961Birth of James Gandolfini
- 29 September 1961Birth of Julia Gillard
- 23 October 1961Founding of Taiwan Stock Exchange
- from 9 December 1961 to 26 April 1964Tanganyika
- 19 December 1961Founding of World Food Programme
- 24 December 1961Birth of Ilham Aliyev
- 1962Founding of Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory
- 1962Publication of The World Factbook
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