Timeline of Port Harcourt
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This is a timeline of the history of Port Harcourt, the capital of Rivers State, Nigeria.
This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by expanding it with reliably sourced entries.
20th century
Port Harcourt in 1930s
- 1925 - Braithwaite Memorial Hospital begins operating.
- 1961 - Roman Catholic Diocese of Port Harcourt established.
- 1965 - Port Harcourt Refining Company founded.
- 1971 - Newspaper The Tide begins publication.[1]
- 1972
- Rivers State College of Science and Technology opens.
- Sharks football club formed.
- 1975
- University College, Port Harcourt created[2]
- Port Harcourt Zoo established.
- 1977 - University College gains University status becomes University of Port Harcourt.
- 1980
- Rivers State University of Science and Technology replaces Rivers State College of Science and Technology.
- University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital in operation.
- 1981 - Radio Rivers begins broadcasting.[3]
- 1984 - Rivers State School of Basic Studies commences in Port Harcourt.
- 1985 - Rivers State Television inaugurated.
- 1988 - Dolphins football club is founded.
- 1993 - Sister-city relationship with Kansas City formed.[4]
- 1995 - Ken Saro-Wiwa and Ogoni Nine buried in Port Harcourt Cemetery.[5]
- 1996 - Meridian Hospital begins operating.
- 1999 - Rivers State School of Basic Studies revamped and renamed to Rivers State College of Arts and Science.
21st century
- 2001 - Liberation Stadium opens.[6]
- 2004
- Population: 1,133,400.[4]
- National Network newspaper begins publication.[7]
- 2005 - Sosoliso Airlines Flight 1145 crashes.
- 2006
- Port Harcourt International Airport stop operations for maintenance.
- Population: 1,382,592.
- 2008
- Garden City Literary Festival begins.[8]
- Street Rhymes Studios in business.[9]
- 2009 - Port Harcourt International Airport named Nigeria's third busiest airport.
- 2010 - Bus electrocutions accident.
- 2011 - 91.7 FM begins broadcasting.[10]
- 2012
- Port Harcourt selected 2014 World Book Capital.[11]
- Massacre of four Uniport students.[12]
- 2013
- Kelsey Harrison and Rivers State Dental and Maxillofacial hospitals start to function.[13]
- I'm on Fire becomes most successful mixtape by a Port Harcourt-based artist.[9]
- Port Harcourt International Fashion Week begins.
- Garden City Literary Festival gets new name: Port Harcourt Book Festival.[14]
- 2014 - Port Harcourt World Book Capital takes place.[15]
See also
References
- ↑ "About Us". The Tide News. Retrieved 2014-05-03.
- ↑ http://cdnetng.org/?q=node/72
- ↑ "Radio Rivers At 33". The Tide. Port Harcourt, Nigeria: Rivers State Newspaper Corporation. 2014-05-07. Retrieved 2014-06-29.
- 1 2 "Port Harcourt, Nigeria". Kcsistercities.org. Retrieved 14 August 2014.
- ↑ "Nigeria's Military Leaders Hang Playwright And 8 Other Activists". Deseretnews.com. Deseret News Publishing Company. 1995-11-11. Retrieved 2014-07-07.
- ↑ "Liberation Stadium (Port Harcourt)". World Stadiums. Retrieved 6 August 2014.
- ↑ Kwaaba, Frank (2 December 2011). "Seventh Year Anniversary Celebration National Network Makes History". ModernGhana.com. Retrieved 19 June 2014.
- ↑ About
- 1 2 "Street Rhymes Studios heats up Port Harcourt music scene". The Neighbourhood Newspaper. Port Harcourt, Nigeria: Nativity Communications Company. 2014-05-26. Retrieved 2014-07-01.
- ↑ "All New Radio Port Harcourt, Commissioned". Digicast Magazine. 2 September 2011. Retrieved 12 July 2014.
- ↑ http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=42448
- ↑ http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-19869492
- ↑ "PH, New Hub For Medical Tourism". The Tide. Port Harcourt: Rivers State Newspaper Corporation. 4 February 2013. Retrieved 15 July 2014.
- ↑ http://allafrica.com/stories/201308051431.html
- ↑ http://www.punchng.com/columnists/pocket-lawyer/port-harcourt-unesco-world-book-capital-2014/
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