SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732
RISE OF THE SLAVE TRADE BLACK HISTORY IN COLONIAL AMERICA
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1964
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Detailed explanation-1: -11 February – Southampton is granted city status, the first such designation of the current reign. 19 February – actor Peter Sellers marries actress Britt Ekland. 21 February – £10 banknotes are issued for the first time since the Second World War. 9 March – London Fisheries Convention signed.
Detailed explanation-2: -India and Pakistan’s independence at midnight on 14-15 August 1947 was a key moment in the history of the British Empire.
Detailed explanation-3: -The last significant colony of the British Empire was Hong Kong. It was returned to Chinese sovereignty in 1997.
Detailed explanation-4: -On 24 October, 1964 Northern Rhodesia (now known as Zambia) gained independence from Britain. Kenneth Kaunda, the country’s first president, proclaimed one-party rule at independence. .