1955 in the Belgian Congo

* 1954
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*   *

|  | 1955

the Belgian Congo |

* 1956
* 1957
* 1958
*   *

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The following lists events that happened during 1955 in the Belgian Congo.

## Incumbent

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* Governor-general – Léo Pétillon

## Events

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Date | Event

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| Presbyterian Community in Kinshasa is founded in 1955 in Léopoldville by the American Presbyterian Congo Mission.
| Université officielle du Congo et du Ruanda-Urundi (now the University of Lubumbashi]) is opened in Lubumbashi by the University of Liège .[1]
| Football club AS Nika is founded in Kisangani.[2]
3 March  | Air Brousse is established as a private enterprise.[3]
20 April  | Jean Paelinck becomes governor of Kasaï province
1 October  | Antoine Lamborelle becomes governor of Kasaï province

## See also

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* Belgian Congo
* History of the Democratic Republic of the Congo

## References

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1. ^ Lubumbashi ... Britannica.com.
2. ^ Kubusch & Schöggl 2021.
3. ^ Guttery 1998, p. 37.

## Sources

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* Guttery, Ben R. (1998), Encyclopedia of African Airlines, Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company, ISBN 0-7864-0495-7
* Kubusch, Lars; Schöggl, Hans (2021), Congo-Kinshasa (DR Congo, Zaire) - Foundation Dates of Clubs, Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation, retrieved 16 April 2021
* Lubumbashi, Britannica, retrieved 7 July 2019

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