Timeline_of_Port_Harcourt Knowpia

This is a timeline of the history of Port Harcourt, the capital of Rivers State, Nigeria.

19th century edit

20th century edit

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 createdUniversity of Port Harcourt at the Wayback Machine (archived 14 July 2014)
- 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.^[2]
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.^[3]
1995 - Ken Saro-Wiwa and Ogoni Nine buried in Port Harcourt Cemetery.^[4]
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 edit

2001 - Liberation Stadium opens.^[5]

2004
- Population: 1,133,400.^[3]
- National Network newspaper begins publication.^[6]
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.^[7]
- Street Rhymes Studios in business.^[8]
2009 - Port Harcourt International Airport named Nigeria's third busiest airport.
2010 - Bus electrocutions accident.
2011 - 91.7 FM begins broadcasting.^[9]
2012
- Port Harcourt selected 2014 World Book Capital.^[10]
- Massacre of four Uniport students.^[11]
2013
- Kelsey Harrison and Rivers State Dental and Maxillofacial hospitals start to function.^[12]
- I'm on Fire becomes most successful mixtape by a Port Harcourt-based artist.^[8]
- Port Harcourt International Fashion Week begins.
- Garden City Literary Festival gets new name: Port Harcourt Book Festival.^[13]
2014 - Port Harcourt World Book Capital takes place.^[14]

References edit

^ "About Us". The Tide News. Retrieved 2014-05-03.
^ "Radio Rivers At 33". The Tide. Port Harcourt, Nigeria: Rivers State Newspaper Corporation. 2014-05-07. Retrieved 2014-06-29.
^ ^a ^b "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". Port Harcourt Book Festival. 9 October 2021.
^ ^a ^b "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.
^ "UNESCO: Nigerian city of Port Harcourt named 2014 World Book Capital". UN News. 11 July 2012.
^ "Nigeria Uniport student lynching arrests". BBC. 8 October 2012. Retrieved 3 September 2021.
^ "PH, New Hub For Medical Tourism". The Tide. Port Harcourt: Rivers State Newspaper Corporation. 4 February 2013. Retrieved 15 July 2014.
^ "Nigeria: Garden City Literary Festival Now Port Harcourt Book Festival". allAfrica. 4 August 2013. Retrieved 3 September 2021.
^ "Port Harcourt: UNESCO World Book Capital 2014". Archived from the original on 2014-06-30. Retrieved 2014-07-01.