Timeline of Port Harcourt

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

1. "About Us". The Tide News. Retrieved 2014-05-03.
2. http://cdnetng.org/?q=node/72
3. "Radio Rivers At 33". The Tide (Port Harcourt, Nigeria: Rivers State Newspaper Corporation). 2014-05-07. Retrieved 2014-06-29.
4. "Port Harcourt, Nigeria". Kcsistercities.org. Retrieved 14 August 2014.
5. "Nigeria's Military Leaders Hang Playwright And 8 Other Activists". Deseretnews.com. Deseret News Publishing Company. 1995-11-11. Retrieved 2014-07-07.
6. "Liberation Stadium (Port Harcourt)". World Stadiums. Retrieved 6 August 2014.
7. Kwaaba, Frank (2 December 2011). "Seventh Year Anniversary Celebration National Network Makes History". ModernGhana.com. Retrieved 19 June 2014.
8. About
9. "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.
10. "All New Radio Port Harcourt, Commissioned". Digicast Magazine. 2 September 2011. Retrieved 12 July 2014.
11. http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=42448
12. http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-19869492
13. "PH, New Hub For Medical Tourism". The Tide (Port Harcourt: Rivers State Newspaper Corporation). 4 February 2013. Retrieved 15 July 2014.
14. http://allafrica.com/stories/201308051431.html
15. http://www.punchng.com/columnists/pocket-lawyer/port-harcourt-unesco-world-book-capital-2014/

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