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Events on Saturday 24 October 1964 2
19641964 Summer OlympicsXVIII Olympiad - TokyoFirst Games held in Asia. Winner: USA.
1964Zambia gains independence from BritainNorthern Rhodesia becomes ZambiaThe former British protectorate of Northern Rhodesia became independent as the Republic of Zambia, with Kenneth Kaunda as its first president. Independence followed a decade of nationalist agitation against colonial rule.