In 1980 Rhodesia was renamed Zimbabwe
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Zimbabwe Rhodesia (pronounced /zɪmˈbɑːbweɪ roʊˈdiːʒə/ ), officially the Republic of Zimbabwe Rhodesia , was an unrecognized state that existed from 1 June 1979 to 12 December 1979. Zimbabwe R...
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Rhodesia (pronounced /roʊˈdiːʒə/ ), officially the Republic of Rhodesia from 1970, was an unrecognized state located in southern Africa that existed between 1965 and 1979 following its Unilat...
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The UANC took office in June 1979, and the country was renamed Zimbabwe Rhodesia. ... Country was renamed from Rhodesia to Zimbabwe. Optimism reigned for a while but tensions soon arose. ... - the historic past of Zimbabwe formerly Rhodesia -
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On this day in 1980, CNN (Cable News Network), the world's first 24-hour television news network, makes its debut. The network signed on at 6 p.m. EST from its headquarters ... CNN went on to change the notion that news could only be reported at fixed times throughout the day. ... CNN was the brainchild of Robert "Ted" Turner,
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After ruling for less than a year, Edward VIII becomes the first English monarch to voluntarily abdicate the throne. He chose to abdicate after the British government, public, and the Church of England condemned his decision to marry the American divorcée Wallis ... On the evening of 11 December, Edward, born in 1896,
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June 1st 1979, Abel Muzorewa became the first black Prime Minister of old Rhodesia, renamed Zimbabwe-Rhodesia, although Muzorewa and Sitholé wished that the name honni old colony be removed.
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The ZIMBABWE Situatio ... Mugabe, who led the nation to independence in 1980 following a bloody guerrilla war, was widely praised for the conciliatory attitude he adopted towards whites who wanted to stay on in the former Rhodesia, renamed;
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In 1979 they finally caved in to international sanctions and guerrilla war, and a multiracial government was formed under Bishop Abel Muzorewa, the country being renamed Zimbabwe-Rhodesia.
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Once in office, Muzorewa sought to drop 'Rhodesia' from the country's name, and in fact adopted a new national flag that featured the Zimbabwe soapstone bird. The national airline, Air Rhodesia, was also renamed Air Zimbabwe.
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