Date | Event |
| Stade Cardinal Malula is opened in Léopoldville (Kinshasa). |
January | Société des Chemins de Fer Vicinaux du Congo opens the line from Isiro to Penge |
22 February | Apostolic Prefecture of Lolo is created from the Apostolic Vicariate of Buta |
13 April | Apostolic Prefecture of Ipamu is created from the Apostolic Vicariate of Upper Kasai and Apostolic Vicariate of Koango |
30 August | Mpinga Kasenda, future prime minister of Zaire, is born in Tshilomba, Kasaï Province. |
28 September | The first train reaches the station at Mungbere on the Vicicongo line. |
1 October | Société des Chemins de Fer Vicinaux du Congo formally opens the line from Penge to Mungbere |
4 October | St. Albert College (Boboto College) opens in Gombe, Kinshasa. |