Date | Event |
| The football club FC Saint-Éloi Lupopo is founded in Lubumbashi. |
| The football club TP Mazembe is founded in Lubumbashi. |
| The football club SC Cilu is founded in Lukala. |
15 May | Upemba National Park is created, the largest park in Africa. |
8 July | Likulia Bolongo, future prime minister of Zaire, is born in Basoko, Orientale Province. |
11 July | Apostolic Vicariate of Upper Congo is renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Baudouinville (future Roman Catholic Diocese of Kalemie–Kirungu) |
27 November | Laurent-Désiré Kabila, future president of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, is born in Baudouinville. |