SAVVY Historic Calendar — This form should be adapted for local historic events and is used during all
fieldwork interviews (baseline census, census update, and verbal autopsy interviews).
(A country-specific calendar should be used. The example given here is for Tanzania.)
EVENT
DATE
Maji Maji War in Tanganyika
1905-1907
Start of World War I.
June 1914
End of World War I
November 1918
Tanganyika African Association (TAA) is formed
Germany invaded Poland — Start of World War II.
Japan attacks Pearl Harbor by surprise — United States enters World War II.
1929
September 1939
December 7, 1941
Japan officially surrendered — End of World War II.
September 1945
TANU Party was formed from TAA (in Tanganyika)
1954
Independence of Tanganyika
December 9, 1961
Independence of Zanzibar
December 19, 1963
Union Day (Tanganyika and Zanzibar)
April 26, 1964
The Arusha Declaration — On the Policy of Self Reliance in Tanzania
February 5, 1967
Neil Armstrong became the first human to set foot on the moon
July 20, 1969
The birth of CCM Party in Tanzania (TANU and ASP Parties merged)
President Mwalimu Nyerere resigns
The death of Mwalimu Nyerere (first president of Tanzania)
February 5, 1977
1985
October 14, 1999