Ahead of tomorrow's independence ceremonies, roads that were dirt a year ago are now freshly laid with asphalt.

The next day the new government held an independence ceremony.

- Sam Nujoma, President of Namibia, at its independence ceremony.

The independence ceremonies, attended by more than 20,000 people including 15 heads of state, provided the opportunity for high-level diplomatic contacts among world leaders.

This took effect from the time of the independence ceremonies, midnight, 12 December 1963.

Two months later, an independence ceremony is held in Edinburgh.

In Honiara, the Movement were invited to put on a cultural show at the independence ceremonies.

International dignitaries and tens of thousands of people attended the independence ceremony in the capital, Juba.

Sir Donald died in 1975, two weeks before Papua New Guinea's independence ceremonies.

In 1964 he was an honored guest at Zambia's independence ceremonies in Lusaka.