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| YEAR | DATE | EVENT | QUEEN | PRIME MINISTER | GENERAL GOVERNOR | 
| 1961 | 27 april | Independent into Commonwealth | queen Elisabeth II | Sir Milton Margai | Sir Maurice Henry Dorman | 
| 1962 | 7 july | Henry Josiah Lightfoot-Boston | |||
| 1967 | 21 march | Siaka Stevens | |||
| 1967 | 21 march | gen. David Lansana | |||
| 1967 | 23 march | col Ambrose Patrick Genda | |||
| 1967 | 27 march | ten. col. Andrew Terence Juxon-Smith | |||
| 1967 | april | ten. col. Andrew Terence Juxon-Smith | |||
| 1968 | 18 april | Patrick Conteh | John Amadu Bangura | ||
| 1968 | 22 april | Sir Banja Tejan-Sie | |||
| 1971 | 31 march | Christopher Okro Cole |