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Grenada
1997 Eric Gairy, PM of Grenada (1974-79), dies

1990 Nicholoas Braithwaite elected premier of Grenada

1983 Last 80 U.S. combat soldiers in Grenada withdrew

1983 U.S. invades Grenada, a country 1/2,000 its population (U.S. Wins!)

1983 Grenada general Hudson Austin forms "revolutionary council"

1983 Maurice Bishop, premier of Grenada (1979-83), murdered in coup

1983 Grenada leftist coup under vice-premier Coard

1979 Gairy dictatorship in Grenada overthrown by New Jewel Movement

1974 Grenada gains independence from Britain (National Day)

1973 Grenada adopts constitution

1967 Grenada gains partial independence from Britain

1935 Paul Scoon, governor-general of Grenada, 1978-92

1922 Eric Gairy, premier, Grenada

1880 14th Belmont: L Hughes aboard Grenada wins in 2:47

1880 8th Preakness: L Hughes aboard Grenada wins in 2:40

1863 Pope Pius IX encyclical On persecution in New Grenada

1779 French fleet occupies Grenada

1762 British take Grenada, West Indies, from French

1496 Moorish fortress Alhambra, near Grenada, surrenders to the Christi



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