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1997 Eric Gairy, Prime Minister of Grenada 1974 - 1979, 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 1941 Trent Lott, born in Grenada, Mississippi, Representative-R-Mississippi 1973 - 2007 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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