2012 Event Hurricane Sandy makes landfall in Cuba and Jamaica and heads towards The Bahamas 2010 Event Colton Harris-Moore, a 19-year-old fugitive known as the 'Barefoot Bandit' is captured by police in northern Eleuthera, The Bahamas 2001 Death Aaliyah, actress, model, singer, appeared in film, 'Romeo Must Die', successful album, 'One in a Million', dies in Marsh Harbour, The Bahamas, at age 22, in a plane crash 1978 Birthday Nestaea Sealy, Miss Bahamas Universe 1997 1973 Event Bahamas declares Independence from U.K. and adopts constitution 1969 Birthday J. Nick Adamson, born in Freeport, Bahamas, U.S. laser yachter, 1996 Olympics 1968 Event Gruener and Watson (U.S.) set scuba depth record (133 m) in Bahamas 1968 Birthday Sebastian Philip Clerk Bach, born in Bahamas, rock, Skid Row-Psycho Love 1967 Event 1st black government installed in Bahamas 1965 Event "Yarmouth Castle" burns and sinks off Bahamas, killing 89 1965 Event Beatles begin filming "Help" in Bahamas 1964 Birthday Roger Smith, Freeport Bahamas, tennis doubles player 1964 Event Bahamas becomes self-governing 1949 Birthday Diana Nyad, swimmer, 1st to swim Bahamas to Fla-1979 1946 Birthday Alexis Nihon, Jr., Bahamas, wrestler 1968 Olympics 1943 Death Harry Oakes, Canadian ruler of Bahamas, murdered 1930 Birthday Lynden O. Pindling, Prime Minister of Bahamas, 1967 - 1992 1917 Birthday Gerald Cash, Governor-General, Bahamas 1916 Birthday John Paul, Governor-General, Bahamas 1912 Birthday Alexis Nihon, Bahamas, wrestler 1968 Olympics 1879 Event Kirland Warbler discovered on Andros Island in Bahamas 1838 Event Emancipation of British slaves on Bahamas 1776 Event U.S. commodore Esek Hopkins occupies Nassau Bahamas 1629 Event King Charles I gives Bahamas to Sir Robert Heath 1492 Event Columbus' fleet anchors on Ragged Island Range, Bahamas 1492 Event Columbus' fleet sites "Zandislands" (Ragged Island Range, Bahamas) 1492 Event Columbus sites "Isabela" (Fortune Island, Bahamas) 1492 Event Columbus sights isle of San Salvador (Watling Island, Bahamas) 1492 Event Columbus' fleet anchors at "Fernandina" (Long Island, Bahamas) 1492 Event Columbus arrives in Bahamas 1492 Event Columbus' ships sites land on the horizon (Bahamas)
