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Cayman Islands
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Grand Cayman, Cayman Brac
and Little Cayman comprise the group. The capital is George Town.
(SFEC, 2/16/97, p.T8)
1503
May 10, Columbus stumbled across the Cayman Islands and dubbed them Las
Tortugas after the numerous sea turtles.
(SFEC, 2/16/97, p.T8)(HN, 5/10/98)
1530 The Las Tortugas Islands
were renamed the Caymans, They were named after an indigenous type of
crocodile that no longer lives there.
(AP, 5/10/03)
1655 The three Cayman
Islands came under British control when Oliver Cromwell's army captured
nearby Jamaica from the Spanish.
(AP, 5/10/03)
1700 British settlers began
arriving to the Cayman Islands.
(AP, 5/10/03)
1863 The Cayman Islands
became a British Caribbean territory.
(AP, 5/10/03)
1959 Jul 4, Cayman Islands
separated from Jamaica and was made a crown colony.
(Maggio)
1993 The Dart Corp. brothers
Kenneth and Robert renounced their US citizenship to avoid US income
taxes and set up shop in the Cayman Islands.
(WSJ, 12/5/97, p.A1)
1996 A 330-foot Russian
destroyer was sunk in 60 feet of water off Cayman Brac as an attraction
for scuba divers.
(SFEC, 2/14/99, p.T12)
1997 Dec 12, The Cayman
Islands told the Norwegian Cruise Line that a chartered 910-passenger
ship of gay people would not be allowed to dock.
(SFC, 1/7/98, p.A8)
2003 Dec 18, The Cayman
Islands banned fishing in grouper spawning areas for eight years,
citing a sharp decline in the species' population. The ban took effect
of Dec 29.
(AP, 12/19/03)
2004 Sep 13, In the Cayman
Islands officials estimated one-quarter to one-half of Grand Cayman's
15,000 homes were damaged by fierce winds and flooding from Hurricane
Ivan.
(AP, 9/14/04)
2005 William Brittain-Catlin
authored “Offshore: The Dark Side of the Global Economy.” It focused on
the Cayman Islands, the 5th largest banking center in the world.
(SSFC, 7/10/05, p.E3)
2006 Nov, Thousands of tiny
parasitic wasps were released in the Cayman Islands to combat an
island-hopping insect that has destroyed crops throughout the
Caribbean. Mealybugs have destroyed millions of dollars in crops and
ornamental plants across the Caribbean since they were first reported
in the Western Hemisphere, in Grenada in 1994. They reached the US
Virgin Islands in 1997, and Puerto Rico a year later.
(AP, 11/22/06)
2007 Feb 24, The Cayman
Islands were cited as the world’s 5-th largest banking center with $1.4
trillion in assets.
(Econ, 2/24/07, SR p.4)
2008 May 4, In the Cayman
Islands 5 captive Grand Cayman Blue Iguanas, critically endangered
lizards that resemble miniature turquoise dragons, were found scattered
across a breeding park in the British dependency after they apparently
were stomped and gouged.
(AP, 5/7/08)
2008 Aug 29, Tropical Storm
Gustav drenched Jamaica, killing at least 4 people, and rolled over the
Cayman Islands with fierce winds that tore down trees and power lines,
setting off alarm from Cuba to New Orleans, and at gas pumps across the
US.
(AP, 8/29/08)(AP, 8/30/08)(SFC, 8/30/08, p.A3)
2008 Sep 30, The Cayman
Islands announced plans to scuttle a decommissioned US Navy ship to
create an underwater attraction for scuba divers and snorkelers.
(AP, 10/1/08)
2009 May 14, The OECD ruled
to keep Britain’s Cayman Islands on its list of un-cooperative tax
havens.
(Econ, 5/23/09, p.41)
2009 May 20, The Cayman
Islands elected a new government.
(Econ, 5/23/09, p.42)
2010 Feb 14, British author
Dick Francis (b.1920), a former jockey whose thrillers rode high in
best-selling lists for decades, died at his Caribbean home in Grand
Cayman. His first book was a 1957 autobiography titled “The sport of
Queens.” His first novel, “Dead Cert,” came out in 1962 and was
followed by 41 more.
(AFP,
2/14/10)(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Francis)(SFC, 2/15/10, p.C3)
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