1957
Barbados ’ very own US Navel Facility was opened at Harrison ’ s Point St . Lucy . It operated for twenty-two years and was officially decommissioned in March 1979 .
1964
Television was introduced to Barbados , just 49 years ago .
1966
Barbados gained its independence on November 30th , 1966 . The Pointer Sisters sang at the celebratory event which was held .
1977
British Concorde Airways G-BOAE ( 212 ) first arrived in Barbados to take Her Majesty the Queen to England . It operated for 26 years before finally settling at the Concorde Experience museum in Barbados .
2003 2005 2011
Barbadian born , internationally acclaimed , Grammy award winning , superstar Rihanna was discovered by producer Evan Rogers .
Her Majesty ’ s Prison Glendairy was destroyed by prisoners in a prison uprising . Military forces were brought in from other Caribbean islands for assistance . The replacement , HMP Dodds , was opened in 2007 .
Historic Bridgetown and its ’ Garrison was added to the UNESCO World Heritage list .
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