Today in History: March 21

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NASSAU, BAHAMAS – On this day in Bahamian history, Kayla Lockhart Edwards was born in Duncan Town, Ragged Island, Bahama Islands in 1946.

Edwards was a singer, songwriter, actor and producer.

She passed away on her 60th birthday in 2006.

For more than 30 years Edwards produced numerous folklores shows and dramas to promote authentic Bahamian culture. Some of her theatrical plays and folklore presentations include roots, rhyme and rhythm; and the ZNS broadcast show, “Mirror-Mirror”.

Then in 2011, the House of Assembly voted on a resolution for the sale of 51 percent of Bahamas Telecommunications Company to British-based Cable & Wireless.

The Bahamas Historical Society notes the vote was mainly split down party lines with 22 Members of Parliament with 22 voting in support and 18 against.

Then in 2013 around 10am EMS personnel rushed to Stuarts Cove after an air tank explosion at the dive tours company injured three including a customer and two employees.

In 2016 Michael Pintard, who was then an Opposition senator and chairman of the Free National Movement, resigned amid an ongoing investigation involving billionaire neighbors Peter Nygard and Louis Bacon, and an alleged murder plot by members of environmental group, Save the Bays.

Pintard was attached to a trail of emails that were a part of that investigation.

In 2020, Atlantis founder Sol Kerzner died. He was 84.

He was the founder, chairman and CEO of Kerzner International, which for many years was the principal owner of the iconic Atlantis Resort on Paradise Island.

Then Prime Minister Dr. Huber Minnis hailed him as a maverick businessman and pioneer in the resort industry globally, who helped to redevelop and transform tourism in The Bahamas.

Also in 2020, Our News reported on the first night of the 11-day curfew under COVID-19 emergency orders imposed by the Minnis led administration.

A year later in 2021, Grand Bahama saw the rollout of the COVID-19 vaccine.