During Prohibition in the United States, there was a huge increase in exports of whiskey from Britain to The Bahamas, as Cordeaux reported there were 31...
NASSAU, BAHAMAS - On December 7, 1971, The Bahamas' current Coat of Arms was adopted after being approved by Queen Elizabeth II.
NASSAU, BAHAMAS - On this day in Bahamian history in 1904 Alvin Rudolph Braynen was born in Current, Eleuthera.
NASSAU, BAHAMAS - On this day in Bahamian history, in 1803, while sailing from Georgia to Nassau, the American ship, "Lilly" was shipwrecked off great Abaco...
NASSAU, BAHAMAS - In 1934, Kenneth Andre Ian Rodgers was born in New Providence. He was the first Bahamian to play in the MLB.
On this day in Bahamian history, in 1828 William Dowdeswell died at his residence in England. Dowdeswell Street on New Providence is named after him.
On this day in Bahamian history, in 1974, the Commonwealth of The Bahamas and the Republic of Cuba established diplomatic relations.
In 1965 the House of Assembly passed a bill agreeing to change the currency of The Bahamas from sterling to Bahamian dollars, effective by Easter, 1966.
On this day in Bahamian history in 1720, female pirates Mary Read and Anne Bonny, who were members of Calico Jack Rackham's crew, were tried and...
On this day in Bahamian history in 2013, 110 Haitian migrants whose boat had capsized in Bahamian waters were rescued by the United States Coast Guard...
