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Today in History: February 24
NASSAU, BAHAMAS – On this day in Bahamian history the Battle of Nassau took place in 1720.
NASSAU, BAHAMAS – On this day in Bahamian history the Battle of Nassau took place in 1720.
The Bahamas Historical Society notes Governor Woodes Rogers successfully defended the island of New Providence from an attack by a larger Spanish raiding party from Cuba.
The Spanish made off with over 100 enslaved persons from the city, although the assault on Nassau itself was repelled and the invasion was a failure.
In 1965 The Beatles came to The Bahamas to film scenes from their second film ‘Help!’.
The group stayed at the Balmoral Club, now the Sandals Royal Bahamian hotel in Cable Beach.
On this day in 2018, Sir Durward Knowles died in Nassau. He was 100 years old.
Knowles was a sailor and Olympic Games multi-medalist, winning a bronze medal at the Olympic Games in Melbourne, Australia in 1956 and a gold medal in Tokyo, Japan in 1964 with Cecil Cooke.
At the time of his death, he was the world’s oldest Olympian.
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