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Today In History: March 13

NASSAU, BAHAMAS – On this day in Bahamian history, Meyer Rassin was born in 1909. Rassin was a doctor who emigrated to The Bahamas sometime in 1942.

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March 13, 2024

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NASSAU, BAHAMAS – On this day in Bahamian history, Meyer Rassin was born in 1909.

Rassin was a doctor who emigrated to The Bahamas sometime in 1942. The Bahamas Historical Society notes he worked as a doctor and later founded Rassin Hospital on New Providence with his wife in 1955. Today it is known as Doctor’s Hospital.

Dr. Rassin died in Nassau in 1989.

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In 1922 Edwin Paul Albury was born on Harbour Island, Eleuthera.

Albury was an author, historian and third president of the Bahamas Historical Society. Among his works are: the story of The Bahamas, the Paradise Island story and the Harbour Island story.

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On March 13, 1930, Eileen Dupuch Carron was born in Nassau.

Her father was the founder and editor of the Tribune newspaper.

The Bahamas Historical Society notes she became assistant editor at the Tribune in 1962 and ten years later in 1972 she took over as publisher of the daily newspaper.

In 1993 she became the owner of the first privately owned radio station in The Bahamas, 100 JAMZ.

As of August 2016, she was the longest currently serving editor and publisher in The Bahamas at 53 years.

She was also the first female pilot in The Bahamas. She was married to Roger Peter Carron, now deceased.