T&T History

This Day in History Trinidad & Tobago.

[Patrick Manning @meetmanning]

At 8:15AM today, Former Prime Minister Patrick Augustus Mervyn Manning passed away peacefully at the San Fernando... https://t.co/psU9U4OOVz

[TTAB Inc. @TTABInc]

The Slavery Abolition Act 1833 ended
slavery in the British Empire on August
28, 1834. Emancipation Day is widely... http://t.co/HIhn9p0tB3

[Courts T&T @Courtstnt]

T&T’s Janelle Penny Commissiong won Miss Universe in what year? #TrinbagoTrivia (via http://t.co/GfZuWvMzfb)...

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MASTER ARTIST LE ROY CLARKE'S NEW SERIES OF ARTWORK:: http://t.co/LD9Vm9JWMH

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Death: Tubal Uriah ""Buzz"" Butler, labour leader, 'Supreme Chief Servant' 20/02/1977

[HiddenTreasuresT&T @HTreasuresTT]

Good morning to all.
A picture of Miss Universe 1977 Janelle Penny Commissiong and the Jacksons in 1978. http://t.co/SgrULV8F14

[jarrod butts 💙💛 @jarrodbutts]

@tnthistory No time like the present: check this out. From November 1st, 1962:

[Earthian @TriniWoman1977]

T&T $2.00 Bill 1905 @tnthistory

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Birthday: Ras Shorty I (Garfield Blackman), Calypsonian 10/6/1941

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Road to Independence: http://t.co/SECVIWzyXo via @YouTube

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Dr Eric Williams: http://t.co/d1LB6T1nfA via @YouTube

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Adrian Cola Rienzi forms the Oilfield Workers Trade Union and is made president general. 25-07-1937

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Randolph Burroughs, leader of the infamous "Flying Squad" is arrested 21/07/1986

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Birthday: George Richard Lytcott Bovell (@GeorgeBovell), Olympic bronze medalist swimmer. 18 July 1983

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Prime Minister Dr. Eric Williams visit to China 1974: http://t.co/WHvZeiY9bJ via @YouTube

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Birthday: Earl Lovelace, novelist, playwright and short-story writer 13/07/1935

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Lennox Phillips (Yasim Abu Bakr) and his followers are set free by courts following 1990 attempted coup 30/06/1992

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Trinidad Art Society held its first exhibition. Tuesday, 18 January 1944

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First public radio broadcast took place by amateur radio expert Diego Serrao. Cricket scores were broadcasted. Friday, 18 January 1935