What's Good with the Caribbean

January	28, 1853	Jose Martí is born in Havana, Cuba. He grew up to become who many consider Cuba’s greatest hero, and was a politician, poet, writer and journalist.
February	13, 1993	Merlene Ottey of Jamaica broke the 200m indoor track and field world record in a time of 21.87 sec.
	1988	Jamaica sends its first Bobsled team to the Calgary Winter Olympics.
March	25, 2004	George Bovell of Trinidad broke the 200m IM swimming world record in short course with a gold medal winning time of 1.53.93sec.
April	1998	Ato Boldon of Trinidad becomes the world’s youngest track sprinter to run a 9.86 at the age of 24. He owns the fourth fastest time in history in this event.
May	22, 1976	Donald Quarrie of Jamaica tied the 100m track and field world record in a time of 9.9.
	25, 1949	Elaine Potter Richardson is born in Antigua, later on she adopts the name Jamaica Kincaid as a world famous writer.
	1998	Adonal Foyle from St. Vincent and the Grenadines, graduated from Colgate University Magna Cum Laude with a degree in History. He is pursuing a Master's Degree at the John F. Kennedy University in Moraga, California. He currently plays professional basketball (NBA) for the Golden State Warriors.
June	17, 1833	Francisco Oller, famous Puerto Rican painter is born. He went on to become the ‘first Latin American impressionist’ painter.
July	29, 1989	Sammy Sosa, baseball player from the Dominican Republic is traded into the White Sox – another step to becoming one of the best players of all time.
August	1948	The Knowles family of Bahamas begins its Olympic legacy. Altogether the family has participated in or coached for 13 Olympiads.
	1900	Léon Thiércelin becomes Haiti’s first Olympian as he participates in the fencing competition.
	2004	The Cayman Islands sent their first swimmers to the Athens Olympics – Andrew McKay, Heather Roffey and Shaune Fraser.
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October	1992	Derek Walcott of St. Lucia was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.
	2001	VS Naipaul, Trinidadian born author, was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.
	1979	Sir Arthur Lewis, born in St. Lucia, was awarded the Nobel Prize in Economics.
November	22, 1974	Gordon Greenidge, Barbadian cricketer makes his test debut. He went on to become an important part of the West Indian cricket team for over 15 years.
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