Today in Guyana History
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Historical Events
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1616-03-20 - Walter Raleigh released from Tower of London to seek gold in Guyana
1627-06-02 - English king Charles I establishes Guyana Company
1953-04-27 - 1st general elections in British Guyana, won by Jagans PPP
1966-05-26 - Guyana (formerly British Guiana) declares independence from UK
1970-02-23 - Guyana becomes a republic (National Day)
1980-10-06 - Guyana adopts constitution
1986-02-12 - 1st-class cricket debut of Curtly Ambrose, Leeward Is v Guyana
1996-01-27 - Shiv Chanderpaul scores 303* for Guyana v Jamaica at Kingston
Famous Birthdays
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1734-10-07 - Ralph Abercromby, English army commander (Dutch Guyana)
1918-01-10 - Arthur Chung, President of Guyana (d. 2008)
1923-02-20 - Forbes Burnham, premier Guyana (1964-85)
1929-03-09 - Hugh Desmond Hoyte, president (Guyana, 1985-92)
1931-05-13 - Jim Jones, reverend, poisoned over 100 in Guyana (Jonestown Massacre)
1944-11-28 - R.B. Greaves, Guyanan singer
1947-02-23 - Shakira Caine, Guyana, actress (Man Who be King)/Miss Guyana (1967)
1948-03-05 - Eddy Grant, Guyana, reggae performer (Electric Avenue)
1952-12-25 - CCH Pounder, Guyana-born actress
1958-04-04 - Derek Kallicharran, cricket all-rounder (Guyana, USA 1994 ICC Trophy)
1963-03-17 - Roger Harper, cricketer (Guyana & WI off-spinner Extraordinary field)
1965-06-15 - David Bolton, Guyana, Canadian Tour golfer (1992 Lando Mem Amateur)
1968-02-14 - Chris Lewis, cricketer (in Guyana England all-rounder)
1975-07-17 - Troy Amos Ross, Georgetown Guyana, Canadian boxer (Olympics-96)
1975-10-06 - Reon King, West Indian cricketer from Guyana
Famous Deaths
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1978-11-18 - Leo J Ryan, (Rep-Cal) & 4 killed in Jonestown, Guyana by members of Peoples Temple, followed by ritual mass suicide of 914 member
1997-03-06 - Jagan Guyanes, PM of Guyana (1953, 57-64), dies
2002-12-22 - Desmond Hoyte, President of Guyana (b. 1929)
