Grenada Timeline of Events

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Grenada is an island country and Commonwealth Realm consisting of the island of Grenada and six smaller islands at the southern end of the Grenadines in the southeastern Caribbean Sea...

Timeline of Events

1974

2.7.1974

Grenada gains independence from the United Kingdom.

9.17.1974

Bangladesh, Grenada and Guinea-Bissau join the United Nations.

1979

3.13.1979

The New Jewel Movement, headed by Maurice Bishop, ousts Prime Minister Eric Gairy in a nearly bloodless coup d'etat in Grenada.

1983

10.19.1983

Maurice Bishop, Prime Minister of Grenada, is overthrown and executed in a military coup d'état led by Bernard Coard.

10.25.1983

Operation Urgent Fury: The United States and its Caribbean allies invade Grenada, six days after Prime Minister Maurice Bishop and several of his supporters are executed in a coup d'état.