Jamaican independence
1962 · Event
Three centuries after the English took the island for sugar and slavery, Jamaica lowers the Union flag — the Caribbean's decolonisation begins.
On these timelines: Latin America, British Empire, Master
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- Fall of Tenochtitlan (1521)
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- Haitian Revolution begins (1791)
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- Hey Jude (The Beatles) (1968)
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