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September 21 1963 – Sir Curtly Elconn Lynwall Ambrose “Ambi” was born in Swetes Village, St. Mary’s Antigua and Barbuda to Jasper Ambrose from Barnes Hill/ Cedar Grove and Hilarine ‘Hillie’ Ambrose from Swetes. A graduate of the All Saints Secondary School, basketball and football were his preferred sports in...

September 22, 1970 –  Senator the Honourable Shawn Marissa Nicholas was born to Gerald Nicholas and Eileen Richardson from Newfield and Wilikies respectively. Shawn was raised on the Mayers Estate, Wilikies where she resided until adulthood. The original Estate House was her primary residence until Hurricane Hugo (September 1989). She...

October 1, 2021 - Hollis E. Francis Jr is elevated to Lieutenant Governor of Division 27 Caribbean of the Eastern Canada and the Caribbean District. LG Hollis joined the Kiwanis family in the year 2001 when he was inducted as a member of the Kiwanis Club of St. John’s Antigua....

October 5, 1968 - Vince "Kazi" McCoy was born to Royston and Florentine McCoy of Point and Freetown respectively.  Vince spent his early years on Bennett Street in Villa before his family relocated to Belle Vue Heights in 1974. Vince is a product of Villa Primary, Freetown Primary, Gefadem School,...

October 8, 1948 - Winston Baldwin Spencer was born to Alexandrina Alberta Martin of Bendal’s Village and Frederick Richard Spencer of Johnson’s Village. Former Prime Minister Spencer went to the Green Bay Primary School and attained secondary education at the Princess Margaret Secondary School.  He later studied Social Leadership and...

October 11 1986 - Renée Edwards-Ambrose’s was born to Mignonette Richards-Edwards from Liberta Village and Rupert Edwards from North Street.   Renée was destined to step outside ordinary expectations from day one.  Upon completion of her secondary education at the Antigua Girls High School, she enrolled in the Antigua State College’s...

October 20, 1955 - ACB CARIBBEAN, formerly known as the Antigua Commercial Bank was incorporated as The Antigua Co-operative Bank Limited. It registered a share capital of EC$100,000 and became the country's first indigenous bank and public company. The Bank’s operations started on January 3, 1956, at the former Chelsea...

20th October 1956 - Leeward Island Air Transport Services ‘LIAT’ was founded in Montserrat by Kittitian Sir Frank Delisle. With only a single six-seater twin-engine plane, operations began with flights between Antigua and Montserrat.  With the acquisition of 75% by British West Indies Airlines (BWIA) in 1957, LIAT was able...

October 20, 1736 - Prince Klaas/King Court/King Tackey’s body was broken on the wheel after public acknowledgement of all the allegations against him.  He was tied spread eagle onto a round wheel and left outside to die a slow and agonizing death that would deter others. His body was burnt...

November 17, 1960 – Lennox O’Reilly Weston was born to Edmund Weston of Potters and Estella Weston (nee Benjamin) of Parham. Lennox Weston was raised, and has lived in Parham all his life u today, save for his periods of study and work overseas. Weston completed his secondary education at...