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1609 Jul 25 |
Admiral William Somers, head of a 7-ship fleet enroute to Virginia, spied land after being blown off course and soon drove his ship, the Sea Venture, onto the reefs of Bermuda. William Strachey (1572-1621), was also aboard the Sea Venture and later sent a letter to England that described the event. The letter is thought by many to have been the inspiration for Shakespeare’s "Tempest." Strachey became secretary of the colony at Jamestown, Virginia, after his arrival there on May 23, 1610. In 2009 Hobson Woodward authored: A Brave Vessel: The True Tale of the Castaways Who Rescued Jamestown and Inspired Shakespeare’s “The Tempest.” Links: Britain, Virginia, Ship, Bermuda, Hurricane 
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1984 |
The trading firm Jardine, Matheson & Co., in Hong Kong since 1842, shifted its legal domicile to Bermuda. Links: Hong Kong, Bermuda
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1986 Apr 11 |
Dodge Morgan (1932-2010), American businessman, landed at St. George, Bermuda, completing a 27,000 solo nonstop sail around the world in 150 days. This broke a 292-day record set in 1971 by British sailor Chay Blyth. Links: USA, Bermuda, World Record
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1995 Aug 18 |
Premier John Swan of Bermuda promised to resign after voters rejected a vote for independence from Britain with 76% voice. Links: Britain, Bermuda
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1996 |
Rebecca Middleton (17) of Ontario, Canada, died after being raped, tortured and stabbed on a beach in Bermuda. A suspect, Kirk Orlando Mundy, was allowed to strike a plea bargain deal with police in which he admitted to being an accessory after the fact and was sentenced to five years. The case against the other suspect, Justis Raham Smith, collapsed after a judge in Bermuda said there was insufficient evidence. Links: Canada, Murder, Bermuda, Rape
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1996 |
Louis Vuitton Moet Hennessy purchased Duty Free Shopper (DFS), founded in the 1960s by Chuck Feeney (b.1931) and partners. In the 1980s Feeney had put most of his one-third share and other assets into charitable trusts in Bermuda operating as Atlantic Philanthropies. Feeney scheduled the foundation to go out of business by 2016. In 2007 Connor O’Clery authored “The Billionaire Who Wasn’t: How Chuck Feeney Secretly Made And Gave Away a Fortune. Links: USA, France, M&A, Donation, Bermuda, Biography
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1997 Jul |
Tyco Corp. under CEO Dennis Kozlowski merged with ADT Ltd., a Bermuda corporation, and began relocating employees to headquarters in Boca Raton, Flo. Links: Florida, Bermuda, Corp. Scandal
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1998 |
In Bermuda the Progressive Labor Party took power, promising a better deal for blacks. Links: Bermuda
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2000 Apr 27 |
Some 288 migrant Haitians were rescued from Flamingo Cay in the Bermuda Islands after their boat ran aground. 2-14 of the migrants died of exposure and dehydration while awaiting rescue. Links: Haiti, Bermuda, Migrant
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2002 Oct 29 |
In Bermuda some 6,000 children stayed home from school as teachers continued to strike to demand salaries on par with government officials. Links: Labor, Bermuda
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2003 Jul 27 |
In Bermuda Premier Jennifer Smith stepped down after retaining her seat by just eight votes and watching her governing party narrowly win elections in the British territory. Members of the center-left Progressive Labor Party endorsed Alex Scott (63) to replace her. Links: Bermuda
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2003 Sep 5 |
Hurricane Fabian slammed into Bermuda killing 4 people. [see Sep 6] Links: Bermuda, Hurricane
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2003 Sep 6 |
Fabian, the most powerful hurricane to hit Bermuda in 50 years pushed away from the British territory after deadly winds split trees and swept trucks off roads. Four people were missing and feared dead. Links: Bermuda, Hurricane
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2003 Sep 29 |
Dennis Kozlowski, CEO of Tyco Int'l., and financial chief Mark Swartz went on trial on charges that they stole over $600 million from their Bermuda-based conglomerate. Links: Lawsuit, Bermuda, Stock Scandal
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2004 Jun 1 |
The US Dept. of Homeland Security awarded a contract, valued as much as $10 billion, to a group of companies led by a unit of Accenture Ltd., a Bermuda-based business consultancy. Links: USA, Bermuda
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2004 Jun 20 |
Bermuda-based Bacardi Limited agreed to purchase Grey Goose vodka, distilled and bottled in France, from Sidney Frank Importing Co. for roughly $2 billion. Links: Liquor, Bermuda
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2006 Sep 10 |
Florence intensified into the second hurricane of the Atlantic season as it headed for Bermuda, where residents installed storm shutters and hauled their yachts onto beaches. Links: Bermuda, Hurricane
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2006 Sep 12 |
Hurricane Florence headed toward north Atlantic shipping lanes after blowing out windows, peeling away roofs and knocking out power to thousands in Bermuda. Links: Bermuda, Hurricane
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2006 Sep 28 |
It was reported that Merck saved some $1.5 billion in US taxes by transferring patents and income to an offshore holding in Bermuda called Project Ryland from 1993-2003. In 2006 the IRS challenged the transactions. Links: USA, Taxes, Pharma, Bermuda
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2006 Nov 11 |
At this time about 35% of Bermuda’s population was white. Links: Bermuda
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2007 Feb 24 |
Bermuda was cited as the world’s richest country with a GDP per person estimated at $70,000. Links: Money, Bermuda, Banking
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2007 Dec 18 |
Bermuda's ruling party won a third term in general elections shadowed by racial resentment and allegations of corruption. Premier Ewart Brown's Progressive Labor Party won 22 seats compared with 14 seats for the United Bermuda Party. Links: Bermuda
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2007 |
Blacks comprised about 60% of Bermuda's 62,000 people. Links: Bermuda
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2008 Jul 15 |
Tropical Storm Bertha headed back out over open ocean and away from the US mainland after it battered Bermuda, knocking out electricity to thousands on the Atlantic tourist island. Bertha entered its 13th day becoming the longest-lived July tropical storm in history. Links: Bermuda, Hurricane
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2009 Jun 1 |
Effective today border crossings to US entry points from Canada required passports or other approved identification to be shown. Americans entering from the US by land or sea from Canada, Mexico, Bermuda and the Caribbean were required to present identity documents embedded with RFID tags, though conventional passports remained valid until expiration. The RFID tags could be scanned by anybody with easily obtained equipment from 30 feet. Links: Canada, USA, Mexico, Technology, Bermuda
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2009 Jun 11 |
Four Guantanamo detainees, Uighurs from predominantly Muslim western China, were transferred to Bermuda, marking an unexpected new chapter in their odyssey. Links: USA, Gitmo, Bermuda, Uighur
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2009 Aug 20 |
Drug developer Warner Chilcott, which focuses on women's healthcare and dermatology, completed its move to Ireland from Bermuda. Links: Ireland, Pharma, Bermuda
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2010 Sep 20 |
Hurricane Igor swept past Bermuda, lashing at the Atlantic island with high winds and furious waves as power failed in many areas, plunging people hunkered down at home into darkness and leaving officials waiting for sunrise to assess damage. Links: Bermuda, Hurricane
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2013 May 2 |
Britain’s Chancellor George Osborne said tax havens such as Bermuda and the Cayman Islands will work more closely with Britain and other European countries to fight tax evasion. Links: Britain, Taxes, Cayman Islands, Bermuda
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2013 Jun 15 |
Britain clinched a deal with its major offshore tax havens on Saturday that will see 10 British overseas territories and crown dependencies sign up to international protocols on information sharing. Those included were Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, the Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Anguilla, Montserrat, Turks and Caicos Islands, Jersey, Guernsey and the Isle of Man. Links: Britain, Taxes, Anguilla, Montserrat, Cayman Islands, Isle of Man, Bermuda, Turks and Caicos, Gibraltar, Jersey, Guernsey, British Virgin Islands
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2016 Oct 13 |
Hurricane Nicole, a Category 3 system, slammed into Bermuda, lashing the tiny British archipelago with 120 mile (195 km) per hour winds as the storm's eye passed over. Links: Bermuda, Hurricane
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2017 Apr |
In waters off Bermuda a robot called Guardian LF1, Made by IRobot, caught 15 venomous lionfish during two days of testing. Links: Robot, Fish, Bermuda
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2018 Feb 7 |
Bermuda's UK-appointed governor, John Rankin, signed into law legislation replacing same-sex marriage with domestic partnerships passed in December by the Senate and House of Assembly. The decision reversed a 2017 court ruling legalizing gay marriage. Links: Gays, Bermuda
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2018 Mar 18 |
In Bermuda Mark Dombroski (19), a US student at Philadelphia's St. Joseph Univ., went missing early today in Hamilton. His body was found the next day. An autopsy later concluded that Dombroski had died from an apparent fall with no signs of foul play. Links: USA, Pennsylvania, Bermuda
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2019 Mar 12 |
European Union governments adopted a broadened blacklist of tax havens, adding the United Arab Emirates and British and Dutch overseas territories in a revamp that tripled the number of listed jurisdictions. The new list added Dutch Caribbean island of Aruba, Barbados, Belize, the British overseas territory of Bermuda, Fiji, the Marshall Islands, Oman, the United Arab Emirates, Vanuatu and Dominica. The EU blacklist originally comprised 17 jurisdictions, including the UAE, but shrank to five after most listed states committed to change their tax rules. Links: Dominica, Belize, UAE, EU, Taxes, Marshall Islands, Barbados, Oman, Aruba, Fiji, Bermuda, Vanuatu
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2022 Mar 13 |
Bermuda's aviation regulator said it is suspending certification of all Russian-operated airplanes registered in the British overseas territory due to international sanctions over the war in Ukraine, in a move expected to affect more than 700 planes. Links: Russia, Ukraine, Bermuda
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2022 Mar 14 |
A London tribunal ruled that a 2018 Bermuda law that bans same-sex marriage in the British overseas territory is constitutional, a departure from the broad trend towards legalization of gay marriage in the West. The ruling also blocked gay marriages in the Cayman Islands. Links: Britain, Gays, Bermuda
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2022 Mar 29 |
A Bermuda court ruled former Georgian PM Bidzina Ivanishvili and his family are due damages "substantially in excess of $500 million" from Credit Suisse's local life insurance arm in a costly setback for the bank. The court said that Ivanishvili and his family were due the damages as a result of a long-running fraud committed by a former Credit Suisse adviser, Pascale Lescaudron. Links: Georgia, Switzerland, Lawsuit, Bermuda
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2022 Sep 21 |
Hurricane Fiona moved slowly north toward Bermuda as a Category 4 storm after battering the Turks and Caicos Islands. Links: Bermuda, Hurricane
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2022 Sep 23 |
Hurricane Fiona drenched Bermuda with heavy rain and buffeted the Atlantic island with hurricane-force winds as it tracked northward toward Nova Scotia. Links: Bermuda, Hurricane
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