Events in Cayman Islands History
Columbus Discovers Caymans
1503-05-10 Christopher Columbus is the first European to discover the Cayman Islands, names them Las Tortugas after its sea turtles
- 1959-07-04 Cayman Islands separated from Jamaica, made a crown colony
Famous People from Cayman Islands
- 1973-03-30 Kareem Streete-Thompson, Caymanian-American 100m athlete and long jumper, born in Ithaca, New York