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Cayman Islands History Timeline

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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