THIS DAY IN OUR PAST

The following events took place on October 16 in the years identified: 1957: Seventy-five Jamaicans leave

the island by BOAC charter flight for London to seek jobs in Britain. 1960: Kingston is provided with another commercial pure-jet service, as Avianca Airlines inaugurates its

Boeing 707 jet service between New York, Jamaica and Bogota, Columbia.

1963: Donovan Arthur Spence and Graydon

L. Flash are awarded the Jamaica

Public Service Co Ltd Independence

Scholarships for 1963.

1966: Principal of the

College of Arts,

Science and Technology, Mr Cecil

Wint, leaves the island for London to attend the Commonwealth Conference on technical education. 1983: The Sam Sharpe monument in Montego Bay is unveiled by Prime Minister Edward Seaga. Also present are US Vice-President George Bush and Mrs Bush. 1983: Elaine Baker, Elaine Ewers and Wayneford McFarlane are awarded the Lady Bustamante Scholarship. –THE GLEANER ARCHIVES