THIS DAY IN OUR PAST

The following events took place on October 17 in the years identified:

1969:milestone What is described as a

in Commonwealth Caribbean economic cooperation is reached in Jamaica when the charter of the Caribbean Development Bank is signed by all the member territories. With pledges of support from all the regional members and with announcements of additional financial assistance from the two non-regional members, Britain and Canada, the bank becomes an official entity at 1 p.m. at a signing ceremony in the glittering ballroom of the SheratonKingston Hotel.

1983:and Marked by pageantry

colour, the presentation of insignia of national honours and awards by GovernorGeneral Sir Florizel Glasspole at King’s House is a fitting climax to National Heritage Week. Ninety-five of the 104 persons who on August 1, Independence Day, this year, had been given honours and awards in recognition of services rendered in the various spheres of activity in the nation, are presented with their insignia at the ceremony. Before the ceremony began, a guard of honour of the 2nd Batallion, the Jamaica Regiment, resplendent in their uniform of crimson, gold and black, formed on the lawns of the gracious residence, bathed in the radiant morning sunshine. The guard marched on to music played by the Band of the 2nd Batallion and the Corps of Drums of the 2nd Batallion and took up position behind the stand on which Glasspole stood.