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The
Bermuda Railway was in operation from 1931-1948 |
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Bermuda’s
first general election under universal adult
suffrage took place in 1968 |
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Passenger
air service was introduced between Bermuda
and New York in 1938 |
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Bermuda
College was established in 1972 |
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Woman’s
suffrage was granted with property qualification
in 1944 |
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Pamela
Gordon was appointed Bermuda’s first
female Premier in 1997 |
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Bermuda’s
first broadcasting station was established
in 1946 |
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In
1998 the Progressive Labour Party won its first
general election marking the only change in
Government since the establishment of party
politics thirty years prior |
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Source:
Bermuda Government’s Facts & Figures
1999 |
