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    An independence referendum was held in Bermuda on 16 August 1995 for voters to decide whether Bermuda should become an independent sovereign state or...
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    Australia 1980 Quebec referendum 1995 Quebec referendum 1995 Bermudian independence referendum 2002 Gibraltar sovereignty referendum 2008 Tuvaluan constitutional...
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  • Retrieved November 18, 2023. 1995 Bermudian independence referendum "Poll shows growing opposition to Bermuda's independence". CNW Network. January 13,...
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    "Non-Self-Governing Territories". United Nations. "Bermudians vote to stay British". The Independent. 17 August 1995. Retrieved 31 May 2022. ch, Beat Müller, beat...
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    on Decolonization 1933 Western Australian secession referendum 1977 Nevis independence referendum West Indies Associated States Statute of Westminster...
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    (born 3 July 1935) is a former Bermudian politician. A real estate developer, Swan was Premier of Bermuda from 1982 to 1995.[citation needed] Swan built...
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    suffrage; debate about independence has ensued, although a 1995 independence referendum was soundly defeated. For many, Bermudian independence would mean little...
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    clear support in a referendum. An opinion poll in 2007 had shown that around two-thirds of Bermudians were opposed to independence. The campaign lasted...
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    Bermuda (redirect from Bermudian Islands)
    foreign affairs and defence. An independence referendum was held in 1995 with a large majority voting against independence. As of 2019, Bermuda had a population...
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    possible complete independence by both parties. However, an independence referendum called by a sharply divided UBP in the summer of 1995 was resoundingly...
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  • conflict following Premier John W. Swan's forcing an unpopular referendum on independence in 1995. The desire amongst black nationalists, and especially those...
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    Briefs; Bermuda Votes to Stay A British Colony". The New York Times. 18 August 1995. Retrieved 18 August 2011. Hainey, Raymond (20 May 2014). "Dunkley to be...
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    Michael Douglas (category American people of Bermudian descent)
    citizen by birth in the United States and has British citizenship with Bermudian Status through his mother's birth in Bermuda. His great-grandfather, Thomas...
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    Ann Frith Cartwright DeCouto (c. 1941 – c. 1 July 2016) was a Bermudian politician, lawyer and a member of the former United Bermuda Party (UBP). She...
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    Sir John W. Swan's forcing a referendum in 1995 on independence from the United Kingdom (74.12% voted against independence, resulting in the resignation...
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    successful town the English established in the New World). Bermuda and Bermudians have played important, sometimes pivotal, but generally underestimated...
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    communities were in the Belize river valley namely Crooked Tree, Isabela Bank, Bermudian Landings and Lemonal among others. Most of them have light or blue eyes...
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  • Following the 1993 election, the UBP held 22 seats. In 1995, Swan held a referendum on independence, which was soundly defeated. He had promised to resign...
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  • called "the Bermudian National Flag." He states that this proposal aims to provide Bermuda with a national symbol once it attains independence from the United...
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    leader Billy Strachan for refusing to prevent the hanging of two Black Bermudians in the British colony. As Foreign Secretary, Owen was identified with...
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    the United Bermuda Party was still divided over the unpopular 1995 Independence Referendum and the McDonald's scandal) has long called for both severing...
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  • author, screenwriter, and director[citation needed] 1967 – Heather Nova, Bermudian singer-songwriter and guitarist 1970 – Inspectah Deck, American rapper...
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    race, because similar to what occurred during the colonization and post-independence of the United States, Latin American countries had their populations...
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  • German actor July 6 Wendell Lawrence, Bahamian triple jumper Heather Nova, Bermudian singer-songwriter July 7 – Tom Kristensen, Danish racing driver July 8...
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  • 2013). "George Somers, Amyas Preston and the Burning of Caracas". The Bermudian. Archived from the original on May 13, 2016. "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses:...
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    of "Holder is registered as a Bermudian", "Holder possesses Bermudian status" or "Holder is deemed to possess Bermudian status". The United States also...
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    landowners of Chavez Ravine, was abandoned after passage of a public referendum prohibiting the original housing proposal and election of a conservative...
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    storm cuts power to about 18,000 electric customers, delays an independence referendum, and causes $2.5 million in damage. Rough seas break boats from...
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  • Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon's request for a second independence referendum. 16 January – Legislation is drafted before Parliament allowing...
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    thousand cadets by declaring (in the words of Donald Christopher Smith, a Bermudian cadet who was present): that war should be avoided at almost any cost...
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