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The Virgin Islands Daily News is a daily newspaper in the United States Virgin Islands headquartered on the island of Saint Thomas. In 1995 the newspaper became one of the smallest ever to win journalism's most prestigious award, the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service. The newspaper is published every day except Sunday.
Millin was born on the island of St. Thomas in the U.S. Virgin Islands on March 17, 1923, to Allan and Lucinda Sewer Millin. [1] Millin's mother was a senator in the Legislature of the Virgin Islands. [1] She is the namesake of the Lucinda Millin Home for the Aged, a nursing home on St. Thomas. [1] Millin married Angela Correa Irizarry in 1950.
This is a list of newspapers in the United States Virgin Islands. ... St. John Tradewinds – St. John; The Virgin Islands Daily News – Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas
Born in Tortola in 1942, Lucien was raised in St. Thomas. His parents were Eric "Rico" Lucien Harrigan and Eloise Turnbull Harrigan. His father was a musician whose main instrument was a three-coursed Latin guitar-like chordophone known as a Tres. [1] As a teenager, he played bass in his father's band. During the 1960s he moved to New York City ...
Kessler was a businessman who owned a rum distillery and later expanded the hotel industry on St. Thomas. This was the beginning of Kimelman's lucrative career. He was president of the Virgin Isle Hotel, the largest resort in Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, from 1950 to 1960. He was also chairman of the board and CEO of Island Block Corp ...
Edith L. Williams (August 17, 1887 – June 9, 1987) was a United States Virgin Islands educator, women's rights activist, and suffragist. Williams was the first woman who attempted to vote in the Virgin Islands and when she was denied the right to register, she petitioned the court along with Eulalie Stevens and Anna M. Vessup to review their qualifications.
Camille Pissarro, A Creek in St. Thomas (Virgin Islands), 1856, National Gallery of Art. Pissarro was born on St. Thomas. The first British invasion and occupation of the island occurred in 1801. The islands were returned to Denmark in 1802, under the terms of the Treaty of Amiens. Fire destroyed hundreds of homes in Charlotte Amalie in 1804.
This is a list of broadcast television stations that are licensed in the U.S. Virgin Islands. The U.S. Virgin Islands is home to one of the smallest TV markets as defined by Nielsen market research, with only 5 full-power stations on Saint Thomas and Saint Croix .