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| YEAR | DATE | EVENT | KING | PRIME MINISTER | GENERAL GOVERNOR | 
| 1966 | 26 may | Independent under Commonwealth | queen Elisabeth II | Linden Forbes Sampson Burnham | Sir Richard Edmond Luyt | 
| 1966 | 16 december | David James Gardiner Rose | |||
| 1969 | 10 november | Sir Edward Victor Luckhoo |