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Grenada gains independence
Grenada gains independence from United Kingdom in 1974 https://www.google.com/search?q=Grenada+map+pics&rlz=2CASMAE_enUS0537______&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=X1KaUfPpG6iQyAHw5ICgCA&ved=0CAoQ_AUoAQ&biw=1366&bih=610&safe=active&ssui=on#imgrc=eYATjsn2PCie0M%3A%3BT4-a-dKwSLNOdM%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.vidiani.com%252Fmaps%252Fmaps_of_north_america%252Fmaps_of_grenada%252Fdetailed_road_map_of_grenada.jpg%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.vidiani.com%252F%253Fp%253D5728%3B827%3B1169 -
Grenada turns to communism
The New Jewel Movement launched an armed revolution and overthrew the government, establishing the People's Revolutionary Government http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/USPlanGrenadaUrgentFury.svg/719px-USPlanGrenadaUrgentFury.svg.png -
Prime minister is assasinated
Prime minister Maurice Bishop is assassinated. http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/october/20/newsid_3720000/3720608.stm -
The invasion begins
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Invasion ends
This is the day that the Grenada Invasion ended.http://libcom.org/history/1983-the-us-invasion-of-grenada
