this weekend in history

April 21 environment. There will be comedy routines, musical performances and other surprises.

• In 1934, The Daily Mail in the UK prints a photograph purportedly depicting the small head and neck of the Loch Ness monster in Scotland. The image has since become iconic, even if it was later revealed to have been a hoax.

“When it came to selecting the food for the event, he drew inspiration from a traditional Bahamian fish fry.

“Conch salad, conch fritters….something that is highly requested overseas is guava duff, so I had to make sure that was on the menu. We really went with fan favourites,” he said.

“We also have chicken in the bag, which is a just a creative take on fried chicken, and again, back in the day when you would go to the corner store or the tuck shop and when you ordered chicken, they would sell it to you in the bag and so you get that feeling of nostalgia from it.

“We also have deconstructed fire engine tacos: corn beef and white rice with asian slaw and a Polynesian sauce, so you are able to take in fire engine in a completely different way and enjoy, it if not the same, better than the original.”

Rico carefully selected an array of beverages to accompany the dishes: Bahamian rum punch gullywash, and a signature beverage, The Nuncy, which he said is similar to a Moscow mule with an island feel.

Bahamian Tuesdays will be held once a month. The first event will take place on April 25, from 7.30pm to 11pm at Alvin and Friends in New Rochelle, New York.

• In 1966, Ethiopian emperor Haile Selassie I, believed to be the Second Coming of Christ by many Rastafarians, arrives in Jamaica for a visit. The event is still celebrated annually as Grounation Day.

April 22

• In 1370, construction begins on the Bastille. For most of its history, this medieval fortress was used as a state prison by the kings of France, and it came to symbolise French despotism.

• In 1970, the first Earth Day is observed. It was the brainchild of US Senator Gaylord Nelson of Wisconsin and its goal was to increase public awareness of the world’s environmental problems.

April 23

• In 1778, the Scottish-American naval captain John Paul Jones, along with volunteers from his ship, burn down the town of Whitehaven in Cumbria. It was the only American raid on English shores during the American Revolution.

• In 2005, the first video is uploaded to YouTube. It showed the platform’s co-founder Jawed Karim’s visit to the San Diego Zoo. One year later the site had some 100 million videos.