Happy Cyril E. King Day
April 7 is Cyril E. King Day in the U.S. Virgin Islands.
Cyril E. King: April 17, 1921 to Jan. 2, 1978. He was born in St. Croix, graduated from American University in Washington, became a Sergeant in the Army and worked for Sen. Hubert Humphrey for 12 years. JFK appointed him Lieutenant Governor in 1961 he and became Acting Governor in 1969. In 1974, King became the second ELECTED governor of the US Virgin Islands. (He lost the first election for governor to Melvin Evans by a few hundred votes.) You can impress your seat mates with all of this next time you’re landing at Cyril E. King Airport. Oh, and the E stands for Emanuel.
April 7th, 2007 07:51
Thanks for the history lesson. VI history is always interesting…..besides, it’s kind of like being back in college
April 8th, 2007 00:25
Wonder if I will remember all this info in umm….47 DAYS!!!
April 8th, 2007 19:37
Rob…I can tell you are testing me !!
Well at least I passed the 300 day mark….and will be on STJ in just 281 days….47 days, hmmm thats short.
BTW, being a pilot here is a trivia question…. in “official” FAA land, we all fly into STT
when traveling to St John, does anyone know why STJ was was assigned to St. John Island ?
The winner will get a free Red Stripe and a welcome from “Tigger”
April 5th, 2011 18:04
This really awesome, I remember being in elementary school when he died. I remember him being widely loved and respected.