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1997 Jamaica issues a warrant for singer Sade, who fails to report to court on charges of failure to obey a cop who signaled her to stop
1997 Singer Sade (Helen Folasade), arrest in Jamaica for disobeying a cop 1996 4 women ordained priests in Jamaica, 1st in 330-year Anglican history 1996 Shiv Chanderpaul scores 303* for Guyana vs. Jamaica at Kingston 1993 Lisa Hanna, 18, of Jamaica, crowned 43rd Miss World 1992 P J Patterson, resigns as 6th Prime Minister of Jamaica 1991 Jane Geddes wins LPGA Jamaica Golf Classic 1990 Patty Sheehan wins LPGA Jamaica Golf Classic 1989 Daphne Du Maurier, English writer (Rebecca, Jamaica Inn), dies at 82 1989 Tony Robinson of Jamaica becomes Nottingham's 1st black sheriff 1989 Michael Manley's Socialist Party wins Jamaica parliamentary election 1989 Betsy King wins LPGA Jamaica Golf Classic 1988 Gilbert, strongest hurricane ever (160 mph), devastates Jamaica 1988 Hurricane Gilbert, kills 300 in Jamaica, Texas and Yucatan 1985 1st-class cricket debut of Jimmy Adams (age 17), Jamaica vs. Barbados 1982 Bob Marley postage stamp issued in Jamaica 1982 1st-class debut of Courtney Walsh, Jamaica vs. Leeward Islands 1980 Fire in nursing home in Kingston Jamaica, kills 157 1976 Jamaica premier Manley wins elections 1976 Nadine Thomas, Miss Jamaica Universe 1997 1972 Robert Esmie, born in Jamaica, Canadian 4X100m runner, 1996 Olympics gold 1968 Katie Anderson, Kingston Jamaica, Canada 100m hurdler, 1992, 1996 Olympics 1967 Donovan Bailey, born in Manchester, Jamaica, Canada 100m runner, 2 Gold Medals 1996 Olympics 1967 Heavy D, born in Jamaica, rapper, leader of Heavy D & the Boyz, sung theme song for In Living Color and MADtv shows 1966 Wayne Wonder, born in Buff Bay, Jamaica, Von Wayne Charles, singer, songwriter, raggae, known for hit song 'No Letting Go' 1966 Heathcliff Slocumb, born in Jamaica, New York, pitcher for the Boston Red Sox 1966 Emperor Haile Selassie (Ethiopia) visits Kingston Jamaica 1966 Shabba Ranks, born in Sturgetown, St. Ann, Jamaica, born Rexton Rawlston Fernando Gordon, reggae singer, recording artist, sex symbol, popular dancehall DJ, toaster, successful U.S. crossover artist, became first Grammy-Award winning dancehall artist 1965 Winthrop Graham, Jamaica, 4x400m runner 1988 Olympics silver 1964 Robert Haynes, cricketer, Jamaica and WI leggie, one-dayer but no Tests 1963 Carole Joan Crawford, 20, of Jamaica, crowned 13th Miss World 1963 Jay B Cooper, Coral Gables, Florida, Canadian Tour golfer, 1992 Jamaica 1963 Devon Malcolm, cricketer, in Jamaica England fast bowler 1989-95 1962 Rwanda, Burundi, Jamaica and Trinidad admitted (105th-108th) to UN 1962 Sandra Marie Miller Farmer-Patrick, Kingston Jamaica, 400m hurdler 1962 Jamaica becomes independent after 300 years of British rule 1962 Patrick Ewing, born in Jamaica, NBA center, New York Knicks, Gold Medal 1984, 1992 Olympics 1962 American Airlines 707 plunges nose 1st into Jamaica Bay New York killing 95 1962 Jamaica signs agreement to become independent 1961 Venice Kong, St. Mary Jamaica, playmate, September, 1985 1961 Charmaine Crooks, born in Jamaica, Canadian 4X400m relayer, Silver Medal 1984 Olympics 1961 Grace Jackson, born in St. Ann, Jamaica, 200m runner 1988 Olympics silver 1961 Albert Lawrence, Jamaica, 4X100m relayer 1984 Olympics silver 1960 Linford Christie, born in St. Andrews, Jamaica, 4x100m runner, Gold Medal 1992 Olympics 1959 Bert Cameron, Spanish Town Jamaica, 4X400m relayer, Olympic-silv-1988 1959 Cayman Islands separated from Jamaica, made a crown colony 1959 "Jamaica" closes at Imperial Theater New York City after 558 performances 1959 Molly Killingbeck, Jamaica, 4X400m relayer 1984 Olympics silver 1958 Angella Issajenko, Jamaica, 4X100m relayer 1984 Olympics silver 1957 "Jamaica" opens at Imperial Theater New York City for 558 performances 1957 Michael Rose, born in Kingston, Jamaica, rocker, Black Uhuru-Brutal, Positive 1956 David Grant, Jamaica, singer and songwriter, Stop and Go, Heaven Knows 1956 Tessa Sanderson, born in Kingston, Jamaica, British javelin thrower 1984 Olympics gold 1953 Sandra "Puma" Jones, Kingston Jamaica, rocker, Black Uhuru 1953 Robbie Shakespeare, Jamaica, reggae bassist, Sly and Robbie-DJ Riot 1952 Liz Mitchell, born in Jamaica, rock vocalist, Boney M 1952 Sly Dunbar, Kingston Jamaica, reggae drummer, Sly and Robbie 1951 Marcia Barrett, St. Catherine's Jamaica, rock vocalist, Boney M 1951 Hurricane winds drive 6 ships ashore, Kingston, Jamaica 1950 Derrick Simpson, born in Kingston Jamaica, rocker, Black Uhuru 1949 Bobby Farrell, Jamaica, rock vocalist 1949 Jamaica Kincaid, Elaine P Richardson, Antigua/US journalist, NYer 1948 Errol Brown, Kingston Jamaica, rock vocalist, Hot Chocolate 1946 Bob Beamon, born in Jamaica, New York, long jumper, Olympics gold 68, 29' 2 " 8.9m 1944 Peter Tosh, born in Westmoreland, Jamaica, musician, singer, guitarist, pianist, activist promoted marijuana legalization, played with Bob Marley, The Wailers 1942 Desmond Dekker, Dacris, Jamaica, reggae pioneer, Aces-Israelites 1938 Madge Sinclair, Kingston Jamaica, actress, Bell-Roots, Trapper John 1934 Ann Flood, Jamaica, New York, actress, Edge of Night 1930 Edward Seaga, PM, Jamaica 1929 Barbara Nichols, Jamaica, New York, actress, Dear Heart, Disorderly Orderly 1929 Keith A St. H Gardner, Jamaica, 4x400m runner 1960 Olympics bronze 1925 Leslie Laing, Linstead Jamaica, 4X400m relayer 1952 Olympics gold 1922 Herb McKenley, born in Jamaica, 4 x 400m relay runner 1952 Olympics gold 1915 Howard Cooke, Jamaica, 1991 Mico Gold Medal Award 1914 Frank Silvera, Kingston Jamaica, actor, High Chaparral 1911 Haiti's dictator Simon flees on U.S. warship near Jamaica 1911 MCC tour match vs. Jamaica finishes in a tie 1909 Florizel A Glasspole, governor-general of Jamaica, 1973-91 1903 Long Island's Jamaica Race Track opens 1901 Edward J Eyre, British explorer/governor (Jamaica), dies at 86 1890 Claude McKaye, Jamaica/US author, Songs of Jamaica, Banjo 1890 Leslie Banks, English actor and director, Jamaica Inn, 48 Hours 1863 James Bruce, Count of Elgin and Kincardine, governor Jamaica, dies at 52 1815 Edward J Eyre, British explorer/governor, Jamaica 1811 James Bruce, earl of Elgin and Kincardine, governor, Jamaica 1692 Kingston, Jamaica founded 1692 Earthquake in Porte Royale, Jamaica, kills 3,000 1688 Henry Morgan, Welsh lieutenant governor of Jamaica 1655 Jamaica captured by English 1494 On 2nd voyage to New World, Christopher Columbus sights Jamaica 1494 Christopher Columbus lands in Jamaica 1494 Columbus discovers Jamaica 1494 Jamaica discovered by Columbus; he names it "St. Iago" |
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