2012 Event Hurricane Sandy makes landfall in Cuba and Jamaica and heads towards The Bahamas 2012 Event Jamaica's new Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller announces the country will become a republic, removing Queen Elizabeth II as head of state 2011 Event A new world record is set by Jamaica's 4x100-meter relay team of Nesta Carter, Usain Bolt, Michael Frater and Yohan Blake 1997 Event 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 Event Singer Sade (Helen Folasade), arrest in Jamaica for disobeying a cop 1996 Event 4 women ordained priests in Jamaica, 1st in 330-year Anglican history 1996 Event Shiv Chanderpaul scores 303* for Guyana vs. Jamaica at Kingston 1993 Event Lisa Hanna, 18, of Jamaica, crowned 43rd Miss World 1992 Event P J Patterson, resigns as 6th Prime Minister of Jamaica 1991 Event Jane Geddes wins LPGA Jamaica Golf Classic 1990 Event Patty Sheehan wins LPGA Jamaica Golf Classic 1989 Death Daphne Du Maurier, English writer (Rebecca, Jamaica Inn), dies at 82 1989 Event Tony Robinson of Jamaica becomes Nottingham's 1st black sheriff 1989 Event Michael Manley's Socialist Party wins Jamaica parliamentary election 1989 Event Betsy King wins LPGA Jamaica Golf Classic 1988 Event Gilbert, strongest hurricane ever (160 mph), devastates Jamaica 1988 Event Hurricane Gilbert, kills 300 in Jamaica, Texas and Yucatan 1985 Event 1st-class cricket debut of Jimmy Adams (age 17), Jamaica vs. Barbados 1982 Event Bob Marley postage stamp issued in Jamaica 1982 Event 1st-class debut of Courtney Walsh, Jamaica vs. Leeward Islands 1980 Event Fire in nursing home in Kingston Jamaica, kills 157 1976 Event Jamaica premier Manley wins elections 1976 Birthday Nadine Thomas, Miss Jamaica Universe 1997 1972 Birthday Robert Esmie, born in Jamaica, Canadian 4X100m runner, 1996 Olympics gold 1968 Birthday Ziggy Marley, born in Trenchtown, Jamaica, reggae performer, oldest son of Rita and Bob Marley, leader of band, Ziggy Marley and the Melody Makers 1968 Birthday Katie Anderson, Kingston Jamaica, Canada 100m hurdler, 1992, 1996 Olympics 1967 Birthday Donovan Bailey, born in Manchester, Jamaica, Canada 100m runner, 2 Gold Medals 1996 Olympics 1967 Birthday Heavy D, born in Jamaica, rapper, leader of Heavy D & the Boyz, sung theme song for In Living Color and MADtv shows 1966 Birthday Wayne Wonder, born in Buff Bay, Jamaica, Von Wayne Charles, singer, songwriter, raggae, known for hit song 'No Letting Go' 1966 Birthday Heathcliff Slocumb, born in Jamaica, New York, pitcher for the Boston Red Sox 1966 Event Emperor Haile Selassie (Ethiopia) visits Kingston Jamaica 1966 Birthday 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 Birthday Winthrop Graham, Jamaica, 4x400m runner 1988 Olympics silver 1964 Birthday Robert Haynes, cricketer, Jamaica and WI leggie, one-dayer but no Tests 1963 Event Carole Joan Crawford, 20, of Jamaica, crowned 13th Miss World 1963 Birthday John Barnes, born in Kingston, Jamaica, British professional soccer player, manager for Tranmere Rovers Football Club 1963 Birthday Jay B Cooper, Coral Gables, Florida, Canadian Tour golfer, 1992 Jamaica 1963 Birthday Devon Malcolm, cricketer, in Jamaica England fast bowler 1989-95 1962 Birthday Marilyn, born in Kingston, Jamaica, born Peter Robinson, singer, famous for hit song, 'Calling Your Name', associated with Boy George 1962 Event Rwanda, Burundi, Jamaica and Trinidad admitted (105th-108th) to UN 1962 Birthday Sandra Marie Miller Farmer-Patrick, Kingston Jamaica, 400m hurdler 1962 Event Jamaica becomes independent after 300 years of British rule 1962 Birthday Patrick Ewing, born in Jamaica, NBA center, New York Knicks, Gold Medal 1984, 1992 Olympics 1962 Event American Airlines 707 plunges nose 1st into Jamaica Bay New York killing 95 1962 Event Jamaica signs agreement to become independent 1961 Birthday Venice Kong, St. Mary Jamaica, playmate, September, 1985 1961 Birthday Charmaine Crooks, born in Jamaica, Canadian 4X400m relayer, Silver Medal 1984 Olympics 1961 Birthday Grace Jackson, born in St. Ann, Jamaica, 200m runner 1988 Olympics silver 1961 Birthday Albert Lawrence, Jamaica, 4X100m relayer 1984 Olympics silver 1960 Birthday Linford Christie, born in St. Andrews, Jamaica, 4x100m runner, Gold Medal 1992 Olympics 1959 Birthday Bert Cameron, Spanish Town Jamaica, 4X400m relayer, Olympic-silv-1988 1959 Event Cayman Islands separated from Jamaica, made a crown colony 1959 Event "Jamaica" closes at Imperial Theater New York City after 558 performances 1959 Birthday Molly Killingbeck, Jamaica, 4X400m relayer 1984 Olympics silver 1958 Birthday Angella Issajenko, Jamaica, 4X100m relayer 1984 Olympics silver 1957 Event "Jamaica" opens at Imperial Theater New York City for 558 performances 1957 Birthday Michael Rose, born in Kingston, Jamaica, rocker, Black Uhuru-Brutal, Positive 1956 Birthday David Grant, Jamaica, singer and songwriter, Stop and Go, Heaven Knows 1956 Birthday Tessa Sanderson, born in Kingston, Jamaica, British javelin thrower 1984 Olympics gold 1953 Birthday Sandra "Puma" Jones, Kingston Jamaica, rocker, Black Uhuru 1953 Birthday Robbie Shakespeare, Jamaica, reggae bassist, Sly and Robbie-DJ Riot 1952 Birthday Liz Mitchell, born in Jamaica, rock vocalist, Boney M 1952 Birthday Sly Dunbar, Kingston Jamaica, reggae drummer, Sly and Robbie 1951 Birthday Marcia Barrett, St. Catherine's Jamaica, rock vocalist, Boney M 1951 Event Hurricane winds drive 6 ships ashore, Kingston, Jamaica 1950 Birthday Derrick Simpson, born in Kingston Jamaica, rocker, Black Uhuru 1949 Birthday Bobby Farrell, Jamaica, rock vocalist 1949 Birthday Jamaica Kincaid, Elaine P Richardson, Antigua/US journalist, NYer 1948 Birthday Errol Brown, Kingston Jamaica, rock vocalist, Hot Chocolate 1946 Birthday Bob Beamon, born in Jamaica, New York, long jumper, Olympics gold 68, 29' 2 " 8.9m 1944 Birthday Peter Tosh, born in Westmoreland, Jamaica, musician, singer, guitarist, pianist, activist promoted marijuana legalization, played with Bob Marley, The Wailers 1942 Birthday Desmond Dekker, Dacris, Jamaica, reggae pioneer, Aces-Israelites 1938 Birthday Madge Sinclair, Kingston Jamaica, actress, Bell-Roots, Trapper John 1934 Birthday Ann Flood, Jamaica, New York, actress, Edge of Night 1930 Birthday Edward Seaga, PM, Jamaica 1929 Birthday Barbara Nichols, Jamaica, New York, actress, Dear Heart, Disorderly Orderly 1929 Birthday Keith A St. H Gardner, Jamaica, 4x400m runner 1960 Olympics bronze 1925 Birthday Leslie Laing, Linstead Jamaica, 4X400m relayer 1952 Olympics gold 1922 Birthday Herb McKenley, born in Jamaica, 4 x 400m relay runner 1952 Olympics gold 1915 Birthday Howard Cooke, Jamaica, 1991 Mico Gold Medal Award 1914 Birthday Frank Silvera, Kingston Jamaica, actor, High Chaparral 1911 Event Haiti's dictator Simon flees on U.S. warship near Jamaica 1911 Event MCC tour match vs. Jamaica finishes in a tie 1909 Birthday Florizel A Glasspole, governor-general of Jamaica, 1973-91 1903 Event Long Island's Jamaica Race Track opens 1901 Death Edward J Eyre, British explorer/governor (Jamaica), dies at 86 1890 Birthday Claude McKaye, Jamaica/US author, Songs of Jamaica, Banjo 1890 Birthday Leslie Banks, English actor and director, Jamaica Inn, 48 Hours 1863 Death James Bruce, Count of Elgin and Kincardine, governor Jamaica, dies at 52 1815 Birthday Edward J Eyre, British explorer/governor, Jamaica 1811 Birthday James Bruce, earl of Elgin and Kincardine, governor, Jamaica 1692 Event Kingston, Jamaica founded 1692 Event Earthquake in Porte Royale, Jamaica, kills 3,000 1688 Death Henry Morgan, Welsh lieutenant governor of Jamaica 1655 Event Jamaica captured by English 1494 Event On 2nd voyage to New World, Christopher Columbus sights Jamaica 1494 Event Christopher Columbus lands in Jamaica 1494 Event Jamaica discovered by Columbus; he names it "St. Iago"
