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 PM 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, Oly-7th-92, 96
1967 Donovan Bailey, born in Manchester, Jamaica, Canada 100m runner, Oly-2 gold-96
1966 Heathcliff Slocumb, born in Jamaica, New York, pitcher for the Boston Red Sox
1966 Emperor Haile Selassie (Ethiopia) visits Kingston Jamaica
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/Olympic-gold-92
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, Oly-silver-1984
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, St. Andrews, Jamaica, 4x100m runner 1992 Olympics gold
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, high jumper, Olympics gold 68, 29' 2 " 8.9m
1944 Peter Tosh, Jamaica, reggae musician, Mystic Man, Mama Africa
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-gen 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 lt-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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