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1997 Michael Manley, Jamaican Prime Minister, PNP, 1972 - 1980, 1989 - 1992, dies

1994 Garnet Silk, Jamaican raggae-singer, dies at 28

1993 Jamaican premier Percival Patterson wins parliamentary election

1987 Carlton Barrett, Jamaican reggae drummer (No woman no cry), dies at 36

1973 Sean Paul, Jamaican Musician

1970 Frank Silvera, Jamaican actor (High Chaparral), dies at 55

1968 Nehemiah Perry, cricketer, fine Jamaican off-spinner

1966 Rexton Gordon, Jamaican dj/rapper, Shabba Ranks-Extra Naked

1961 Maxi Priest, Max Elliott, Jamaican/English singer, Wild World

1960 Merlene Ottey, Jamaican/Italian running star, Olympics

1948 Claude McKaye, Jamaican/US author (Banjo, Home to Harlem), dies at 57

1948 Claude McKay, Jamaican Writer

1946 Aston Barrett, Jamaican reggae bassist, I Shot the Sheriff

1945 Burning Spear, Winston Rodney, Jamaican reggae singer

1938 Prince Buster, Jamaican reggae musician/producer, Madness

1930 Alfred Lewis Valentine, Jamaican cricket player

1928 Eddie Kirkland, Jamaican/U.S. blues guitarist, Have Mercy

1923 Louis Simpson, Jamaican and US poet, Good News of Death

1917 Herbert Morris, Jamaican deserter in France, executed at 17

1909 Cecil Marley, cricketer, Jamaican batsman 1928 - 1946, WICBC president

1893 Arthur Benjamin, Sydney Australia, composer, Jamaican Rumba

1889 Claude McKay, Jamaican Writer

1504 Columbus uses a lunar eclipse to frighten hostile Jamaican Indians


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