1997 Michael Manley, Jamaican PM (PNP, 1972-80, 89-92), 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/US 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 pres
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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