Jah Itagaki's REGGAE LIFE
   This Day in Reggae
and Nubian, Rasta, herb and related history

 November 14
1960: Admiral Tibet (Kennel Allen) is born in Freehill, Jamaica.
1968: Harry Anslinger, father of marijuana prohibition, passes away.
1972: "I Can See Clearly Now," by Johnny Nash, peaked at #1 on the U.S. pop singles chart.
1975: Cuban troops save the MPLA government in Angora by defeating an invading South African army.
Several Jamaicans 45s -- including Revolutionaries' MPLA and Angora -- express solidarity with liberation struggles in southern Africa.
1984: Keith Hudson passes away (dies of lung cancer) in New York, USA. (b. 1946)
1997: Jimmy Cliff is awarded an honorary degree of Doctor of Letters by the University of the West Indies, Mona Campus.
This is the third honour to be bestowed on him by his country as he previously received the Norman Manley Award for Excellence in the field of music and the Order of Distinction.
2012: Musician Bertram McLean aka Ranchie passes away.

 November 15
1492: Colombus notes use of tobacco and hallucinogenic snuff among New World natives.
1987: Ray "Pablo" Falconer [UB40; sound engineer/producer] is killed in a car crash in Birmingham, when his brother Earl [UB40; bass] drives his Volvo turbo into a wall after going out of control.
The discovery of twice the legal limit of alcohol in Earl's blood leads to charges of drunken driving.

 November 16
1430: Joan of Arc accused of using cannabis and other "witch's" drugs to hear voices.
1954: Soca singer Arrow (Alphonsus Cassell) is born in Montserrat.
1956: Radio DJ Clinton Lindsay is born in Kingston, Jamaica.
1965: Axeman, SMALL AXE RECORDS' DJ owner, is born.
1989: President F. W. de Klerk removes racial restrictions from South Africa's public beaches.
1995: Ziggy Marley & The Melody Makers' album "One Bright Day" [Virgin] is certified Gold by the RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America).
1998: Roland Alphonso, founding tenor saxophonist for Skatalites, slips into a coma after suffering a seizure November 2nd while onstage at the Key club in West Hollywood, California.

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