October 20 1955: Harry Belafonte records "Day-O" (later changed to "The Banana Boat Song (Day-O)") for RCA Victor. 1964: Luciano (Jepther McClymont) is born in Jamaica.  October 21 1865: Jamaican national hero George William Gordon is unfairly arrested and sentenced to death.  October 22 1920: LSD advocate Timothy Leary is born in Springfield, Massachusetts. 1968: Shaggy (Orville Richard Burrell) is born in Kingston, Jamaica. 1978: Japanese singer Baby Baby is born.