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This Day in Reggae
and Nubian, Rasta, herb and related history
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October 13 |
1960: | DJ Charlie Chaplin (Richard Bennett) is born in St. Catherine, Jamaica. |
1976: | Japanese deejay Miss Monday is born. |
2009: | Buju Banton meets with four members of San Francisco's gay community following the cancellation of a number of dates on his Rasta Got Soul tour. |
2012: | Captain Barkey passes away (shot dead) in the parking lot of a motel in Bronx, New York. |
2013: | Deejay Captain Barkey (Wayne Hamilton) passes away. |
October 14 |
----: | Lenn Hammond is born in Port Maria, St. Mary, Jamaica. |
1950: | Allan "Skill" Cole, Rasta soccer star, breddah of Bob Marley, is born in Kingston, Jamaica. |
1959: | Junior 'Willow' Wilson is born in Trench Town, Kingston, Jamaica. |
1964: | Civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr. is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. |
1977: | Singer Magano is born Andrea Sonia Sawyers. |
1978: | Marlon Binns is born. |
----: | Delly Ranks (Delroy Foster) is born in Kingston, Jamaica. |
1983: | Hugh Mundell passes away (shot dead) in Kingston, Jamaica |
1988: | Red Red Wine (UB40) is No. 1 Billboard Pop hit. The song reached No. 34 when the group first released the single in 1984. It is written by Neil Diamond. |
October 15 |
----: | Chieko Beauty is born. |
1993: | African National Congress leader Nelson Mandela and South African President F.W. de Klerk are jointly awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for their work to end apartheid and establish nonracial democracy in South Africa. |
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