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

 July 10
1948: Japan outlaws cannabis (the regulation goes into effect).
1975: California passes decrim.
1981: Aswad's 12" single "Finger Gun Style/Dub Style" is released.
1981: "Marijuana Now" published by Daisan Shokan in Japan.
2010: Sugar Minott (Lincoln Minott) passes away. Age 54.

 July 11
----: Producer/guitarist Willie Lindo (Wilbert Lindo) is born.
1947: John Holt is born in Kingston, Jamaica.
1957: Michael Rose, former member of Black Uhuru, now spelt Mykal Rose, is born.
1959: H.I.M. Haile Selassie I visits USSR.
Patriarch of All Russia Alexij and Metropolite Nikolaj meets H.I.M. Haile Selassie I upon arrival at Vnukovo Airport, Moscow.
1971: Show promoter Gavin Sharpe is born in Clarendon, Jamaica.
1973: Peetah Morgan [Morgan Heritage; vocals] is born Peter Anthony Morgan.
1977: Medal of Freedom awarded posthumously to Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. in a White House ceremony.

 July 12
1951: Ruddy Thomas is born in Kingston, Jamaica.
1966: Jamaican government overruns Rasta-dominated village.
At precisely 9:00 a.m. on this day, 250 armed police advanced from the Denham Town station ahead of phalanx of bulldozers. It is three months since Selassie's visit.
1969: Lady Saw (Marion Hall) is born in St. Mary, Jamaica.
1975: Sao Tome and Principe independent
1986: Bunny Wailer's first solo concert, outside Jamaica, in Long Beach, California
1993: UB40's single "Can't Help Falling In Love" [Virgin] is certified Gold by the RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America).

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