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This Day in Reggae
and Nubian, Rasta, herb and related history
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| February 8 |
| 1925: | Marcus Garvey enters federal prison in Atlanta. |
| February 9 |
| 1953: | Japanese DJ Rankin' Taxi (Shirahama Takashi) is born. |
| 1962: | Jamaica signs agreement to become independent. |
| 1965: | The case which Don Drummond killed his common-law wife Marguerita on January 2nd comes to trial at the Sutton Street courtroom.Drummond would be sent to the mental ward of Bellevue Hospital on Windward Road. |
| 1965: | Civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr. meets with the 36th U.S. President Lyndon Johnson to discuss black voting rights. |
| 1979: | After six months of rehearsals, UB40 debuts at the Horse and Hounds in King's Heath, Birmingham, sharing the bill with another new local band, the Au Pairs. |
| February 10 |
| ----: | Alex (Alistaire McCalla) [T.O.K.] is born. |
| 1943: | Artist manager Don Taylor (Donald Taylor) is born in Jamaica. |
| 1948: | Singer Super Jerry (Easton Thomas) is born in Clarendon, Jamaica. |
| 1963: | Japanese DJ Chappie (Asada Kazuya) is born in Iidabashi, Tokyo, Japan. |
| 1965: | Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) founded. |
| 1966: | Robert Nesta Marley (Bob Marley) and Alpharita Constantia Anderson (Rita) get married. |
| 1970: | Neville Hinds' "The Originator" and Little Roy's "You Run Come" are recorded for Lloyd Daley, The Matador. They can be heard on a CD "From Matador's Arena - 1969-1970 - Volume 2" (Jamaican Gold JMC 200.233). |
| 1990: | South African President F.W. de Klerk announces Nelson Mandela will be free on Feb 11th. |
| 1990: | "Dub Be Good To Me" by Beats International peaks at #1 on the U.K. pop singles chart. |
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© Jah Itagaki
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