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.