January 13 1943: Boris Gardiner is born in Kingston, Jamaica. 1945: Karl Anthony, radio DJ and MC, is born. 1951: Clinton Fearon [Gradiators; bass] is born. 1961: Graham "Suggs" McPherson [Madness] is born in Hastings, E. Sussex. 1972: Singer Sharona White is born in Birmingham, England. 1989: Japanese deejay Thunder is born. 1993: A strong earthquake (mag. 5.1) strikes Kingston. It occurred at 12:11 p.m. Two lives ware lost from shock and falling rocks. There was a man who prophesied that earthquake. A prophet of Nyabinghi (Rastafarian) who had been arrested for swindle implored the court "Please hurry up judgement. Earthquake will soon come," but they laughed off it. 15 minutes after that, the court was thrown into a panic.  January 14 ----: Michael 'Ibo' Cooper [Inner Circle/Third World; keyboards] is born. 1967: Singer Brian [& Tony Gold] (Brian Thompson) is born in Birmingham, England. 1972: Emperor (Hopton Lawrence) is born in Whithorn, Westmoreland, Jamaica. 1974: L A Lewis (Horace Lewis) is born in Trench Town. 2000: Ini Kamoze and Sizzla have a road crash in Los Angels. At about 3 p.m., Kamoze's Lexus LX470 had a collision with another vehicle. Also in the vehicle were producer Phillip "Fattis" Burrell and lighting engineer Scott Brinson. The vehicle was badly damaged but the four men suffered only minor injuries. 2000: Hartnel Henry aka Sky High, the MC for Ziggy Marley & The Melody Makers, has filed a federal brutality lawsuit against police, claiming an officer roughed him up and broke his leg outside the city's House of Blues in August.  January 15 ----: Musician/producer Sidney Mills is born. 1929: Martin Luther King, Jr., activist and civil rights leader, is born Michael Luther King in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. 1956: Junior George Chin aka 'Chico' [809; trumpet] is born in Jamaica. 1956: Yellowman (Winston Foster) is born in Kingston, Jamaica. 1959: DJ Sister Carol (Carol Theresa East) is born in Kingston, Jamaica. 1962: Tony Rebel (Patrick George Anthony Barrett) is born in Manchester, Jamaica. 2004: Beenie Man is involved in a single-car accident and is injured. He was driving by himself from his home in Kingston to Mandeville where he was due to perform that evening.