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This Day in Reggae
and Nubian, Rasta, herb and related history
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| March 11 |
| 1956: | Jamaican dub poet and storyteller Jean "Binta" Breeze is born. |
| 1976: | Minnesota passes decrim. |
| 2025: | Singer Cocoa Tea (Calvin George Scott) passes away.His wife, Malvia Scott, confirmed that the veteran singer passed away at 4:46 this morning at a hospital in Broward, Ft Lauderdale, Florida, after suffering a cardiac arrest. He was 65. |
| March 12 |
| 1932: | Trombonist and composer Don Drummond aka Don Cosmic [The Skatalites] is born at Jubilee Hospital in Kingston, Jamaica. |
| 1965: | MC Pumpin' (Matsui Yoko), Japanese DJ, is born. |
| 1968: | The Island of Mauritius gains independence from Britain. (Indepencence Day) |
| 1982: | Christopher Ellis, son of Alton Ellis, is born in London, England. |
| 1991: | Jpseph "Jo Mersa" Marley is born in Kingston, Jamaica. |
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