February 1 Black History Month begins. ----: Pam Hall is born. 1865: U.S. President Lincoln approves the 13th Amendment, abolishing slavery. (National Freedom Day) 1957: Dennis Brown (Dennis Emanuel Brown) is born in Kingston, Jamaica. ----: Miyazaki Kei [Ska Flames; guitar/bass] is born. 1967: C.J. Lewis is born. 1982: Senegal & Gambia form loose confederation (Senegambia)  February 2 1948: Junior Byles is born Kenneth Byles at Jubilee Hospital in Kingston, Jamaica. 1950: Bim Sherman is born in Westmoreland, Jamaica. 1964: J. Master Monkey, Japanese selector, is born. 2023: Singer Calton Coffie [Inner Circle] passes away at the age of 68 in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida.  February 3 1985: Desmond Tutu becomes Johannesburg's first black Anglican bishop.