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.  March 13 1979: Grenada revolution begins. (National Day) 1998: British ska/reggae star Judge Dread (b. Alexander Minto Hughes), best known for his 70's hits "Big Six", "Big Seven" and "Je T'aime", dies after collapsing, apparently from a heart attack, during a performance on stage with his backing band, The Originals, at the Penny Theatre in Cantebury, England, at the age of 53. The Times reports that his last words were "Let's hear it for the band!"