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This Day in Reggae
and Nubian, Rasta, herb and related history
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October 22 |
1920: | LSD advocate Timothy Leary is born in Springfield, Massachusetts. |
1968: | Shaggy (Orville Richard Burrell) is born in Kingston, Jamaica. |
1978: | Japanese singer Baby Baby is born. |
October 24 |
United Nations Day |
----: | Cindy Breakspeare is born. |
1945: | United Nations is formally established with the ratification of the United Nations Charter. |
1957: | Handel Tucker [809; keyboard (until Dec. 1988)], songwriter/producer, is born in St. Ann, Jamaica. |
1964: | Zambia (N. Rhodesia) gains independence from Britain (National Day). |
1973: | Keith Richards is fined £205 and is given conditional discharges at Marlborough Street Magistrates Court in London for possession of marijuana, heroin and mandrax as well as a Smith and Wesson revolver and an antique shotgun, both held without a licence. Actress Anita Pallenberg, arrested with Richards on June 26 when police raided their Chelsea home, receives a conditional discharge. |
1993: | Funeral for Anthony Johnson aka Panhead is held. (Panhead passed away on October 11) |
2005: | Rosa Parks, black American civil rights activist, dies at her home of natural causes. Age 92. |
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© Jah Itagaki
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