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This Day in Reggae
and Nubian, Rasta, herb and related history
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| November 18 |
| 1950: | Carlos DjeDje is born in Mozambique.He turned 410 on 1990, 444 on 1993, according to himself. |
| 1976: | Cindy Breakspeare crowned Miss World. |
| November 19 |
| 1957: | Eek-A-Mouse is born Ripton Joseph Hylton in Kingston, Jamaica. |
| November 20 |
| 1956: | H.I.M. Haile Selassie I visits Japan. |
| 1957: | "Jim" Brown [UB40; drums] is born (some sources say November 21st). |
| 1966: | Billy Slaughter [Stone Love; selector] is born. |
| 1978: | Yeshemabeth is born to Freddie McGregor and Judy Mowatt in Kingston, Jamaica. |
| 1998: | Roland Alphonso, founding tenor saxophonist for Skatalites, passes away at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles from complications related to brain aneurysms. Age 67. (b. January 12, 1931)Roland had slipped into a coma after suffering a seizure onstage while performing with The Skatalites at the Key Club in West Hollywood, California, on November 2nd. |
| 2017: | Ninjaman and his co-accused ere found guilty of the 2009 murder of Ricardo Johnson. |
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© Jah Itagaki
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