January 21 1967: Tsuyoshi Kawakami [Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra; bass] is born in Tokyo, Japan. 1980: Lee 'Scratch' Perry expresses his opinion to Japan's minister of justice over the case which Paul McCartney is being jailed in Tokyo for marijuana possession. "Please do not consider the amount of herbs involved excessive. Master PAUL McCARTNEY's intensions are positive.", BABY BLUE GREEN STAR PIPECOCK JACKSON LEE "SCRATCH" PERRY BANANA EYE I PEN JA NATURES LOVE DEFENDER said. 1998: Florida's governor and cabinet unanimously vow to fight an attempt to amend the state's constitution to legalize marijuana for medicinal purposes.  January 22 1946: Sidney Wolfe is born. 1949: Joseph Hill [Culture] is born in St. Catherine, Jamaica.  January 23 1959: (some sources say 1957 or 1955): Earl Falconer [UB40; bass] is born in Birmingham, England. 1960: Carol Thompson is born in Letchworth, Hertfordshire, England. 1973: James Eduardo McWhinney [Big Mountain] is born. 1999: Prince Lincoln Thompson passes away (died from cancer) in St. Bart's Hospital, London.