March 2 1954: Ancel "Johnny" Powell is born. 1956: Morocco independent 1957: Rod Taylor aka Rocky T is born in Kingston, Jamaica. 1970: LSD advocate Timothy Leary is given 10 years for smuggling marijuana. 1983: Sony, Philips, and Polygram team up to launch a new recording medium - the Compact Disc. 2021: Bunny Wailer (Neville O'Riley Livingston) passes away in hospital in Kingston, Jamaica. He was 73. He had suffered a stroke in July last year, and had been in hospital since December.  March 3 Peace Day 1948: Jackie Mittoo (Donat Roy Mittoo) is born in Kingston, Jamaica. 1957: Singer Michael Prophet (Michael George Hynes) is born in Kingston, Jamaica. 1961: DJ Lady Ann is born. 1969: (or 1970): DJ Jigsy King is born. 1975: Linda McCartney is charged in U.S. with possession of marijuana. 2016: Axeman, SMALL AXE RECORDS' DJ owner, passes away.  March 4 1877: The microphone is invented by Emile Berliner. 1927: Tommy McCook is born in Havana, Cuba. (some sources say March 3rd) 1965: Dirtsman (Patrick Thompson) is born in Spanish Town, Jamaica. 1972: Determine (Rohan Bennett) is born in St. Mary, Jamaica. 1974: Chevelle Franklyn is born in Tawes Pen, St Catherine, Jamaica. 1993: Shabba Ranks gets that evening's appearance on the U.S. TV The Tonight Show cancelled after making anti-gay statements on Channel 4's The Word. 2004: Phillip Linton, owner of Arrow's Recording Studio is shot and killed. 2017: Edi Fitzroy passes away in May Pen, Clarendon Parish, Jamaica, at the age of 61. 2024: Singer and songwriter B. B. Seaton [Gaylads] passes away at the age of 79.