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.  March 5 1948: Eddy Grant (Edmond Montague Grant) is born in Plaisance, Guyana.