January 1 Kwanzaa, the seventh day: Imani (Faith) New Year's Day 1863: The 16th U.S. President Abraham Lincoln declares free all slaves residing in territory in rebellion against the federal government. (The Emancipation Proclamation) ----: Scotty is born. ----: Flexx (Xavier Davidson) [T.O.K.] is born. 1946: Albert Griffiths [Gladiators] is born in the rural parish of St. Elizabeth, Jamaica. 1953: Alpha Blondy (Seydou Kone) is born at Dimbokro in Ivory Coast. Seydou or Blondy was raised by his grandmother, Cherie Coco, who instilled in him the wisdom of the Koran and Dioula morality on tolerance and mixed marriages. 1956: Sudan gains independence from Britain (National Day). 1960: Cameroon gains independence from France. 1990: A riot broke out at a stage show "Regal Rock" which was set for Addison Park, Brown's Town in St. Ann, Jamaica. Patrons attending the show rained bottles and stones on the stage at 11:10 p.m. causing the police to fire shots in the air. At the end of it all, scores of people ware injured from bottles and stones, at least three ware shot and wounded. The selector for Marathon Disco, Thomas Brown had a bottle shattered in his face and was taken to the Spanish Town Hospital for treatment. DJ Sister Charmaine had a bottle which had crashed through the car window she tried leave in, smash into her forearm as she tried to protect her face. All this because the advertised backing band Sagittarius was late in getting to the venue from another gig in Kingston.  January 2 1962: DJ Sister Nancy is born. 1965: Don Drummond kills his girlfriend (common-law wife), famed rumba dancer Anita "Marguerita" Mahfood, and is in custody. 1974: Japanese DJ RYO the SKYWALKER is born. 1991: Funeral for Donat Roy Mittoo aka Jackie Mittoo, passed away December 16th, is held at the National Arena in Kingston, Jamaica. Hortense Ellis, Tinga Stewart, Desmond "Desi Roots" Young, Ruddy Thomas, Tommy Cowan, Clement "Coxsone" Dodd and others attend the funeral. A memorial concert was held in same time. Vin Gordon, Leroy 'Horsemouth' Wallace, Glen 'Bagga' Fagan, Pablo Black, Robert Lynn, Michael 'Ibo' Cooper, Ken Boothe, Delroy Wilson, Carlene Davis, Tinga Stewart and others gave memorial performance.  January 3 1957: Joseph Cotton (Silbert Walton) is born in Spanish Town. 1958: Jamaica becomes a founding member of the West Indies Federation, a group of Caribbean islands that formed a unit within the Commonwealth of Nations. 1991: Final service for Donat Roy Mittoo aka Jackie Mittoo (d. December 16) in Montego Bay, Jamaica.