2012 Event Jamaican runner Usain Bolt wins his third gold medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics, anchors the sprint relay team to a world record; Bolt is 25 years old and now holds six Olympic gold medals 1997 Death Michael Manley, Jamaican Prime Minister, PNP, 1972 - 1980, 1989 - 1992, dies 1994 Death Garnet Silk, Jamaican raggae-singer, dies at 28 1993 Event Jamaican premier Percival Patterson wins parliamentary election 1987 Death Carlton Barrett, Jamaican reggae drummer (No woman no cry), dies at 36 1973 Birthday Sean Paul, Jamaican Musician 1970 Death Frank Silvera, Jamaican actor (High Chaparral), dies at 55 1968 Birthday Nehemiah Perry, cricketer, fine Jamaican off-spinner 1966 Birthday Rexton Gordon, Jamaican dj/rapper, Shabba Ranks-Extra Naked 1961 Birthday Maxi Priest, Max Elliott, Jamaican/English singer, Wild World 1960 Birthday Merlene Ottey, Jamaican/Italian running star, Olympics 1948 Death Claude McKaye, Jamaican/US author (Banjo, Home to Harlem), dies at 57 1948 Death Claude McKay, Jamaican Writer 1946 Birthday Aston Barrett, Jamaican reggae bassist, I Shot the Sheriff 1945 Birthday Burning Spear, Winston Rodney, Jamaican reggae singer 1938 Birthday Prince Buster, Jamaican reggae musician/producer, Madness 1930 Birthday Alfred Lewis Valentine, Jamaican cricket player 1928 Birthday Eddie Kirkland, Jamaican/U.S. blues guitarist, Have Mercy 1923 Birthday Louis Simpson, Jamaican and US poet, Good News of Death 1917 Death Herbert Morris, Jamaican deserter in France, executed at 17 1909 Birthday Cecil Marley, cricketer, Jamaican batsman 1928 - 1946, WICBC president 1893 Birthday Arthur Benjamin, Sydney Australia, composer, Jamaican Rumba 1889 Birthday Claude McKay, Jamaican Writer 1504 Event Columbus uses a lunar eclipse to frighten hostile Jamaican Indians
