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September 11, 1962 - The newly independent nation of Jamaica is admitted to the United Nations.
September 14, 1974 - Eric Clapton's cover single of Bob Marley's "I Shot the Sheriff" tops the U.S. charts.
September 15, 1890 - Claude McKay, novelist, poet, and driving force of the Harlem Renaissance,
is born in SunnyVille, Jamaica . The first black islander to recieve the medal of the Jamaican Institute of Arts
and Science, McKay is a hero to young Jamaicans.
September 18, 1938 - Norman W. Manley, father of future Jamaican prime minister Michael Manley, forms the People's National Party, a force for reform and independence.
September 19, 1980 - Bob Marley and the Wailers play the first of a two-night stand at Madison Square Garden, sharing the bill with the Commodores.
September 22, 1980 - Bob Marley plays his last concert with the Wailers in Pittsburgh, only one day after suffering what was diagnosed as a stroke.
September 23, 1977 - The Clash's protest single "Complete Control," produced by the Wailers associate Lee "Scratch" Perry, is released in the U.K.
September 25, 1953 - Robbie "Basspeare" Shakespear, reggae's reigning bass king and partner of Sly Dunbar, is born in Kingston, Jamaica.
September 25, 1975 - Bob Marley's single "No Women, No Cry," recorded live at the Lyceum in London, enters the U.K. charts.
September 29, 1975 - Bob Marley attends a soccer game between Jamaica's A League championship Santos team and the New York Cosmos.