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Bob Marley is born
Robert Nesta Marley was born on Febuary 6, 1945 in Nine Miles, Jamaicca.bobs father was a brittish naval captain named Norval Sinclair who was 60 at the time he met Bobs mother who was 19. Due to Bob being mixed race he was nicknamed "Whit Boy." This is the first known picture of Bob Marley
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One good thing about music, when it hits you, you feel no pain.
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Marley moved to Trench Town
In the late !950s Marley and his family moved to the capital of jamaicca. It was full of criminals but marley knew how to fight and earn the nickname Tuff Gong. Trench Town inspired songs like "No Woman No Cry" and "Trench Town Rock" https://www.google.com/maps/place/Trench+Town,+Kingston,+Jamaica/@18.1149417,-78.2715538,8.25z/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x8edb3f92615d9849:0x11be92be124bd9c4 -
The Wailing Wailers
Marley and his friend Neville Livingston (Bunny Wailer) were introduced to Peter Macintosh by their music teacher and The Wailing Wailers was created http://www.largeup.com/2012/02/06/bob-deep-the-wailing-wailers-ska-jerk/ -
Marley releases his first album
The Wailing Wailers first full length album was released. http://www.bobmarley.com/music/studio-albums/the-wailing-wailers/ -
Marley gets signed with Island Records
The Wailers got signed to Island Records. A brittish record company https://www.google.com/maps/place/Trench+Town,+Kingston,+Jamaica/@18.1149417,-78.2715538,8.25z/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x8edb3f92615d9849:0x11be92be124bd9c4 -
The I-Threes join the Wailers
Peter Macintosh and Neville Livingston left because the didnt feel like they were getting the recognition they deserved as backup vocalists and were replaced by the I-Threes (Rita Marley, Marcia Griffiths and Judy Mowatt). Bob married Rita but still met with other women. Rita said that she didnt feel obligated to act like a wife but more of a guardian to Bob http://staceymarierobinson.blogspot.com/2012/02/bob-marley-and-i-threes.html -
Assassination atempt
Someone fired at the house that Marley was staying in during a rehersal for the Smile jamaicca concert. Nobody died, Marley was grazed on the chest and a bullete lodged in his arm. But he still preformed the concert with his injuries -
Exodus(One of his most famous albums) was released
Exodus is considered to be one of Marley’s best albums but wasn’t recognized until its remastered release in 2007 http://www.bobmarley.com/music/studio-albums/exodus/ -
Bob Marley gets cancer
After not healing from a soccer injury, he was diagnosed with cancer in his big toe http://selvedgeyard.com/2009/11/27/bob-marley-the-sport-of-soccer-natural-mystic-of-the-pitch/ -
One Love Peace Concert
Bob marley preformed one of his most famous concerts that was meant to bring peace to a country that was in civil war -
Bob Marley visits Africa
Bob marley travels to Ethiopia to visit the homeland of the rastifarians. -
Marley preforms his last show
Bob Marley preformed his last concert in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania just days befor his death https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Marley -
Bob Marley died
Marley is told that his cancer had matastasized and come back even worse. he fought it for eight months. Bob Marley died in a hospital in Miami, Florida http://cali-strong.com/bob-marley-fighter-for-freedom/ -
Bob Marleys funeral
Ten days after his death the Jamaiccan goverment held a ceramony to put Maley to rest. the Prim Minister attended as well as thousands of other people who filled the streets to see his casket as it traveled through the country to his birthplace of Nine Miles. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/destinations/centralamericaandcaribbean/jamaica/10622455/Bob-Marley-attractions-around-Jamaica.html?frame=2814061
