1. In 1964, the remains of national hero Marcus Garvey was brought back to Jamaica and buried in what is now called the National Heroes Park.

2. The 1964 Olympics in Tokyo Japan was one of the only games Jamaica entered where they won no medals. The other was in 1956.

3. The first ska song to become an international hit was Millie Small’s 1964 recording of My Boy Lollipop.

4. Marie ‘Mitsy’ Constantine held the title of Miss Jamaica 1964 and got married to former Prime Minister Edward Seaga the following year.

5. Jamaica’s first organised female volleyball team was formed in 1964.

6. The Jamaican roots reggae group The Royals was formed in 1964 by Roy Cousins.

7. Jamaican Olympian Julieth Cuthbert was born in St Thomas on April 9,1964.

8. Ian Fleming died on August 12,1964, five months after leaving Jamaica. In 2011, the Boscobel Aerodrome was renamed the Ian Fleming International Airpor.

9. One on Jamaica’s most famous football club Santos FC, was formed on April 16, 1964 by former national coach Winston Chung Fah.

10. The updated version of the Jamaican coat of arms was first printed on Jamican coins in 1964.