1 The Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica (PSOJ) was established in 1976. It is a national organisation of private sector associations, companies and individuals that work together to promote a competitive and productive private sector.

2 The Diabetes Association of Jamaica was founded by the Lions Club of Kingston & St Andrew in 1976.

3 Satta Massagana is a roots reggae album by The Abyssinians, a Jamaican roots reggae group, which was officially released in 1976.

4 Legalise It, former Wailer Peter Tosh’s debut album as a solo artist was also released in 1976. This is one of the three Wailers solo albums released in 1976, along with Bunny Wailer’s album Blackheart Man and Bob Marley’s Rastaman Vibration.

5 On March 30 Jamaica signed the International Convention on the Suppression and Punishment of the Crime of Apartheid, which declared that apartheid is a crime against humanity.

6 Smile Orange, a Jamaican film directed by Jamaican playwright Trevor D Rhone, who also wrote the play on which it is based, was released on May 19. The film explores the tourism industry in the Caribbean and draws similarities between it and slavery.

7 A State of Emergency was declared on June 19 by the then governing People’s National Party to stop and prevent further political violence during that period.

8 Jamaican Cynthia Jean Cameron Breakspeare, better known as Cindy Breakspeare, was crowned Miss World 1976, in London on November 19. She became the second Jamaican woman to win this title.

9 The Smile Jamaica Concert, a peace concert with headliner Bob Marley and the Wailers was held on December 5 at the National Heroes Park in Kingston.

10 General elections were held in Jamaica on 15 December 1976. The result was a victory for the People’s National Party, which won 47 of the 60 seats, with an 85 per cent voter turn-out.

— Kristen Laing