Assassination Attempt on Bob Marley

Date: December 3, 1976 • Location: Seymour Lands, Jamaica

Jamaican reggae musician Bob Marley survived an assassination attempt by seven gunmen in Kingston.

Reggae is a music genre that originated in Jamaica in the late 1960s. The term also refers to the modern popular music of Jamaica and its diaspora. The 1968 single by Toots and the Maytals titled "Do the Reggay" was the first popular song to use the word reggae, effectively naming the genre and introducing it to a global audience.