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The musical comedy Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, with music by Jule Styne, and starring Carol Channing, is presented at The Ziegfeld Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 740 performances.Judy Garland attends a late-night showing of the film Summer Stock at The Capitol Theatre, New York City, USA. After the screening, she is recognised and mobbed by appreciative fans.
Ella Fitzgerald, Charlie Parker And Coleman Hawkins, The Hank Jones Trio and Lester Young And Bill Harris take part in a Norman Granz-produced film project, Improvisation, at Gjon Mili Studio, New York City, USA, which will run until September 15.
Jazz trumpet player and occasional bandleader Al Killian is murdered at the age of 33, in a case of mistaken identity, by his landlord, in Los Angeles, California, USA.James Allen Hendrix, later to become Jimi Hendrix, leaves Rainier Vista School, Seattle, Washington, USA, and moves to Horace Mann Elementary, 2410 East Cherry Street, 23rd Avenue.
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