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The musical comedy Annie Get Your Gun, by Irving Berlin, is presented during a run of 1,147 performances at The Imperial Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA.A new music venue The Flame Show Bar, opens in Detroit, Michigan, USA. It will become the outlet for upscale black entertainment in Detroit, hosting giants like Billie Holiday, Della Reese, Etta James, Dinah Washington, B.B. King, Joe Turner, Jackie Wilson and LaVern Baker until its closure in 1963.
James Marshall Hendrix, later to become Jimi Hendrix, leaves Rainier Vista School, Seattle, Washington, USA, in one of many disruptive school moves during his childhood.
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.