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Sam Devere's Big Company is playing during a week of shows at The Star Theatre, Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA. Devere is a popular blackface singer, banjo player and songwriter.



McIntyre And Heath plus The Orpheum Road Show perform during a week of shows at The Orpheum, San Francisco, California, USA. McIntyre And Heath were said to be the best-known, and highest paid, minstrel performers of all time. They are thought to have introduced the "buck and wing" tapdance routine as well as the song Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight.
Blackface comedy duo


Blues singer, pianist and songwriter, Edith North Johnson is born in St. Louis, Missouri, USA.
Popular vocalist Harry MacDonough records Noreen Mavourneen and Sing Again That Sweet Refrain for Victor Records in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
The stage musical When Johnny Comes Marching Home, with music and lyrics by Julian Edwards, is playing at The New York Theatre on broadway/44th Street, New York City, USA, during a run of 71 performances.
The Stanford University Glee And Mandolin Clubs provide three hours of musical entertainment at The Townsend Opera House, Port Townsend, Washington, USA.
A production of the "musical extravaganza" The Wizard Of Oz by L. Frank Baum with music by Paul Tietjens and A.B. Sloane, plays at The Majestic Theatre, New York City, USA, during a run of 293 performances.

