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Fourteen year old Eleanora Gough, later known to the world as Billie Holiday, is arrested along with her mother in a police raid on prostitutes in Florence Williams’ whorehouse, 151 W140th Street, Harlem, New York. Eleanora is sentenced to 100 days in a workhouse.
Fourteen year old Eleanora Gough, later known to the world as Billie Holiday, is arrested along with her mother in a police raid on prostitutes in Florence Williams' whorehouse, 151 W140th Street, Harlem, New York City, USA. Eleanora is sentenced to 100 days in a workhouse.
The deadliest tornado in the history of Virginia, USA, hits Rye Cove School in the Appalachian highlands of Scott County in the southwestern part of the state, killing twelve students and one teacher and injuring fifty-four. Scott County native A. P. Carter, of singing group The Carter Family, will volunteer to help in the wake of the tragedy, and will be inspired to compose The Cyclone of Rye Cove which the group will record later in the year.
Jay Whidden And His Band, record Hello Sunshine Hello, Blue Hills Of Pasadena, In The Heart Of The Sunset and Ninette, in London, UK, for Imperial Records.
Jay Whidden And His Band, record Hello Sunshine Hello, Blue Hills Of Pasadena, In The Heart Of The Sunset and Ninette, in London, UK, for Imperial Records.