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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.J.P. Pennington is born in Berea, Kentucky, USA. He will find success as the lead vocalist of country-rock band Exile.
During a season at Joe Tenner's Cafe Society Uptown, jazz great Billie Holiday is busted for possession of opium in a raid on Room 203 of the Mark Twain Hotel, 345 Taylor Street, San Francisco, California, USA.
Evelyn Knight reaches No1 in the Billboard Best Sellers in Stores chart in the USA. with A Little Bird Told Me for the first of seven weeks.
Monte Rey, billed as "Radio's Famous Romantic Singer" plays the sixth night of a week at The Metropolitan Theatre, Edgeware Road, London, UK.
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.