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Johnny Krizancic is born in Farrell, Pennsylvania, USA. He will become a major figure in the tamburitza (Croatian folk music) genre as a performer, radio/TV personality and recording artist.
WWL-AM radio begins broadcasting as a 10-watt station at 833 kHz from the Marquette Hall, Loyola campus, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. From the 1940s until the 1960s the station will be famed for its live broadcasts of local Dixieland jazz bands, including such notables as Papa Celestin, Sharkey Bonano, Irving Fazola, Tony Almarico, and Lizzie Miles. Net sales of the American Piano Company of East Rochester, new York State, USA, for the year ended on this date are $11,424,799. The company manufactures pianos including the Ampico reproducing piano, for which many successful pianists made piano roll recordings.
Eugene Thomas Puerling is born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA. A gifted vocalist and musical arranger, he will find success as Gene Puerling, founder and leader of the vocal groups The Hi-Lo's and The Singers Unlimited.