Jazz: Born in the USA

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  • W.C. Handy is born

  • Scott Joplin is born

  • Buddy Bolden is born

  • James Reese Europe is born

  • King Oliver is born

  • Nick LaRocca

  • Paul Whiteman is born

  • Jelly Roll Morton is born

  • James P. Johnson is born

  • Bessie Smith is born

  • Bennie Moten is born

  • Period: to

    Ragtime

  • Racial segregation is upheld by U.S. Supreme Court

  • Radio Technology is introduced

  • Sidney Bechet is born

  • Fletcher Henderson is born

  • Lil Hardin Armstrong is born

  • Duke Ellington is born

  • Period: to

    Blues

  • Theodore Roosevelt becomes president

  • Louis Armstrong is born

  • Wright Brothers make first successful flight

  • Bix Beiderbecke is born

  • Earl Hines is born

  • First New Year's Eve celebration held in New York City's Times Square

  • Fats Waller is born

  • Count Basie is born

  • Coleman Hawkins is born

  • Johnny Hodges is born

  • Benny Goodman is born

  • Lester Young is born

  • Art Tatum is born

  • The NAACP is founded

  • Mary Lou Williams is born

  • The Titanic sinks

  • Billie Holiday is born

  • Charlie Christian is born

  • The U.S. enters WWI

  • Scott Joplin dies

  • Ella Fitzgerald is born

  • The Flu Epidemic kills over 20 million worldwide

  • James Reese Europe dies

  • The first Miss America contest is held

  • Calvin Coolidge becomes president

  • Stalin becomes dictator of Russia

  • 'The Great Gatsby' is published

  • The first television is introduced

  • The U.S. Stock Market crashes

  • Herbert Hoover becomes president

  • The planet 'Pluto' is discovered

  • Period: to

    Swing

  • The Empire State Building opens in NYC

  • Bix Beiderbecke dies

  • Buddy Bolden dies

  • Radio City Music Hall opens in NYC

  • Prohibition ends in the U.S.

  • Bennie Moten dies

  • Jesses Owens wins 4 olympic gold medals in Berlin

  • Bessie Smith dies

  • King Oliver dies

  • Jelly Roll Morton dies

  • Charlie Christian dies

  • Fats Waller dies

  • Fletcher Henderson dies

  • James P. Johnson dies

  • Art Tatum dies

  • W.C. Handy dies

  • Lester Young dies

  • Sidney Bechet dies

  • Billie Holiday dies

  • Nick LaRocca dies

  • Paul Whiteman dies

  • Coleman Hawkins dies

  • Johnny Hodges dies

  • Louis Armstrong dies

  • Lil Hardin Armstrong dies

  • Duke Ellington dies

  • Mary Lou Williams dies

  • Earl Hines dies

  • Count Basie dies

  • Benny Goodman dies

  • Ella Fitzgerald dies