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April 4, 1958, Oscar nominated actress Lana Turner is fighting with her boyfriend—a man with known connections to the mob. In the house, listening to this escalating argument is Lana’s daughter. When the fight is over, the boyfriend is dead and a fourteen-year-old is named the killer. What happened that night in the pink bedroom of the Beverly Hills home is nothing short of a Hollywood screenplay, where only the three of them will ever know the truth, and movie star Lana Turner would need to take center stage in her most dramatic role ever—defending her daughter against a murder charge. This is Johnny Stompando. The Star. The Gangster and The Knife.

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Billie Holiday is today’s featured episode as BlackFacts.com presents Significant Women in Black History—a special daily showcase for Women’s History Month.

Billie Holiday was born on April 7, 1915, in Philadelphia. She was an American jazz and swing music singer whose 26-year career saw her rise to the top of the charts.

In late 1937, Holiday had a brief stint as a big-band vocalist with Count Basie. A month after she was hired by Artie Shaw. She’s among the first Black women to work with a white orchestra.

At age 44, “Lady Day" died in New York City. The Billie Holiday Monument is located at Pennsylvania Avenue in Baltimore.

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One of the most successful and enduring songs of the century had an unusual pedigree

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From 1939 until his disappearance in 1942, Glenn Miller was the most successful of all the Big Bands of the Swing Era.

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Charlie Christian from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma only had 25 years on this earth his revolutionary single string style of play would go on to influence generations of Electric Guitar Players.