Interesting Billie Holiday dates:

• 27/11/1933 - Holiday makes her first recording ("Your Mother's Son-In-Law") with Benny Goodman, earning $35
• 18/1/1944 - Holiday appears at Esquire magazine's All-American All-Stars concerts, with artists like Art Tatum, Coleman Hawkins and Louis Armstrong
• 27/5/1947 - Holiday is convicted for possession of heroin in Philadelphia and sentenced to be detained for one year and one day
• 16/3/1948 - Holiday receives time off for good behaviour and is released
• 12/6/1959 - Holiday is arrested in hospital for possession of narcotics
• 17/7/1959 - Holiday dies of cirrhosis of the liver