24/02/0303 - 1st official Roman edict for persecution of Christians issued 16/02/0374 - 9th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet 27/02/0837 - 15th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet 28/02/0870 - 8th Ecumenical council ends in Constantinople 02/02/1461 - 2nd battle of St Alban's-Lancastrian defeat Yorkists 24/02/1530 - 1st imperial coronation by a Pope, Charles V crowned by Clement V 10/02/1535 - 12 nude anabaptists run through Amsterdam streets 27/02/1557 - 1st Russian Embassy opens in London, Russia and US sign trade agreement 11/02/1573 - 1st European, Francis Drake sees the Pacific (from Panama) 05/02/1644 - 1st US livestock branding law passed, by Connecticut 06/02/1651 - -7] Cardinal Mazarin flees Paris 16/02/1659 - 1st known check (ś400) (on display at Westminster Abbey) 20/02/1673 - 1st recorded wine auction held (London) 03/02/1690 - 1st paper money in America issued (colony of Mass) 04/02/1697 - 3 VOC-ships anchor at Dirk-Hartogeiland, Australia 04/02/1699 - 350 rebellious Streltsi executed in Moscow 20/02/1725 - 10 sleeping Indians scalped by whites in NH for ś100/scalp bounty 26/02/1732 - 1st mass celebrated in 1st American Catholic church, Philadelphia 08/02/1735 - 1st opera in US "Flora," opens in Charleston, SC 18/02/1735 - 1st opera performed in America, "Flora," in Charleston, SC 10/02/1749 - 10th (final) volume of Fielding's "Tom Jones" is published 28/02/1749 - 1st edition of Henry Fieldings' "Tom Jones" published 16/02/1751 - 1st publication of Gray's "Elegy Written in a Country Church Yard" 25/02/1751 - 1st performing monkey exhibited in America, NYC (admission 1›) 15/02/1768 - 1st mustard manufactured in America advertised, Philadelphia 20/02/1768 - 1st American chartered fire insurance company opens (Penn) 17/02/1772 - 1st partition of Poland-Russia and Prussia, joined later by Austria 22/02/1775 - 1st US joint stock company (to make cloth) offers shares at ś10 17/02/1776 - 1st volume of Gibbon's "Decline and Fall of Roman Empire" published 22/02/1784 - 1st US ship to trade with China, "Empress of China," sails from NY 04/02/1787 - 1st Anglican bishops of NY and Pennsylvania consecrated in London 01/02/1788 - 1st US steamboat patent issued, by Georgia to Briggs and Longstreet 04/02/1789 - 1st electoral college chooses Washington and Adams as Pres and VP 25/02/1791 - 1st Bank of US chartered 12/02/1793 - 1st US fugitive slave law passed; requires return of escaped slaves 25/02/1793 - 1st cabinet meeting (At George Washington's home) 11/02/1794 - 1st session of US Senate open to the public 14/02/1794 - 1st US textile machinery patent granted, to James Davenport, Phila 07/02/1795 - 11th Amendment to US Constitution ratified, affirms power of states 13/02/1795 - 1st state university in US opens, University of North Carolina 19/02/1797 - 1/3 of papal domain ceded to France 13/02/1799 - 1st US law regulating insurance passed, by Massachusetts 15/02/1799 - 1st US printed ballots authorized, Pennsylvania 25/02/1799 - 1st federal forestry legislation authorizes purchase of timber land 02/02/1802 - 1st leopard exhibited in US, Boston (admission 25›) 25/02/1803 - 1,800 sovereign German states unite into 60 states 18/02/1804 - 1st US land-grant college, Ohio University, Athens Ohio, chartered 21/02/1804 - 1st locomotive, Richard Trevithick's, runs for 1st time, in Wales 24/02/1807 - 17 die and 15 wounded in a crush to witness execution of Holloway, Heggerty and Elizabeth Godfrey in England 01/02/1810 - 1st insurance co managed by blacks (American Insurance Co of Phila) 28/02/1810 - 1st US fire insurance joint-stock company organized, Philadelphia 07/02/1812 - 8.2 earthquake shakes New Madrid, Missouri 23/02/1813 - 1st US raw cotton-to-cloth mill founded in Waltham, Mass 27/02/1813 - 1st federal vaccination legislation enacted 13/02/1816 - -14] Teatro San Carlo in Naples destroyed by fire 05/02/1817 - 1st US gas co incorporated, Baltimore (coal gas for street lights) 17/02/1817 - 1st US city lit by gas (Baltimore) 07/02/1818 - 1st successful US educational magazine "Academician," begins (NYC) 28/02/1819 - 1st public performance of a Schubert song, "Sch„fers Klageleid" 06/02/1820 - 1st organized emigration of blacks back to Africa (NY to Sierra Leone) 27/02/1827 - 1st Mardi Gras celebration in New Orleans 28/02/1827 - 1st commercial railroad in US, Baltimore and Ohio (BandO) chartered 21/02/1828 - 1st American Indian newspaper in US, "Cherokee Phoenix," published 19/02/1831 - 1st practical US coal-burning locomotive makes 1st trial run, Penn 06/02/1832 - 1st appearance of cholera at Edinburgh, Scotland 13/02/1832 - 1st appearance of cholera at London 18/02/1834 - 1st US labor newspaper, "The Man," published, NYC 26/02/1834 - 1st US interstate crime compact (NY-NJ) ratified 24/02/1836 - 3,000 Mexicans attack 182 Texans at Alamo, lasts 13 days 08/02/1837 - 1st VP chosen by Senate, Richard Johnson (Van Buren admin) 25/02/1837 - 1st US electric printing press patented by Thomas Davenport 18/02/1841 - 1st continuous filibuster in US Senate began, lasting until March 11 15/02/1842 - 1st adhesive postage stamps in US (private delivery company), NYC 21/02/1842 - 1st known sewing machine patented in US, John Greenough, Wash DC 28/02/1844 - 12-inch gun aboard USS Princeton explodes 21/02/1846 - 1st US woman telegrapher, Sarah G Bagley, Lowell, Mass 04/02/1847 - 1st US telegraph co established in Maryland 02/02/1848 - 1st ship load of Chinese arrive in SF 26/02/1848 - 2nd French Republic forms 26/02/1848 - 2nd French Republic proclaimed 18/02/1849 - 1st regular steamboat service to California starts (or 02/28) 28/02/1849 - 1st boat load of gold rush prospectors arrives in SF from east coast 11/02/1851 - 1st cricket 1st-class game in Australia, Tasmania v Vic, Launceston 02/02/1852 - 1st British public men's toilet opens (Fleet St London) 11/02/1852 - 1st British public female toilet opens (Bedford Street London) 22/02/1854 - 1st meeting of Republican Party (Michigan) 22/02/1856 - 1st national meeting of Republican Party (Pittsburgh) 24/02/1857 - 1st perforated US postage stamps delivered to govt 11/02/1858 - 1st apparition of Mary to 14-year-old Bernadette of Lourdes France 25/02/1859 - 1st use of "insanity plea" to prove innocence 01/02/1860 - 1st rabbi to open House of Representatives, Morris Raphall of NYC 05/02/1861 - 1st moving picture peep show machine is patented by Samuel Goodale 06/02/1861 - 1st meeting of Provisional Congress of Confederate States of America 13/02/1861 - 1st military action to result in Congressional Medal of Honor, AZ 10/02/1863 - 1st US fire extinguisher patent granted to Alanson Crane, Virginia 01/02/1864 - 2nd German-Danish war begins 04/02/1864 - 24th Amendment abolishes Poll tax 06/02/1864 - -7] Skirmish at Barnett's Ford Virginia 21/02/1864 - -22] Battle at Okolona, Mississippi 21/02/1864 - 1st US Catholic parish church for blacks dedicated, Baltimore
16/11/1873 - W[illiam] C[hristopher] Handy, Alabama, jazz star (St Louis Blues) 03/08/1884 - Louis Gruenberg, near Brest Litovsk Poland, composer (Daniel Jazz) 20/09/1885 - Ferdinand "Jelly Roll" Morton, New Orleans, jazz pianist/composer 12/04/1892 - Johnny Dodds, early jazz clarinettist 14/05/1897 - Sidney Bechet, US, jazz clarinetist/saxophonist/band leader 14/05/1898 - Zutty Singleton, US jazz drummer 28/05/1898 - Andy Kirk, jazz musician 28/01/1899 - Zilner T Randolph, jazz trumpeter/arranger 15/06/1900 - Paul J Mares, US, jazz trumpetist/composer (Farewell blues) 04/07/1900 - Louis "Satchmo" Armstrong, New Orleans LA, jazz musician (Hello Dolly) 29/12/1900 - Willie Humphrey, jazz Clarinetist 04/08/1901 - Louie "Satchmo" Armstrong, New Orleans, jazz trumpeter (Hello Dolly) 01/03/1903 - Leon Bismarck "Bix" Beiderbecke, Iowa, jazz cornetist (In a Mist) 23/10/1903 - Milford Dolliole, pioneer jazz drummer 29/12/1903 - Clyde McCoy, jazz trumpeter/bandleader 26/04/1904 - William "Count" Basie, jazz pianist (Policy Man, Blazing Saddles) 21/05/1904 - Fats Waller, [Thomas Wright], jazz singer/composer (Ain't Misbehavin') 11/06/1904 - Clarence "Pinetop" Smith, jazz pianist/singer (Boogie Woogie Piano) 21/08/1904 - [William] Count Basie, Red Bank NJ, jazz musician (Blazing Saddles) 16/11/1904 - Eddie Condon, Goodland Ind, jazz guitarist (Eddie Condon's Floor Show) 21/11/1904 - Coleman Hawkins, virtually created tenor saxophone for jazz 19/04/1905 - Tommy Benford, jazz drummer 13/06/1905 - Doc Cheatham, jazz musician 17/07/1905 - Norman Waterhouse Lees, jazz fan 28/12/1905 - Earl "Fatha" Hines, Duquesne Pa, jazz pianist (Deep Forest) 13/04/1906 - Budd [Lawrence] Freeman, US jazz saxophonist (Eel) 05/08/1907 - Ernestine "Tiny" Davis, jazz vocalist/trumpeter 03/11/1907 - Joe Turner, US jazz pianist 25/12/1907 - Cab[ell] Calloway, Rochester, bandleader (Minnie the Moocha, Jazzball) 26/01/1908 - Stephane Grappelli, British (?) jazz/violinist 29/04/1908 - Philippe Brun, jazz trumpeter 19/10/1908 - Patrick Cairns "Spike" Hughes, British jazz musician/composer (Elegy) 13/01/1909 - Danny Barker, jazz guitarist 27/08/1909 - Lester W "Pres" Young, US jazz saxophonist 17/10/1909 - Crozy [William] Cole, US jazz drummer 23/01/1910 - Django Reinhardt, Belgium, Gypsy jazz guitarist 15/02/1910 - 9th earl of Jersey, English large landowner/art collector 08/05/1910 - Mary Lou Williams, US jazz pianist/composer (Zodiac Suite) 13/10/1910 - Art[hur] Tatum, US jazz pianist/composer 30/01/1911 - Roy Eldridge, Pitts Pa, jazz trumpeter (Gene Krupa, Artie Shaw) 22/06/1911 - Guus Jansen, jazz pianist (Net als Toen) 12/05/1912 - Marshall Royal, jazz sax/clarinet 12/06/1912 - Eddie Williams, blues/Jazz Bassist 03/10/1912 - Gabriel Julian, original pianist of Bobby Byrne Orchestra, arranger for Glenn Miller and founder Alabama Cavaliers Jazz Ens 21/10/1912 - Carlos Don Byas, US jazz saxophonist 24/11/1912 - Theodore "Teddy" Wilson, US jazz pianist/arranger 16/05/1913 - Woody Herman, jazz clarinetist/bandleader/composer (Thundering Herds) 20/08/1913 - Conrad Hermann Hubertius Maria Apollinaris Josten, jazz guitarist 15/09/1913 - Roger "Ram" Ramirez, jazz pianist/composer 09/01/1914 - Kenny [Klook] Clarke, Pittsburgh, jazz/drummer, composer (Epistrop) 08/07/1914 - Billy Eckstine, Pittsburgh PA, jazz singer (Tenderly, A Fool in Love) 13/09/1914 - Leonard Geoffrey Feather, jazz critic/musician 01/11/1914 - William "Sabby" Lewis, jazz pianist/arranger 29/03/1915 - George Chisholm, Scottish jazz trombonist 04/05/1916 - Maurice "Moe" Purtill, jazz drummer 10/07/1916 - Dick Cary, jazz Musician 07/11/1916 - Joe Bushkin, NYC, jazz pianist (A Couple of Joes) 18/11/1916 - James L Lyons, jazz promoter 23/03/1917 - Johnny Guarnieri, NYC, jazz pianist (Morey Amsterdam Show) 10/10/1917 - Thelonious Monk, jazz composer/pianist 11/10/1917 - Thelonious Monk, jazz great, stroke 21/10/1917 - Dizzy Gillespie, [John B], jazz trumpeter, a creator of modern jazz 25/04/1918 - Ella Fitzgerald, Newport News VA, jazz singer (Is it live or Memorex) 27/04/1918 - Kirby Stone, NYC, jazz combo leader (Baubles Bangles and Beads) 19/08/1918 - James George "Jimmy" Rowles, jazz pianist 10/10/1918 - Thelonious Monk, jazz guitarist/composer/pianist (Monk's Dream) 12/12/1918 - Joe Williams, Cordele Ga, jazz singer (Everyday I have the Blues) 11/10/1919 - Art Blakey, Pitts PA, drummer (Billy Eckstine Band, Jazz Messengers) 18/12/1919 - Anita O'Day, Chicago, big band jazz singer (Gene Krupa, Stan Kanton) 20/03/1920 - Marian McPartland, jazz pianist (Bill Mayer, Jimmy McPartland) 08/04/1920 - Carmen McRae (Clark), US jazz singer/pianist (Dream of Life) 09/04/1920 - Art Van Damme, Norway Mich, jazz accordionist (Chicago Jazz) 11/05/1920 - Beryl Bryden, jazz singer 05/06/1920 - Kurt Edelhagen, West German jazz pianist (Klimbim) 13/08/1920 - Charlie Alfred Galbraith, jazz trombonist 29/08/1920 - Charlie "Bird" Parker, US jazz saxophonist 06/12/1920 - Dave Brubeck, Concord CA, jazz pianist/composer (Gates of Justice) 26/04/1921 - Jimmy Giuffre, jazz musician 06/05/1921 - Freddy Randall, jazz trumpeteer 15/06/1921 - Erroll Garner, US, jazz pianist (Misty) 13/11/1921 - Eddie Calhoun, jazz bassist 22/04/1922 - Charles Mingus, Arizona, jazz bassist (Pithecanthropus Erectus) 29/04/1922 - Toots [Jean] Thielemans, Belgian/US jazz musician/composer 07/11/1922 - Al Hirt, New Orleans LA, jazz trumpeter (Greatest Horn in the World) 22/01/1924 - J J Johnson, composer/jazz trombonist 27/03/1924 - Sarah L Vaughan, Newark NJ, jazz scat singer (Broken Hearted Melody) 17/08/1924 - Laurence Richard Deniz, jazz guitarist 27/09/1924 - Bud Powell, US jazz pianist/composer 25/11/1924 - Paul Desmond, US jazz saxophonist 21/12/1924 - Rita Reys, [Maria Reijs], Dutch jazz singer 13/03/1925 - Roy Haynes, US jazz drummer (Trio Music with Chick Corea) 13/08/1925 - Benny Bailey, jazz trumpeter 13/09/1925 - Mel Torm‚, Chic Ill, jazz singer "Velvet Fog" (Jet Set, Night Court) 20/11/1925 - June [Shirley L] Christy, US, jazz singer (Tampico) 08/12/1925 - James E "Jimmy" Smith, US jazz/organist (Walk on the Wild Side) 22/12/1925 - Gunther Schuller, NYC, jazz composer 26/05/1926 - Miles Davis, Alton Ill, jazz trumpeter, composer and bandleader (L'ascenseur pour l'‚chafaud) born in Alton, Illinois 11/08/1926 - Johnny Van Derrick, jazz violinist 14/08/1926 - Buddy Greco, Phila Pa, jazz singer (Away We Go, Broadway Open House) 23/09/1926 - John Coltrane, jazz saxophonist (Round Midnight)
15/03/1929 - Pine-Top Smith, jazz pianist (Boogie Woogie Piano), dies at 24 07/08/1931 - Leon Bismarck "Bix" Beiderbecke, jazz cornetist (In Mist), dies at 29 04/11/1931 - Charles Buddy Bolden, US jazz musician, dies 04/03/1933 - Willie Walker, US jazz singer/guitarist (Dupree Blues), dies at 36 10/07/1941 - Ferdinand "Jelly Roll" Morton, pioneer jazz pianist, dies in LA at 56 15/12/1943 - Thomas W "Fats" Waller, jazz pianist, dies at 39 in KC Missouri 15/12/1944 - Glenn Miller, US band leader/jazz composer, dies at 40 16/12/1944 - Glenn Miller, US jazz composer/orch leader (Danny boy), dies at 40 18/08/1949 - Paul J Mares, US jazz trumpetist/composer (Tin Roof Blues), dies at 49 12/03/1955 - Charlie "Bird" Parker, US jazz saxophonist, dies at 34 in NYC 26/06/1956 - Clifford Brown, US jazz trumpeter (Joyspring, Jordu), dies at 25 04/11/1956 - Art[hur] Tatum, US jazz pianist/composer, dies at 46 06/02/1958 - 7 soccer players of Manchester United, die in an aircrash at Munich 14/05/1959 - Sidney Bechet, US jazz clarinetist/saxophonist/bandleader, dies at 62 17/07/1959 - Billie Holiday, jazz singer, dies of drug OD at 44 15/01/1964 - Weldon John "Jack" Teagarden, US jazz trombonist/singer, dies at 58 01/08/1966 - Bud Powell, US jazz pianist/composer, dies 17/07/1967 - John Coltrane, US jazz sax/composer (Round Midnight), dies at 40 15/06/1968 - Wes Montgomery, jazz guitarist, dies of a heart attack at 48 19/05/1969 - Coleman Hawkins, US jazz musician/composer, dies 06/07/1971 - Louis "Satchmo" Armstrong, jazz musician (Hello Dolly), dies at 71 24/08/1972 - Carlos Wesley "Don" Byas, US jazz saxophonist, dies at 59 04/08/1973 - Eddie Condon, jazz guitarist (Eddie Condon's Floor Show), dies at 68 14/07/1975 - Zutty Singleton, US jazz drummer, dies at 77 17/12/1975 - Noble Sissle, jazz musician, dies at 86 07/06/1976 - Bobby Hackett, jazz cornetist/orch leader (Air time '57), dies at 61 02/01/1977 - Erroll Garner, jazz pianist (Misty), dies at 53 30/05/1977 - Paul Desmond, US jazz saxophonist, dies at 52 04/01/1979 - Charles Mingus, jazz bassist, dies of heart attack 05/01/1979 - Charles Mingus, US jazz bassist/composer/orchestra leader, dies at 56 15/09/1980 - Bill Evans, US jazz pianist, dies of a bleeding ulcer at 51 08/08/1982 - Kurt Edelhagen, West German jazz pianist, dies at 62 22/04/1983 - Earl "Fatha" Hines, US, jazz pianist/conductor, dies 15/09/1983 - Willie Bobo, jazz drummer (Cos), dies at 49 26/04/1984 - William "Count" Basie, jazz piano great, dies on 80th birthday 07/01/1985 - Johnny Guarnieri, jazz pianist (Morey Amsterdam Show), dies at 67 30/05/1986 - Hank Mobley, US jazz saxophonist, dies at 55 31/07/1986 - Theodore "Teddy" Wilson, US jazz pianist/arranger, dies at 73 20/08/1986 - Thad Jones, jazz trumpeter, dies of cancer at 63 03/11/1986 - Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, jazz saxophonist, dies at 65 30/05/1987 - Turk Murphy, jazz trombonist, dies at 71 10/07/1987 - John Hammond, Jazz reviewer (Melody Maker), dies at 76 21/09/1987 - Jaco Pastorious, jazz bassist and composer (Weather Report) dies at 36 23/09/1987 - Bob Fosse, choreographer (All the Jazz), dies at 62 28/10/1987 - Woody Herman, US jazz clarinetist/composer, dies at 74 20/03/1988 - Gil Evans, Canadian/US jazz composer (Out of the Cool), dies at 75 13/05/1988 - Chet Baker, jazz trumpeter, fell to death out of a hotel window at 59 27/05/1988 - Melvin J "Cy" Oliver, US jazz composer/orchestra leader, dies at 77 03/04/1990 - Sarah Vaughn, jazz singer, dies of lung cancer at 66 25/04/1990 - Dexter Gordon, Jazz saxophonist, dies of kidney failure at 67 11/06/1990 - Clyde McCoy, jazz trumpeter (wah wah sound), dies at 86 23/07/1990 - Joe Turner, jazz pianist, dies of cardiac arrest at 82 16/10/1990 - Art Blakey, jazz drummer (Jazz Messengers), dies of cancer at 71 13/03/1991 - Jimmy McPartland, US, jazz cornetist, dies 15/03/1991 - Budd [Lawrence] Freeman, US jazz saxophonist (Eel), dies at 84 31/03/1991 - John Carter, US jazz clarinetist (Roots and folklore), dies 13/05/1991 - Jimmy McPartland, jazz cornetist, dies of cancer at 83 15/05/1991 - Bud Freeman, jazz tenor saxophonist, dies of cancer at 84 06/06/1991 - Stan Getz, jazz saxophonist (Girl from Impanima), dies at 64 28/09/1991 - Miles Davis, jazz trumpeter, dies of pneumonia at 65 08/12/1991 - Buck Clayton, US jazz trumpeter/orchestra leader, dies 01/01/1992 - Constantin Poustochkine, jazz critic, dies 17/01/1992 - Charlie Ventura, jazz sax (Bop for the people), dies at 75 of cancer 04/03/1992 - Mary Osborne, jazz guitarist, dies at 70 of liver cancer 08/03/1992 - Red Callender, US jazz bassist (Unfinished dream), dies at 76 09/06/1992 - Clarence Miller, blues/jazz vocalist, dies at 69 of a heart attack 04/07/1992 - Joe Newman, US jazz trumpetist (Count Basie), dies 24/08/1992 - Larrie Londin, jazz drummer, dies at 48 05/10/1992 - Paul Acket, organizer (Music Express, North Sea Jazz Festival), dies 07/10/1992 - Ed Blackwell, US jazz drummer (Quartet), dies 08/11/1992 - Keith "Red" Mitchell, US/Swedish jazz bassist, dies 23/01/1993 - Thomas A Dorsey, jazz pianist (Take My Hand, Precious Lord), dies 08/03/1993 - Billy Eckstine, jazz singer (Fools Rush In), dies at 78 of stroke 30/05/1993 - Herman S Blount, Sun Ra, US jazz pianist (Solar Arkestra), dies at 79 11/07/1993 - Mario Bauza, Cubans/US jazz musician, dies at 82 04/08/1993 - Kenny Drew, US/Danish jazz pianist (Moonlight Desert), dies at 64 07/08/1993 - Roy Budd, English jazz pianist/composer (Paper Tiger), dies at 46 26/08/1993 - Rockin Dopsie Sr, Jazz-Fusion singer (Zydeco), dies at 61 07/11/1993 - Adelaide Hall, US jazz singer (Cotton Club), dies at 92 05/01/1994 - Victor van Os, Dutch jazz guitarist, dies at 39 11/01/1994 - Roger "Ram" Ramirez, jazz piano player/composer, dies at 80 15/01/1994 - Philippe Brun, jazz trumpeter, dies at 85 27/01/1994 - Eddie Calhoun, jazz Bassist, dies at 72 30/01/1994 - Ernestine "Tiny" Davis, jazz vocalist/trumpeter, dies at 86 09/03/1994 - Maurice "Moe" Purtill, jazz drummer, dies at 77 24/03/1994 - Tommy Benford, jazz drummer, dies at 88 06/04/1994 - Dick Cary, jazz musician, dies at 77 10/04/1994 - James L Lyons, jazz promoter, dies at 77 03/05/1994 - Milford Dolliole, pioneer jazz drummer, dies at 90 23/05/1994 - Joe Pass, US jazz guitarist (The Trio), dies at 65 26/05/1994 - Warren Harding "Sonny" Sharrock, jazz Guitarist, dies at 53 26/05/1994 - Sonny Sharrock, US free-jazz guitarist, dies at 53 06/06/1994 - Willie Humphrey, jazz clarinetist, dies at 93 14/06/1994 - Lionel Grigson, professor of Jazz, dies at 52 09/07/1994 - William "Sabby" Lewis, jazz Pianist/Arranger, dies at 79 21/07/1994 - Marjorie Dorothy Chandler Collins, jazz singer, dies at 67 25/07/1994 - John M Dengler, jazz Bass Sax/Trumpet/Trombone, dies at 67 13/09/1994 - John William Stevens, jazz drummer, dies at 54 22/09/1994 - Leonard Geoffrey Feather, jazz critic/musician, dies at 80 07/11/1994 - Milton "Shorty" Rogers [Rajonsky], US jazz trumpeter, dies at 70
