[3] March 12, 1955: Charlie "Bird" Parker, whose innovative performances paved the way for modern jazz styles, dies at the age of 34 after a 15-year addiction to heroin and alcohol.
[3] March 12, 1955: Charlie "Bird" Parker, whose innovative performances paved the way for modern jazz styles, dies at the age of 34 after a 15-year addiction to heroin and alcohol.
[5] March 8, 1879: Isaac Katz, who, along with his brother Mike, will found the Katz Drug Co. in Kansas City, is born in western Ukraine.
[7] March 2, 1944: Due to a wartime shortage of teachers, the Kansas City school board allows married women to teach.
[9] February 22, 1901: Charles Evans Whittaker, who will go on to become the first person from Kansas or Missouri to serve on the Supreme Court, is born on a farm near Troy, Kansas.
[11] February 16, 1950: Jesse Clyde Nichols, who developed the Country Club Plaza and many housing developments throughout Kansas City, dies just six months before his 70th birthday at his Kansas City home.
Links:
[1] http://www.kclibrary.org/blog/This+Week+in+Kansas+City+History/feed
[2] http://drupal.org/node/11816
[3] http://www.kclibrary.org/blog/week-kansas-city-history/bird-lives
[4] http://www.kclibrary.org/comment/reply/4475#comment-form
[5] http://www.kclibrary.org/blog/week-kansas-city-history/katz-cradle
[6] http://www.kclibrary.org/comment/reply/8713#comment-form
[7] http://www.kclibrary.org/blog/week-kansas-city-history/end-marriage-penalty
[8] http://www.kclibrary.org/comment/reply/4441#comment-form
[9] http://www.kclibrary.org/blog/week-kansas-city-history/whittakers-chambers
[10] http://www.kclibrary.org/comment/reply/8619#comment-form
[11] http://www.kclibrary.org/blog/week-kansas-city-history/death-visionary
[12] http://www.kclibrary.org/comment/reply/4256#comment-form
[13] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/1980
[14] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/1980?page=1
[15] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/1980?page=3
[16] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/1980?page=4
[17] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/1980?page=5
[18] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/1980?page=6
[19] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/1980?page=7
[20] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/1980?page=8
[21] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/1980?page=16