The Daily

American jazz singer-songwriter Billie Holiday, 1915, started singing at age 14 after being released from prison, taking her stage name from name from Billie Dove, an actress, and the man she believed to be her father, Clarence Holiday, 1141 – Empress Matilda became the first female ruler of England during the period of civil war known as the Anarchy, adopting the title ‘Lady of the English’…