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    • Apr 26, 1857
    Thomas Kelley Colley is born in Manchester, Tennessee. His daughter, Sarah Colley, will come to prominence as Grand Ole Opry comedian Minnie Pearl
    Sep 15, 1874
    Fannie House is born in Bolivar, Tennessee. She gives birth as an adult to Grand Ole Opry comedian Minnie Pearl
    Oct 25, 1912
    "Howdeee! I'm just so proud to be here!" Sarah Colley is born in Centerville, Tennessee. Performinig as Minnie Pearl, she spends 50 years on the Grand Ole Opry and becomes a regular on "Hee Haw," joining the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1975
    Aug 11, 1917
    Henry Cannon is born in Franklin, Tennessee. He marries Sarah Colley--a.k.a. Minnie Pearl--and becomes a pilot for Hank Williams, Eddy Arnold and Elvis Presley
    Mar 17, 1937
    Sarah Colley--the future Minnie Pearl--leaves Sevierville, Tennessee, where she's directing a play, for Centerville when she learns her father, Thomas Colley, has died
    Nov 30, 1940
    Minnie Pearl makes her first appearance on the Grand Ole Opry at the War Memorial Auditorium in Nashville
    Jan 1, 1941
    Minnie Pearl goes on her first tour with Roy Acuff, playing Evansville, Indiana, as part of a package that also features Eddy Arnold and Pee Wee King
    Feb 23, 1947
    Minnie Pearl marries Henry Cannon at the West End Methodist Church in Nashville
    Sep 18, 1947
    Minnie Pearl, Roy Acuff, Ernest Tubb and Rosalie Allen headline the first country music show at New York's Carnegie Hall. Tickets range from $1.20-$3.60
    Oct 31, 1947
    Concert promoter Connie B. Gay books Eddy Arnold for the first-ever country show at Constitution Hall in Washington, D.C. Also on the evening's bill are The Willis Brothers and comedians Minnie Pearl and Rod Brasfield
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