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    • Nov 4, 1879
    Comedian Will Rogers is born in Oologah, Oklahoma. Known for his homespun observations and political humor, the star who "never met a man I didn't like" is referenced in Tex Ritter's 1961 hit "I Dreamed Of A Hill-Billy Heaven"
    Jan 26, 1931
    Comedian Will Rogers and Jimmie Rodgers begin a tour together in San Antonio at the Memorial Auditorium. The tour covers 50 cities in 18 days, earning more than $225,000 for the American Red Cross
    Nov 4, 1931
    Jimmie Rodgers is among the guests at comedian Will Rogers' 52nd birthday party, held at the Gunter Hotel in San Antonio
    Aug 15, 1935
    Comedian Will Rogers and renowned pilot Wiley Post die in a plane crash outside of Point Barrow, Alaska. Their souls live on in Tex Ritter's 1961 recitation "I Dreamed Of A Hill-billy Heaven"
    Feb 3, 1961
    Tex Ritter records "I Dreamed Of A Hill-Billy Heaven," namechecking late comedian Will Rogers and aviator Wiley Post. Also referenced: Roy Acuff, Tennessee Ernie Ford, Andy Griffith, Roy Rogers and Eddie Dean, among others
    May 16, 1992
    Mac Davis replaces Keith Carradine in the lead role in Broadway's "The Will Rogers Follies" at the Palace Theater in New York
    Feb 16, 1993
    Larry Gatlin takes over for Mac Davis as Will Rogers in "The Will Rogers Follies" at the Palace Theater on Broadway
    Oct 25, 1997
    Roy Rogers, Dale Evans and Will Rogers have bronze markers placed in the Fort Worth National Historic District as they're entered in the Texas Trail of Fame
    Mar 21, 2013
    Jimmie Davis' "You Are My Sunshine" and Frankie Yankovic's "Just Because" are added to the National Recording Registry by the Library of Congress, along with recordings by Will Rogers, Simon & Garfunkel, The Blackwood Brothers and Clarence Ashley and Doc Watson
    Jan 19, 2015
    Larry Gatlin, dressed in the clothes of the late Will Rogers, serves as master of ceremonies for the inaugural ball of governor Mary Fallin at the Cox Convention Center in Oklahoma City
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