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Aug 22, 1911
Leonardo Da Vinci's painting of the Mona Lisa is stolen from the Louvre in Paris, France. The masterpiece is an inspiration for Moon Mullican's "Mona Lisa" and David Allan Coe's "Mona Lisa Lost Her Smile," and weaves its way into the lyrics of T.G. Sheppard's "Only One You"
Dec 13, 1913
Leonardo Da Vinci's "Mona Lisa" is recovered two years after it was stolen. The painting inspires Moon Mullican's "Mona Lisa" and David Allan Coe's "Mona Lisa Lost Her Smile," and provides a key lyric for T.G. Sheppard's "Only One You"
Jan 27, 1948
A robber breaks a window on Roy Acuff's car in St. Augustine, Florida, and steals a banjo and two guitars valued at $340
Aug 15, 1951
Fourteen-year-old Merle Haggard is picked up for robbing a liquor store in a case of mistaken identity. Released five days later when the real criminals are caught, he expects to be tried as an adult: he was carrying a fake I.D. that said he was 18
Aug 2, 1954
Three masked robbers steal $3,500 at gunpoint at Dunbar Cave, a resort owned by Roy Acuff near Clarksville, Tennessee
Aug 20, 1955
Alvin Krolik is shot and killed while trying to rob a liquor store in El Paso, Texas. His obituary will mention a line from an unpublished autobiography in which he described himself as "a man who walked a lonely street." Songwriters Tommy Durden and Mae Boren Axton turn that phrase into an Elvis Presley hit, "Heartbreak Hotel"
Dec 22, 1957
Merle Haggard attempts to rob a restaurant, mistakenly believing it had closed. He ends up serving time in San Quentin
Jan 30, 1958
Merle Haggard is imprisoned at San Quentin for a botched burglary attempt
Apr 15, 1958
Buddy Holly's guitar is stolen from a Kiel Auditorium dressing room in St. Louis, Missouri. Touring with him: Jerry Lee Lewis and Chuck Berry
Dec 23, 1960
Two 150-pound marble flower vases and a marble replica of Hank Williams' hat are stolen from his grave in Montgomery, Alabama
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