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EventID |
Date |
Event |
Venue |
City |
StateID |
Option |
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10999 |
Dec 17, 1954 |
Jim Reeves departs from Burbank, California, on a USO tour of Europe that takes him overseas until... |
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Burbank |
ca |
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10998 |
May 1, 1924 |
Jim Reeves' dad, Tom Reeves, dies, nine months after the future country singer's birth
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tx |
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10997 |
Jun 4, 1958 |
Ray Price and Charlie Walker find "Pick Me Up On Your Way Down" in a stack of demo tapes, the night... |
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Nashville |
tn |
|
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10996 |
Mar 1, 1929 |
Clifton Howard Vandever is born in Grady, New Mexico. Under the name Van Howard, he performs on... |
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Grady |
nm |
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10995 |
Jan 29, 1952 |
Hank Williams plays his first concert since a December back operation in Richmond. At the hotel, he... |
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10994 |
Sep 15, 1979 |
R&B singer/songwriter Stevie Wonder joins Skeeter Davis on the Grand Ole Opry to perform "Behind... |
Grand Ole Opry House |
Nashville |
tn |
|
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10993 |
Dec 25, 1973 |
Fifteen days after the Grand Ole Opry suspended Skeeter Davis for complaining that police harassed... |
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Nashville |
tn |
|
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10992 |
Dec 10, 1973 |
Grand Ole Opry management suspends Skeeter Davis indefinitely, two days after an Opry appearance in... |
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Nashville |
tn |
|
|
10991 |
Feb 23, 1973 |
The Atlanta Constitution quotes Skeeter Davis on the Grand Ole Opry's imminent move from the Ryman:... |
|
Atlanta |
ga |
|
|
10990 |
Apr 5, 1975 |
Skeeter Davis returns to the Grand Ole Opry, 16 months after management suspended her for voicing... |
Grand Ole Opry House |
Nashville |
tn |
|
|
10989 |
Jan 17, 1897 |
Sam Jones Davis marries Sara Works in Louisiana. The couple becomes the parents of future Country... |
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|
la |
|
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10988 |
Jul 21, 1956 |
Skeeter Davis marries Kenny Depew |
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|
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10987 |
Aug 1, 1988 |
Skeeter Davis has a biopsy, and is diagnosed with cancer in her right breast |
|
Nashville |
tn |
|
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10986 |
May 17, 1989 |
Skeeter Davis' father, William Lee Penick, dies in Columbia, Tennessee
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Columbia |
tn |
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10985 |
Jan 29, 1982 |
Skeeter Davis' mother, Sarah Penick, is pronounced dead at Nashville's Saint Thomas Hospital.... |
Saint Thomas Hospital |
Nashville |
tn |
|
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10984 |
Oct 4, 1972 |
Skeeter Davis' father, James Penick, has his second heart attack in two months. He lives another 17... |
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10983 |
Aug 2, 1972 |
Skeeter Davis' father, James Penick, has the first of two heart attacks. He survives another 17... |
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10982 |
Jan 13, 1934 |
Skeeter Davis' grandfather, James Roberts, is murdered in Rising Sun, Indiana |
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Rising Sun |
in |
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10981 |
Jun 13, 1910 |
William Lee Penick is born in Jonesville, Kentucky. He will be the father of Grand Ole Opry star... |
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Jonesville |
ky |
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|
10980 |
Mar 2, 1931 |
William Penick and Sarah Roberts elope. The Kentucky couple has a daughter, Skeeter Davis, less... |
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10979 |
Nov 14, 1958 |
Three weeks after his death, Carl Perkins' brother, Jay Perkins, is celebrated in a memorial... |
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10978 |
Nov 14, 1958 |
Late guitarist Jay Perkins is honored with a memorial concert in Memphis. On the bill: Johnny Cash,... |
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Memphis |
tn |
|
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10977 |
Mar 23, 1956 |
Elvis Presley sends a telegram from Richmond, Virginia, to Carl Perkins at General Hospital in... |
General Hospital |
Dover |
de |
|
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10976 |
Mar 22, 1958 |
Hank Williams Jr. makes his public stage debut at the age of eight, singing "Lovesick... |
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10975 |
Aug 27, 1955 |
Webb Pierce introduces "Love, Love, Love" during a performance on "The Louisiana Hayride" in... |
Municipal Auditorium |
Shreveport |
la |
|
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10974 |
Aug 10, 1954 |
Eleven days after he first played the venue, Elvis Presley makes an unpromoted appearance at... |
Overton Park |
Memphis |
tn |
|
|
10973 |
Nov 3, 1952 |
Webb Pierce marries for a second time, to Audrey Grisham, in Shreveport, Louisiana |
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Shreveport |
la |
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10972 |
Feb 10, 1945 |
Webb Pierce becomes a member of the American Federation of Musicians Local 116 in Shreveport,... |
|
Shreveport |
la |
|
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10971 |
Jun 6, 1942 |
Webb Pierce marries Betty Jane Lewis, while stationed at Camp Polk, Louisiana, with the U.S. Army
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Camp Polk |
la |
|
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10970 |
Oct 7, 1947 |
Shreveport's Strand Theater debuts "Louisiana," a biopic of Jimmie Davis, who stars in... |
Strand Theater |
Shreveport |
la |
|
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10969 |
May 16, 1965 |
The Jimmie Davis Tabernacle, a non-denominational place of worship named after the "You Are My... |
|
Jonesboro |
la |
|
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10968 |
Oct 26, 1986 |
Southeastern Louisiana University, of Hammond, dedicates the Jimmie Davis Room, providing a home... |
|
Hammond |
la |
|
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10967 |
Dec 9, 1968 |
Jimmie Davis marries Nashville singer Anna Gordon in Ringgold, Georgia |
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Ringgold |
ga |
|
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10966 |
Jan 31, 1944 |
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Jimmie Davis is advanced to a run-off vote in the first primary... |
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|
la |
|
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10965 |
Oct 23, 1943 |
Country singer Jimmie Davis announces in Jonesboro, Louisiana, that he intends to run for governor
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Jonesboro |
la |
|
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10964 |
Feb 29, 1944 |
Jimmie Davis is nominated as the Democratic candidate for governor in the Louisiana state primary |
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|
la |
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10963 |
Mar 10, 1947 |
Louisiana governor Jimmie Davis gets back to work at politics in Baton Rouge after a three-week... |
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Baton Rouge |
la |
|
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10962 |
Feb 17, 1946 |
Louisiana governor Jimmie Davis arrives in Hollywood to negotiate a movie deal
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|
Los Angeles |
ca |
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10961 |
Oct 14, 1987 |
Jimmie Davis undergoes an angioplasty to open a partially blocked artery in his heart at the... |
Ochsner Foundation Hospital |
New Orleans |
la |
|
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10960 |
Oct 6, 1987 |
Jimmie Davis suffers a heart attack in Jonesboro, Louisiana |
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Jonesboro |
la |
|
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10959 |
Oct 23, 1987 |
Jimmie Davis is discharged from the Ochsner Foundation Hospital in New Orleans, 17 days after he... |
Ochsner Foundation Hospital |
New Orleans |
la |
|
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10958 |
Sep 22, 1988 |
"Heartbreak Hotel," with vocals by Ronnie McDowell, has its world premiere at Nashville's... |
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|
|
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10957 |
Aug 13, 1988 |
K.T. Oslin has her Grand Ole Opry debut |
Grand Ole Opry House |
Nashville |
tn |
|
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10956 |
Jul 24, 1987 |
Merle Haggard & George Jones perform for 12,000 at Nashville's Starwood Amphitheatre. It marks the... |
Starwood Amphitheatre |
Nashville |
tn |
|
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10955 |
Aug 14, 1987 |
Dolly Parton begins filming her ABC-TV variety show, "Dolly!," in Los Angeles |
|
Los Angeles |
ca |
|
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10954 |
Jul 17, 1987 |
Ex-Oak Ridge Boy William Lee Golden files for divorce from the former Luetta Gay Callaway, after... |
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|
tn |
|
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10953 |
Feb 16, 1969 |
Former life insurance executive Edwin Craig is hospitalized with a heart ailment at Vanderbilt... |
Vanderbilt Medical Center |
Nashville |
tn |
|
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10952 |
Jun 17, 1969 |
The Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus brings the greatest show on earth to... |
Municipal Auditorium |
Nashville |
tn |
|
|
10951 |
Nov 23, 1982 |
"Country Gold" airs on CBS. Starring Loni Anderson, the TV movie features Reba McEntire, Mel... |
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10950 |
Jul 12, 1982 |
Filming begins in Nashville for the CBS movie "Country Gold." In the cast: Barbara... |
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Nashville |
tn |
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