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EventID |
Date |
Event |
Venue |
City |
StateID |
Option |
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10399 |
Dec 28, 1920 |
Bessie Lee Mauldin is born in Norwood, North Carolina. She becomes a longtime companion of... |
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Norwood |
nc |
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10398 |
Dec 28, 1915 |
Roebuck "Pops" Staples is born in Winona, Mississippi, eventually forming The Staple... |
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Winona |
ms |
|
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10397 |
Dec 27, 2000 |
George Shulkoff is jailed in Salt Lake City after posing as Nash Tritt, the supposed cousin of... |
|
Salt Lake City |
ut |
|
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10396 |
Dec 27, 1995 |
Tanya Tucker begins a two-week tour of the Holy Land. She welcomes the new year in a Jerusalem hotel |
|
|
is |
|
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10395 |
Dec 28, 1993 |
After 3:00 a.m., Tammy Wynette enters Baptist Hospital with a critical abdominal infection. The... |
Baptist Hospital |
Nashville |
tn |
|
|
10394 |
Dec 27, 1993 |
Tammy Wynette records "All I Am To You" with Aaron Neville at the Masterfonics studio in... |
Masterfonics |
Nashville |
tn |
|
|
10393 |
Dec 27, 1993 |
Vince Gill is besieged by autograph hounds when he visits his grandmother, Lucy Kachelman, at the... |
Heartstone Nursing Home |
St. John |
ks |
|
|
10392 |
Dec 27, 1990 |
Lee Greenwood sings "God Bless The U.S.A." at the Liberty Bowl in Memphis, where Air Force... |
Liberty Bowl |
Memphis |
tn |
|
|
10391 |
Dec 27, 1984 |
Ricky Van Shelton moves to Nashville when his girlfriend, Bettye, gets a new job
|
|
Nashville |
tn |
|
|
10390 |
Dec 27, 1978 |
Bob Luman dies in Nashville from pneumonia. He developed a career that teetered between country and... |
|
Nashville |
tn |
|
|
10389 |
Dec 28, 1970 |
Elvis Presley serves as best man and Priscilla is the maid of honor when Presley's pal, Sonny West,... |
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|
|
|
|
10388 |
Dec 27, 1968 |
Two 150-pound marble urns and a marble replica of Hank Williams' hat are stolen from his grave in... |
|
Montgomery |
al |
|
|
10387 |
Mar 13, 1967 |
Capitol releases Buck Owens' single "Sam's Place"
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|
|
|
|
|
10386 |
Dec 27, 1965 |
Porter Wagoner is separated from his wife, Ruth. They don't get officially divorced for another 21... |
|
|
|
|
|
10385 |
Dec 27, 1962 |
Ricochet's Jeff Bryant is born in Pecos, Texas. The drummer contributes to several hits as the... |
|
Pecos |
tx |
|
|
10384 |
Dec 26, 1957 |
The military draft board grants a deferment to Elvis Presley so that he can film "King... |
|
|
|
|
|
10383 |
Dec 27, 1956 |
Elvis Presley plays touch football at Memphis' Dave Wells Community Center. Pictures of the game... |
|
Memphis |
tn |
|
|
10382 |
Dec 27, 1952 |
Hank and Billie Jean Williams attend the Blue-Gray Football Classic at Cramton Stadium in... |
Cramton Stadium |
Montgomery |
al |
|
|
10381 |
Dec 27, 1952 |
Karla Bonoff is born in Los Angeles. The pop singer/songwriter is best known for her 1982 single... |
|
Los Angeles |
ca |
|
|
10380 |
Dec 27, 1948 |
Les Taylor is born in Oneida, Kentucky. The vocalist/guitarist becomes a key member of Exile, whose... |
|
Oneida |
ky |
|
|
10379 |
Dec 27, 1932 |
Radio City Music Hall opens in New York. The venue attracts scores of country performers, including... |
Radio City Music Hall |
New York |
ny |
|
|
10378 |
Dec 27, 1931 |
Winfield Scott Moore III is born in Gadsden, Tennessee. Known as Scotty Moore, he plays guitar for... |
|
Gadsden |
tn |
|
|
10377 |
Dec 26, 2000 |
Songwriter Johnny Hathcock dies in Amarillo, Texas. His credits include Jim Reeves' "Welcome... |
|
Amarillo |
tx |
|
|
10376 |
Dec 26, 1997 |
Alan Jackson moves out of the family's house in Franklin, Tennessee, and remains separated from... |
|
Franklin |
tn |
|
|
10375 |
Dec 26, 1996 |
Johnny Cash is hailed on CBS-TV's "The Kennedy Center Honors." Rosanne Cash sings... |
|
|
|
|
|
10374 |
Dec 26, 1993 |
Toby Keith sings "Should've Been A Cowboy" at halftime of Dallas' NFL game against the... |
Texas Stadium |
Irving |
tx |
|
|
10373 |
Dec 26, 1991 |
RCA releases Alabama's "Born Country" |
|
|
|
|
|
10372 |
Dec 26, 1989 |
MCA releases Patty Loveless' "Chains" |
|
|
|
|
|
10371 |
Dec 26, 1982 |
Songwriter Roger Bowling is found dead on the couch at his home in Rabun County, Georgia.... |
home |
Rabun County |
ga |
|
|
10370 |
Dec 26, 1977 |
During a 37-7 win over the Chicago Bears in the NFL playoffs, the Dallas Cowboys unveil "Jingle... |
|
|
|
|
|
10369 |
Dec 27, 1972 |
In conjunction with a move from Memphis, Ronnie Milsap debuts as the nightly talent at Nashville's... |
King Of The Road Motor Inn |
Nashville |
tn |
|
|
10368 |
Dec 26, 1968 |
A man threatening to kill Waylon Jennings breaks into J.D.'s in Phoenix after hours and forces the... |
J.D.'s |
Phoenix |
az |
|
|
10367 |
Dec 26, 1966 |
"The Roger Miller Show" ends its four-month prime-time run |
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|
|
|
|
10366 |
Dec 26, 1967 |
Cal Smith makes his first appearance as a guitar player with Ernest Tubb's road band, the Texas... |
|
|
|
|
|
10365 |
Dec 26, 1962 |
Drummer Brian Westrum is born in St. Cloud, Minnesota. He joins Sons of the Desert, which earns... |
|
St. Cloud |
mn |
|
|
10364 |
Dec 26, 1958 |
Johnny Cash, Tex Ritter and The Sons Of The Pioneers open at the Showboat Hotel in Las Vegas,... |
Showboat |
Las Vegas |
nv |
|
|
10363 |
Dec 26, 1955 |
Banjo player Alan O'Bryant is born in Reidsville, North Carolina. A member of The Nashville... |
|
Reidsville |
nc |
|
|
10362 |
Dec 26, 1946 |
Keyboard player Bob Carpenter is born in Philadelphia. A member of The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band... |
|
Philadelphia |
pa |
|
|
10361 |
Dec 26, 1922 |
Fiddler Harry Choates is born in Rayne, Louisiana. The Cajun performer is best known for his... |
|
Rayne |
la |
|
|
10360 |
Dec 26, 1911 |
Dobro player Beecher Kirby is born in Sevier County, Tennessee. Under the name Bashful Brother... |
|
Sevier County |
tn |
|
|
10359 |
Dec 25, 2000 |
The Tennessee Titans win the final NFL game of the season, 31-0, against Dallas on Monday Night... |
Adelphia Coliseum |
Nashville |
tn |
|
|
10358 |
Dec 25, 1988 |
Willie Nelson and Ann-Marie D'Angelo have a son, Lukas Nelson, in Austin
|
|
Austin |
tx |
|
|
10357 |
Dec 25, 1987 |
Kenny Chesney receives his first electric guitar for Christmas
|
|
|
tn |
|
|
10356 |
Dec 25, 1979 |
William Lee Golden, of The Oak Ridge Boys, stops cutting his hair, the first step in his evolution... |
|
|
|
|
|
10355 |
Dec 25, 1977 |
Eighteen-year-old Lorrie Morgan receives a diamond engagement ring from her boyfriend, Brad Fly.... |
|
Nashville |
tn |
|
|
10354 |
Dec 25, 1976 |
Kris Kristofferson co-stars with Barbra Streisand as "A Star Is Born" debuts |
|
|
|
|
|
10353 |
Dec 25, 1976 |
Larry Gatlin & The Gatlin Brothers Band perform "Broken Lady" and "Statues... |
Grand Ole Opry House |
Nashville |
tn |
|
|
10352 |
Dec 25, 1975 |
Elvis Presley takes his friends for a ride in his new airplane, the Lisa Marie, then gives them... |
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|
|
|
|
10351 |
Dec 25, 1973 |
Carl Perkins' brother, Clayton, commits suicide with a .22 caliber handgun in Jackson, Tennessee.... |
|
Jackson |
tn |
|
|
10350 |
Dec 25, 1972 |
Elvis Presley gives girlfriend Linda Thompson a fur coat and a diamond ring for Christmas at... |
Graceland Mansion |
Memphis |
tn |
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