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EventID |
Date |
Event |
Venue |
City |
StateID |
Option |
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4199 |
May 27, 1941 |
Ending a three-day pursuit, the British Navy downs the German battleship The Bismarck. Johnny... |
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4198 |
May 27, 1939 |
Don Williams is born in Floydada, Texas. His easy-going vocal style yields Top 10 hits every... |
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Floydada |
tx |
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4197 |
May 27, 1931 |
Kenny Price is born in Florence, Kentucky. Known as the Round Mound of Sound, he nets four Top 10... |
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Florence |
ky |
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4196 |
May 27, 1925 |
Patsy Stoneman is born in Galax, Virginia. The oldest of Ernest "Pop" Stoneman's... |
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Galax |
va |
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4195 |
May 27, 1921 |
Redd Stewart is born in Ashland City, Tennessee. He replaces Eddy Arnold as the featured... |
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Ashland City |
tn |
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4194 |
Jun 21, 2001 |
Harold Ragsdale, the father of Ray Stevens, dies |
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4193 |
Nov 9, 1999 |
Warner Bros. releases Faith Hill's album "Breathe"
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4192 |
Jun 12, 1998 |
Chet Atkins performs at the Tennessee Theater in Knoxville, Tennessee. It's the last time the... |
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Knoxville |
tn |
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4191 |
May 26, 2000 |
Lonestar's Michael Britt elopes with Renee Biegaj to Jamaica |
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jm |
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4190 |
May 26, 1994 |
Less than a month after divorcing Danny Keough, Elvis Presley's only daughter, Lisa Marie Presley,... |
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4189 |
May 26, 1989 |
Rodney Crowell's father, James Crowell, dies in Harris County, Texas. The event inspires Rodney to... |
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Harris County |
tx |
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4188 |
May 26, 1989 |
Columbia releases the Dolly Parton album "White Limozeen," produced by Ricky... |
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4187 |
May 26, 1989 |
RCA releases Lorrie Morgan's album "Leave The Light On"
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4186 |
May 26, 1988 |
When she plays a show in Tulsa, Tanya Tucker is introduced to actor Ben Reed. He later becomes the... |
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Tulsa |
ok |
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4185 |
May 26, 1982 |
Larry Gatlin & The Gatlin Brothers Band record "Houston (Means I'm One Day Closer To... |
Fame Recording Studio |
Muscle Shoals |
al |
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4184 |
May 26, 1981 |
"The Best Little Whorehouse In Texas" plays in Nashville for the first time. The... |
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Nashville |
tn |
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4183 |
May 26, 1981 |
Charley Pride records a live album at the Grand Ole Opry House |
Grand Ole Opry House |
Nashville |
tn |
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4182 |
May 26, 1975 |
George Morgan suffers a heart attack on the roof of his Nashville home while a CB antenna is being... |
home |
Nashville |
tn |
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4181 |
May 26, 1963 |
Elvis Presley records "(You're The) Devil In Disguise" at RCA Studio B in Nashville |
RCA Studio B |
Nashville |
tn |
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4180 |
May 26, 1959 |
Keyboard player Dave Robbins is born in Atlanta, Georgia. A co-writer of Restless Heart's "The... |
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Atlanta |
ga |
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4179 |
May 26, 1953 |
Meridian, Mississippi, dedicates a monument to the late Jimmie Rodgers, following a drive... |
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Meridian |
ms |
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4178 |
May 26, 1951 |
Songwriter Richard Leigh is born in McLean, Virginia. He writes Crystal Gayle's "Don't It... |
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McLean |
va |
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4177 |
May 26, 1949 |
Hank Williams Jr. is born in Shreveport, Louisiana. The son of country legend Hank Williams, he... |
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Shreveport |
la |
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4176 |
May 26, 1948 |
Hank and Audrey Williams' first divorce is finalized |
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4175 |
Feb 22, 1994 |
Atlantic releases Confederate Railroad's "Daddy Never Was The Cadillac Kind" |
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4174 |
May 26, 1944 |
Steel guitarist Gates Nichols is born in New York, New York. He joins Confederate Railroad, whose... |
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New York |
ny |
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4173 |
May 26, 1934 |
Ernest Tubb marries his first wife, Elaine Cook, at the Texas home of his sister Jewel. Mrs. Tubb... |
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tx |
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4172 |
May 26, 1933 |
Jimmie Rodgers, suffering from tuberculosis, dies of a massive hemorrhage at New York's Taft Hotel.... |
Taft Hotel |
New York |
ny |
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4171 |
May 25, 1995 |
Dick Curless dies of stomach cancer at the Veterans Administration Hospital in Togus, Maine.... |
V.A. Hospital |
Togus |
me |
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4170 |
May 25, 1995 |
Butler, Alabama, mayor J.W. Cowan Jr. presents a key to the city to the town's most famous native... |
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Butler |
al |
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4169 |
May 25, 1990 |
Arista releases Alan Jackson's "Wanted" |
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4168 |
Apr 26, 2006 |
Kid Rock, a former Academy of Country Music awards nominee, plays a rock star on an episode of... |
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4167 |
May 25, 1986 |
Kenny Rogers' manager, Ken Kragen, sponsors Hands Across America, an attempt to link a chain of... |
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4166 |
May 25, 1985 |
Merle Haggard marries his fourth wife, Deborah Parrett, in California |
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ca |
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4165 |
May 25, 1985 |
But what about her hair? The Caricaturists Society of America cites Crystal Gayle for having the... |
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4164 |
May 25, 1983 |
Warner Bros. releases John Anderson's "Goin' Down Hill" |
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4163 |
May 25, 1982 |
George Jones is placed under arrest by a Brentwood, Tennessee, police officer for drunk driving.... |
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Brentwood |
tn |
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4162 |
May 25, 1978 |
Webb Pierce's guitar-shaped pool on Music Row is opened to the public. Also on display is his... |
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Nashville |
tn |
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4161 |
May 25, 1971 |
Johnny Cash is in Albuquerque, New Mexico, for the world premiere of his first movie, "A... |
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Albuquerque |
nm |
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4160 |
May 25, 1968 |
Elvis Presley goes to a karate tournament in Honolulu, Hawaii. He suggests that martial arts expert... |
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Honolulu |
ha |
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4159 |
May 25, 1965 |
Kitty Wells records "Meanwhile, Down At Joe's" and "A Woman Half My Age" |
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4158 |
May 25, 1959 |
Johnny Horton and his historical hit "The Battle Of New Orleans" are featured in both Time and... |
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4157 |
May 25, 1955 |
Faron Young records "Go Back You Fool" and "All Right" in Nashville |
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Nashville |
tn |
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4156 |
May 25, 1955 |
The Louvin Brothers record "When I Stop Dreaming" in Nashville |
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Nashville |
tn |
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4155 |
May 25, 1953 |
Guitarist Rich Alves, from Pirates Of The Mississippi, is born in Pleasanton, California. He... |
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Pleasanton |
ca |
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4154 |
May 25, 1952 |
Charlie Rich marries Margaret Ann Greene in Enid, Oklahoma
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Enid |
ok |
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4153 |
May 25, 1949 |
Record producer/songwriter Don Cook is born in San Antonio, Texas. His songwriting credits... |
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San Antonio |
tx |
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4152 |
May 25, 1943 |
Mirriam Johnson is born in Phoenix. She's better known as Jessi Colter, the wife of Waylon... |
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Phoenix |
az |
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4151 |
May 25, 1938 |
Elvis Presley's father, Vernon, is sentenced to three years for forging a check the previous... |
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4150 |
May 25, 1936 |
Singer/songwriter Tom T. Hall is born in Olive Hill, Kentucky. Nicknamed "The... |
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Olive Hill |
ky |
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