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    • Apr 14, 1865
    President Abraham Lincoln is fatally shot by John Wilkes Booth while attending a play at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C. The venue will become the site of an annual TV special--featuring such acts as SHeDAISY and Lonestar--the next century
    Jul 2, 1881
    Charles Giteau shoots president James Garfield in a Baltimore train station, leading to the commander in chief's death 80 days later. The incident inspires the Kelly Harrell song "Charles Giteau," included on the album "Anthology Of American Folk Music"
    Apr 3, 1882
    Outlaw Jesse James is shot and killed in St. Joseph, Missouri, by a fellow gang member. James will be namechecked in Toby Keith's "Should've Been A Cowboy," Trick Pony's "Just What I Do" and Johnny Cash & Waylon Jennings' "There Ain't No Good Chain Gang"
    Oct 25, 1886
    Fiddlin' John Carson, while employed by a railroad construction company, shoots himself in the leg. He goes on to become the first "hillbilly" artist to play on the radio 36 years later
    Oct 15, 1899
    A jealous woman, Frankie Baker, kills Allen Britt in St. Louis, Missouri. The murder inspires the folk song "Frankie And Johnny," which appears in several incarnations, including a well-known Jimmie Rodgers version
    Sep 27, 1903
    The #97 mail train crashes on the Southern Railway outside Danville, Virginia, inspiring Vernon Dalhart's early country hit "The Wreck Of The Old '97"
    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"
    Jul 17, 1912
    Dorothy Goetz Berlin dies, five months after her marriage to songwriter Irving Berlin. He becomes one of the greatest composers of the 20th century, with his title "Blue Skies" becoming a country hit for Willie Nelson
    Apr 26, 1913
    Mary Phagan is killed in Atlanta when she picks up her paycheck at the National Pencil Factory. The incident becomes the basis for Fiddlin' John Carson's "Little Mary Phagan," a significant song in his rise as a country pioneer
    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"



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