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    • Sep 22, 1927
    Gene Tunney defeats Jack Dempsey in a heavyweight title fight at Chicago's Soldier Field. In the audience: future cowboy star Gene Autry
    May 30, 1951
    Lee Wallard wins the Indianapolis 500 at a speed of 126 miles per hour. The crowd includes Tiny Hill, who earned a hit months earlier with "Hot Rod Race"
    May 30, 1952
    Troy Ruttman wins the Indianapolis 500 auto race. Among the fans in attendance: country hitmaker Tiny Hill
    Dec 27, 1952
    Hank and Billie Jean Williams attend the Blue-Gray Football Classic at Cramton Stadium in Montgomery, Alabama. They leave before halftime of the NCAA game, a 28-7 win for the Gray team
    Jan 1, 1953
    Justin Tubb attends the Cotton Bowl in Dallas, where the Texas Longhorns shut out the Tennessee Volunteers, 16-0
    May 30, 1963
    Future Curb Records owner Mike Curb is in the stands at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway as Parnelli Jones wins the Indianapolis 500
    Jun 2, 1963
    Roy Acuff attends his first Major League Baseball game in St. Louis. The San Francisco Giants beat the Cardinals, 6-4. Broadcaster Dizzy Dean brings Acuff into the booth and coaxes him into singing one verse of "Wabash Cannonball"
    Jun 23, 1964
    Future Oak Ridge Boy Joe Bonsall is in the stands at Philadelphia's Connie Mack Stadium, where the Phillies split a doubleheader with the Chicago Cubs, losing 2-0 in the opener and winning 9-0 in the second game
    Sep 17, 1967
    Jimmy Buffett is in attendance at the New Orleans Saints' inaugural NFL game at Tulane Stadium. The Los Angeles Rams win, 27-13
    Jul 25, 1970
    Marty Robbins is grand marshal for the Nashville 420 NASCAR race at the Fairgrounds Speedway, won by Bobby Isaac



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