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    • Jun 17, 1979
    Marty Robbins finishes 35th in the Gabriel 400 stock car race, driving a 1978 Dodge Magnum at the Michigan International Speedway in Brooklyn, Michigan
    Jun 29, 1979
    Charley Pride sings the national anthem before a baseball game at Metropolitan Stadium in Bloomington, Minnesota. The Twins beat the Chicago White Sox, 5-2
    Jul 4, 1979
    Though he was the first entry in the race, Marty Robbins doesn't run in the Firecracker 400 at Florida's Daytona Motor Speedway. He lets Kyle Petty take his traditional #42
    Aug 5, 1979
    Marty Robbins finishes 32nd in the Talladega 500 driving a 1978 Dodge Magnum at the Alabama International Speedway
    Aug 19, 1979
    Marty Robbins finishes 37th driving a 1978 Dodge Magnum in the Champion Spark Plug 400 at the Michigan International Speedway in Brooklyn, Michigan
    Sep 25, 1979
    Gene Autry wins the first division title in his 19 years as owner of the California Angels when the team clinches the American League West with a 4-1 victory against the Kansas City Royals at Anaheim Stadium. Richard Nixon joins Autry after the game for the clubhouse champagne celebration
    Oct 3, 1979
    The California Angels baseball team, owned by Country Music Hall of Fame member Gene Autry, plays its first postseason game in their 19-year history, losing to the Orioles, 6-3, in a 10-inning game at Memorial Stadium in Baltimore
    Oct 6, 1979
    The California Angels, owned by Country Hall of Famer Gene Autry, lose the first postseason series in club history as the Baltimore Orioles defeat them 8-0 in Anaheim to take the series, three games to one
    Oct 27, 1979
    Jacky Ward sings the national anthem at the University of Mississippi in Oxford when the Rebels play their homecoming football game. Ole Miss trounces Nashville's Vanderbilt Commodores, 63-28
    Nov 3, 1979
    At halftime of Tennessee's homecoming game, the marching band plays "Wabash Cannonball" and "I Saw The Light." Roy Acuff then plays four songs for the Neyland Stadium crowd of 85,000. The Rutgers Scarlet Knights beat the Volunteers, 13-7



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