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Jul 1, 1946
The U.S. conducts the first nuclear tests at Bikini Atoll in the Marshall Islands. Overseeing radiation experts with the U.S. Army is Tom Dowd, destined to produce Dusty Springfield's "Son-Of-A-Preacher Man"
Feb 23, 1948
Gene Autry and Spade Cooley play for 10,000 people as the Freedom Train arrives in Los Angeles five months after leaving Philadelphia. The attraction carries American artifacts that span from the days of Christopher Columbus to World War II
Apr 8, 1949
A three-year-old girl falls into a well in San Marino, California. The event inspires Jimmie Osborne to write and record "The Death Of Little Kathy Fiscus," with half his royalties going to a memorial fund established in her name
Apr 19, 1951
Deposed general Douglas MacArthur addresses a joint session of Congress, saying, "Old soldiers never die, they just fade away." Inspired by the statement, Gene Autry writes "Old Soldiers Never Die," which he records the next day
Jun 2, 1953
Queen Elizabeth II's coronation is held at London's Westminster Abbey. In the boys' choir is Keith Richards, who will co-write The Rolling Stones' "Honky Tonk Women," ranked in a Country Music Foundation book among country's 500 greatest singles
Nov 10, 1954
The Iwo Jima Memorial, the world's largest bronze statue, is dedicated in Washington, D.C. Attending is Ira Hayes, one of the flagbearers depicted in the monument. Hayes will die two months later, inspiring the Johnny Cash hit "The Ballad Of Ira Hayes"
Jan 24, 1955
Ira Hayes dies after a night of drinking in Bapchule, Arizona. One of the men who raised the flag on Mt. Suribachi at Iwo Jima, he struggled with his fame after the war, his story inspiring the Johnny Cash hit "The Ballad Of Ira Hayes"
Jul 17, 1955
Disneyland opens in Anaheim, California. The Disney corporation later founds the country label Lyric Street Records, earning hits with SHeDAISY, Rascal Flatts, Love And Theft and Aaron Tippin
Sep 30, 1955
Actor James Dean dies in a car accident in Cholame, California, four weeks before the opening of "Rebel Without A Cause." He is referenced in The Bellamy Brothers' "Rebels Without A Clue," The Statler Brothers' "Do You Remember These" and Keith Urban's "John Cougar, John Deere, John 3:16"
Dec 1, 1955
African-American Rosa Parks refuses to give her seat on a Montgomery, Alabama, bus to a white male. A landmark moment in the civil rights movement, the act is referenced in Brad Paisley's 2009 country hit "Welcome To The Future"
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