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    • Mar 31, 1981
    Dolly Parton performs "9 To 5" on the Oscar awards, which were postponed 24 hours following the shooting of president Ronald Reagan. Sissy Spacek wins the Best Actress award for portraying Loretta Lynn in "Coal Miner's Daughter"
    Mar 3, 1982
    A Wall Street Journal piece details the depressed economy in Lima, Ohio. Willie Nelson sees the story and decides to give a benefit concert on July 30
    Mar 26, 1982
    Groundbreaking takes place for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C. The marker--which will bear the name of Jan Howard's son, Jimmy--eventually inspires The Statler Brothers' hit "More Than A Name On A Wall"
    May 1, 1982
    Ricky Skaggs is one of several country artists who appear in Knoxville at the World's Fair, where president Ronald Reagan gives an opening-day speech. Porter Wagoner sings "Y'all Come" and Bill Monroe performs "Blue Moon Of Kentucky"
    Jun 12, 1982
    Linda Ronstadt performs "Blue Bayou," "Desperado" and "Back In The U.S.A." for an audience of 450,000 people during a Rally For Nuclear Disarmament at Central Park in New York. The event also includes Bruce Springsteen, Jackson Browne, James Taylor and Gary "U.S." Bonds
    Nov 13, 1982
    The Vietnam Veterans Memorial is dedicated in Washington, D.C. The stone monument--which lists Jan Howard's son, Jimmy, among the war dead--inspires The Statler Brothers' 1989 hit "More Than A Name On A Wall"
    Sep 1, 1983
    The Soviet Union downs Korean Air Lines flight 007, killing 269 people, including a U.S. congressman. The event inspires Lee Greenwood to write "God Bless The U.S.A." Johnny Cash also cancels a Soviet tour in protest
    Jan 11, 1985
    Tanya Tucker visits artificial heart recipient William Schroeder in a Louisville hospital and gives him one of her albums
    Jan 28, 1986
    The Challenger space shuttle explodes after takeoff from Cape Canaveral, Florida, killing seven people. Many radio stations stop playing Billy Joe Royal's "Burned Like A Rocket." The disaster is recalled in Mark Wills' 2002 hit "19 Somethin'"
    May 15, 1986
    Admitting there'll be plenty of holes--especially in West Texas--Kenny Rogers' manager, Ken Kragen, turns "Hands Across America" into a free event



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