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    • Aug 16, 1915
    Georgia prisoner Leo Frank is lynched in Marietta for the alleged death of an employee. His controversial case spurred Fiddlin' John Carson to write "Little Mary Phagan," a significant song in his rise as a country pioneer
    Aug 2, 1923
    Memphis broadcaster George D. Hay, working on WMC, becomes the first radio personality to announce the death of president Warren G. Harding. Two years later, Hay establishes the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville
    Oct 29, 1929
    Wall Street suffers Black Tuesday as the stock market crashes, signaling the start of the Great Depression. The event provides background for Alabama's 1989 country hit "Song Of The South"
    Oct 5, 1930
    Wildcatter Columbus Joiner discovers oil in East Texas. The find provides a job for Jim Reeves' older brother, Beuford, bolstering the financially struggling family
    Mar 3, 1931
    "The Star-Spangled Banner" is officially recognized as the national anthem, providing artists such as Trisha Yearwood, Garth Brooks and The Oak Ridge Boys something to sing before major sports events
    Mar 19, 1931
    Nevada legalizes gambling, setting the stage for Las Vegas and Reno to become major entertainment destinations. Among the many country acts who make a mark in those cities: Elvis Presley, Garth Brooks, George Strait and Roy Acuff
    Mar 4, 1933
    Franklin D. Roosevelt is inaugurated in Washington, D.C., for the first of his four terms as president, in which he becomes the first to welcome a country artist to the White House. He's referenced in Alabama's 1989 hit "Song Of The South"
    Apr 11, 1933
    The Oakland Tribune runs a page 1 photo of a hitch-hiking Alabama family that rode the rails west in search of work. The children in the family grow up to become The Maddox Brothers & Rose
    May 18, 1933
    "Daddy got a job with the TVA...": President Franklin Roosevelt signs a bill that creates the Tennessee Valley Authority, influencing the lyrics of the 1989 Alabama hit "Song Of The South"
    May 23, 1934
    Bonnie Parker and Clyde Darrow are shot to death by police in Bienville Parish, Louisiana. Their tale is immortalized by Merle Haggard in "The Legend Of Bonnie And Clyde," as well as the film "Bonnie And Clyde"



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