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Jul 30, 1863
Henry Ford is born near Dearborn, Michigan. He founds the Ford Motor Company and plays a central thematic role in Jerry Reed's 1973 country hit "Lord, Mr. Ford"
Jun 16, 1903
Henry Ford and 11 other investors establish the Ford Motor Company in Dearborn, Michigan. The auto firm becomes the point of a 1973 Jerry Reed hit, "Lord, Mr. Ford"
Jul 31, 1927
The Carter Family drives from Maces Spring, Virginia, to Bristol, Tennessee, to audition for Victor record producer Ralph Peer. The next day, the group makes its historic first recordings
Jul 7, 1930
Bing Crosby drives actress Dixie Lee home from a party in Los Angeles, and they begin dating. She will become the wife of Crosby, who notches a country hit with The Andrews Sisters on "Pistol Packin' Mama"
Aug 16, 1930
Blind fiddler G.B. Grayson dies after an accident in which he was riding the sideboard of a car in Abingdon, Virginia. His "Ommie Wise" appears in the Country Music Foundation's ranking of the 500 greatest country singles
Mar 31, 1934
During a 30-mile drive to appear on the Grand Ole Opry, dulcimer player Kitty Cora Cline witnesses a horrible auto accident. She vows to never again travel by car, ending the six-year Opry span of the show's first female soloist
Jul 2, 1937
Richard Petty is born in Level Cross, North Carolina. Gaining fame as one of the greatest NASCAR stock car drivers in history, he's namechecked in Kenny Chesney's 1998 country hit "How Forever Feels"
Aug 6, 1938
Jerry Lee Lewis loses his older brother, when Elmo Lewis Jr. is killed in an auto accident in Louisiana
Sep 9, 1938
Ernest Tubb's son, Roger, is killed in a car accident near Fredericksburg, Texas, just seven months after his birth. His mother, Elaine, is driving. The event spurs E.T. to write the hit "Our Baby's Book"
Jun 13, 1946
Steel guitarist Speedy West leaves Springfield, Missouri, with his wife and son in a Lincoln Zephyr to re-establish himself in Los Angeles. He subsequently works with such acts as Loretta Lynn, Tennessee Ernie Ford and Johnny Bond
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