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Apr 14, 1865
President Abraham Lincoln is fatally shot by John Wilkes Booth while attending a play at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C. The venue will become the site of an annual TV special--featuring such acts as SHeDAISY and Lonestar--the next century
Apr 15, 1865
President Abraham Lincoln dies in Washington, D.C., the morning after John Wilkes Booth shot him at Ford's Theatre. Parallels between Lincoln and future president John F. Kennedy provide the foundation for Buddy Starcher's "History Repeats Itself"
Jul 2, 1881
Charles Giteau shoots president James Garfield in a Baltimore train station, leading to the commander in chief's death 80 days later. The incident inspires the Kelly Harrell song "Charles Giteau," included on the album "Anthology Of American Folk Music"
Jul 14, 1881
Cattle thief, escaped convict and killer Henry McCarty is gunned down at Fort Sumner, New Mexico, by sheriff Pat Garrett. McCarty's legendary nickname provides the title for Billy Dean's autobiographical 1992 hit "Billy The Kid"
Apr 3, 1882
Outlaw Jesse James is shot and killed in St. Joseph, Missouri, by a fellow gang member. James will be namechecked in Toby Keith's "Should've Been A Cowboy," Trick Pony's "Just What I Do" and Johnny Cash & Waylon Jennings' "There Ain't No Good Chain Gang"
Oct 25, 1886
Fiddlin' John Carson, while employed by a railroad construction company, shoots himself in the leg. He goes on to become the first "hillbilly" artist to play on the radio 36 years later
Dec 31, 1912
Louis Armstrong shoots off a pistol in a New Year's Eve celebration in New Orleans. The incident gets him shipped to reform school, where he studies music and joins the school band. He's destined to record with Jimmie Rodgers on "Blue Yodel No. 9"
Dec 25, 1930
Fiddler Lowe Stokes is shot near Cartersville, Georgia. His right hand is so badly damaged that it is subsequently amputated. Stokes played on Gid Tanner & The Skiller Lickers' recording of "Soldier's Joy"
Apr 30, 1945
With World War II coming to a perceptible end, Nazi leader Adolf Hitler commits suicide in Berlin with a shot to the head. Three years earlier, he was recognized in the title of Carson Robison's topical country hit "Mussolini's Letter To Hitler"
Dec 30, 1951
Hank Williams is forced to cancel concerts in Washington, D.C., and Baltimore after back surgery. Audrey Williams still performs at the shows, but as she leaves the house with her things, Hank fires four gun shots at her
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