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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
    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"
    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"
    Jan 30, 1940
    First lady Eleanor Roosevelt appears on Gene Autry's CBS Radio show "Melody Ranch" as Autry broadcasts live from Washington, D.C., at president Franklin D. Roosevelt's fifth Birthday Ball. Autry gifts the president a Stetson hat
    Nov 7, 1944
    Roy Acuff loses $100 in a bet with Ernest Tubb when Franklin D. Roosevelt defeats Thomas Dewey for president
    Sep 23, 1948
    President Harry Truman appears at Los Angeles' Gilmore Stadium during his bid for re-election. Spade Cooley is on hand to entertain, alongside Hollywood figures Lucille Ball, Desi Arnaz, Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall and Ronald Reagan
    Jan 20, 1949
    Songwriter Fred Kirby, author of The Buchanan Brothers' hit "Atomic Power," rides in the inaugural parade for president Harry Truman in Washington, D.C.
    May 20, 1952
    Burl Ives voluntarily testifies before a congressional subcommittee in Washington, D.C., as the entertainment industry comes under political scrutiny for Communist ties. Ives denies any connection to the party
    Nov 3, 1952
    Roy Acuff and Eddy Arnold host the first live telecast from Nashville's Ryman Auditorium. The half-hour "Celebrities For Eisenhower," financed by the Republican party, airs in five Southern states
    Nov 3, 1952
    On the eve of the American presidential election, Roy Acuff leads a campaign rally for the Dwight Eisenhower/Richard Nixon Republican ticket at the Tennessee state capitol in Nashville



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