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    • Aug 28, 1965
    Seven weeks after a near-fatal car crash, Roy Acuff returns to the Grand Ole Opry, singing "Great Speckled Bird"
    Sep 30, 1965
    Roy Acuff Jr. makes his first recordings, covering his father's "Wabash Cannonball" during a session at Nashville's Columbia Recording Studio
    Oct 23, 1965
    Roy Acuff Jr. makes his Grand Ole Opry debut, introduced by his legendary father. On an encore, Junior reprises his daddy's classic "Wabash Cannonball"
    Dec 8, 1965
    Roy Acuff begins a one-week tour of South Vietnam, where he entertains American troops. Following those dates, Acuff will continue to perform in the Far East and spends Christmas in Tokyo
    Dec 14, 1965
    Roy Acuff concludes a one-week USO tour of South Vietnam, where he gave two performances daily for American troops. The tour moves on to other Pacific ports until after New Years
    Jan 14, 1966
    Sonny James and Roy Acuff are featured in ABC-TV's prime-time lineup on "The Jimmy Dean Show"
    May 14, 1966
    WSM-TV airs the Grand Ole Opry in color for the first time. The bill at Nashville's Ryman Auditorium includes Roy Acuff, Hank Snow and Dottie West
    Jun 6, 1966
    From one Hall of Famer to another: Roy Acuff records an entire album in one day, "For The First Time--Roy Acuff Sings Hank Williams"
    Aug 5, 1966
    Yankee Stadium in The Bronx, New York, hosts a country concert, featuring Roy Acuff, Kay Adams, Dick Curless, Pete Drake, Roy Drusky, Flatt & Scruggs, The Geezinslaw Brothers, Stonewall Jackson, Warner Mack, Webb Pierce, Ray Price, Dottie West and Hank Williams Jr.
    Feb 13, 1967
    The Grand Ole Opry visits Reno. Roy Acuff heads a group of Opry members who make a stand at Harrah's through March 1
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