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    • Mar 12, 1961
    After giving him a two-week tryout, Gene Autry's expansion Los Angeles Angels drop hopeful baseball player Charley Pride during spring training in Palm Springs
    Mar 13, 1961
    Ricky Nelson records his pop hit "Travelin' Man" with Glen Campbell playing guitar
    Mar 21, 1961
    Spade Cooley, married for 15 years, proposes to singer Anita Aros while she recovers from a concussion at Los Angeles' Good Samaritan Hospital. In the summer, during his trial for the murder of his wife, Aros will testify she thought he was joking
    Mar 23, 1961
    Elvis Presley records "Can't Help Falling In Love" on the 29th take at Radio Recorders in Los Angeles
    Mar 25, 1961
    "Slipping Around" singer Margaret Whiting secures a divorce from Panavision movie executive John Richard Moore in Santa Monica, California
    Apr 3, 1961
    Spade Cooley beats his wife, Ella Mae, at his home in Kern County, California, and threatens to kill his 14-year-old daughter, Melody, if she tells anyone. Ella Mae is pronounced dead after midnight, and he receives a life sentence for the crime
    Apr 6, 1961
    Spade Cooley suffers a heart attack, three days after strangling and beating his wife to death. As a result, he's transferred from Bakersfield's Kern County Jail to Kern County General Hospital
    Apr 27, 1961
    The city of Los Angeles issues a resolution offering "the first cheer" for the Los Angeles Angels, newly formed by Gene Autry
    Apr 29, 1961
    Gilbert "Cisco" Houston dies of cancer in San Bernardino, California. A longtime drinking buddy and singing partner of Woody Guthrie, he co-wrote "Cocaine Blues," a hit for Roy Hogsed in 1948
    May 13, 1961
    Actor Gary Cooper dies of cancer in Beverly Hills, California. Known for his work in "High Noon," "The Pride Of The Yankees" and "Sergeant York," he will be referenced in Bill Anderson's 1970 country hit "Where Have All Our Heroes Gone"
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