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Jan 26, 1948
Les Paul and Mary Ford are injured when their car slides down a 20-foot embankment after skidding on icy Route 66 near Davenport, Oklahoma. She fractures her pelvis, while Paul suffers a broken nose and broken right arm. He also contracts pneumonia as they wait eight hours in the snow before they are discovered
Jan 27, 1948
A robber breaks a window on Roy Acuff's car in St. Augustine, Florida, and steals a banjo and two guitars valued at $340
Jan 30, 1948
Airplane inventor Orville Wright dies of heart failure in Dayton, Ohio. He's referenced in the 2001 Trick Pony hit "Just What I Do"
Jan 30, 1948
The Randolph Scott western "Albuquerque" debuts in theaters. Briefly spotted on the silver screen: former Grand Ole Opry star Lee "Lasses" White
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