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May 17, 1912
Grant Turner is born in Baird, Texas. He becomes an announcer for the Grand Ole Opry on D-Day, and remains with the program for 47 years, becoming the first announcer to enter the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1981
May 30, 1912
Inventor Wilbur Wright dies of typhus in Dayton, Ohio, nine years after the Wright Brothers inaugurated manned flight. The brothers are remembered in Trick Pony's 2001 single "Just What I Do"
May 30, 1912
Alcyone Bate Beasley is born in Castalian Springs, Tennessee. She sings on the Grand Ole Opry with The Possum Hunters, a string band led by her father, Dr. Humphrey Bate. She also sings backup on Ernest Tubb's "Blue Christmas"
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