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May 23, 1952
Hank Williams' two-week engagement at Las Vegas' Last Frontier is cancelled after just one week
May 24, 1952
Guitar player Rusty York and his family move from Harlan County, Kentucky, to Cincinnati on his 17th birthday. He plays on Jimmie Skinner's 1958 country hit "What Makes A Man Wander"
May 25, 1952
Charlie Rich marries Margaret Ann Greene in Enid, Oklahoma
May 28, 1952
Forty days after he was hired, Elvis Presley is fired from the Lowe's State Theater in Memphis for fighting with a fellow employee
May 30, 1952
Troy Ruttman wins the Indianapolis 500 auto race. Among the fans in attendance: country hitmaker Tiny Hill
May 30, 1952
"Apache Country" debuts in movie houses, with Gene Autry coming to the rescue of a native tribe that's being being manipulated with alcohol by deceptive white men. Pat Buttram makes his standard appearance. Autry sings "Cold, Cold Heart"
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