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Aug 2, 1943
PT-109 is rammed by a Japanese destroyer in the Pacific Ocean. PT skipper John F. Kennedy saves 10 sailors by leading them to an island after the incident. Jimmy Dean celebrates the event in 1962 with his hit "P.T. 109"
Aug 3, 1943
Ernest Tubb puts down permanent roots in Nashville, buying a house in the suburbs
Aug 4, 1943
Piano player Buddy Cole and Yvonne King have a daughter, Tina Cole, in Hollywood. Dad goes on to play on country hits by Jimmy Wakely and The King Sisters
Aug 5, 1943
Sammi Smith is born in Orange, California. She receives a Grammy award for her 1971 rendition of Kris Kristofferson's "Help Me Make It Through The Night"
Aug 6, 1943
Tex Ritter stars in the debuts of "The Lone Star Trail" and "Frontier Badmen." "Badmen," which features an appearance by Lon Chaney, is the only movie in which Ritter does not sing. "Lone Star" also includes roles for Jimmy Wakely, Johnny Bond and Robert Mitchum
Aug 8, 1943
The movie "Fighting Valley" debuts in theaters with cowboy singer Tex Williams making his big-screen debut
Aug 10, 1943
Veronica Bennett is born in New York, where she forms The Ronettes with sister Estelle and cousin Nedra Talley. They earn a hit with "Be My Baby," covered by country's Jody Miller in 1972. Veronica becomes Ronnie Spector after marrying producer Phil Spector
Aug 10, 1943
Guitarist Jimmy Griffin is born in Cincinnati, Ohio. He joins the 1970s pop band Bread and spends the early-1990s as a member of The Remingtons, who earn a country hit with "A Long Time Ago"
Aug 12, 1943
The Roy Rogers movie "Silver Spurs" debuts with a cast that includes Smiley Burnette and The Sons Of The Pioneers, who perform "Tumbling Tumbleweeds"
Aug 14, 1943
Gordon Jenkins records "Crescent City Blues." The song's melody and lyrics will later form the framework for Johnny Cash to write "Folsom Prison Blues"
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