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  • Jun 2, 1963
    Roy Acuff attends his first Major League Baseball game in St. Louis. The San Francisco Giants beat the Cardinals, 6-4. Broadcaster Dizzy Dean brings Acuff into the booth and coaxes him into singing one verse of "Wabash Cannonball"
    Dec 17, 1963
    Roy Acuff begins a four-week stand at The Mint in Las Vegas
    Dec 22, 1964
    Roy Acuff begins a 10-day USO tour of Germany to perform for American troops
    Jan 1, 1965
    Roy Acuff concludes a 10-day USO tour of Germany, in which he gave 19 performances for American soldiers
    Jun 14, 1965
    Roy Acuff kicks off a one-week tour of the Dominican Republic in Santo Domingo, performing for American troops through the USO
    Jun 21, 1965
    Roy Acuff concludes a one-week USO tour, where he played for American soldiers in the Dominican Republic
    Jul 10, 1965
    Wreck on the highway: Roy Acuff, guitarist June Stearns and steel player Shot Jackson are injured in a near-fatal car crash in east Tennessee. Acuff has a pair of pelvic fractures and a broken collarbone. Stearns never returns to the band
    Jul 22, 1965
    Following a near-fatal car wreck 12 days earlier, Roy Acuff cancels all his remaining dates for the year, except a USO tour of South Vietnam
    Jul 31, 1965
    Three weeks after a near-fatal car crash, Roy Acuff begins using crutches
    Aug 9, 1965
    Roy Acuff is released from the hospital, 30 days after a head-on car wreck outside of Sparta, Tennessee, nearly claimed his life

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