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    • Jul 13, 1962
    The city of Baltimore observes Brenda Lee Day
    Sep 1, 1962
    Fifth Avenue in Nashville is renamed Opry Place between Broadway and Commerce, the block that houses the Ryman Auditorium. The designation is eventually ignored
    Jun 8, 1963
    The state of Tennessee and the city of Sparta celebrate Lester Flatt Day, and mayor Wilford Mills presents the bluegrass musician a key to the city. Flatts' partner, Earl Scruggs, is made an honorary citizen
    May 23, 1964
    Six months after releasing "Saginaw, Michigan," Lefty Frizzell plays Saginaw, where the mayor surprises him on stage with a silver hammer. Fearful of a stranger with a potential weapon, Frizzell gets him in a headlock and wrestles him to the ground
    Sep 21, 1964
    Elvis Presley is made a special deputy sheriff of Shelby County, Tennessee
    Feb 17, 1965
    "Tennessee Waltz" is declared Tennessee's official state song in a resolution signed by governor Frank Clement
    May 13, 1965
    Beaumont declares George Jones Day
    Jul 2, 1965
    Los Angeles observes Peter, Paul & Mary Day. Peter Yarrow is destined to earn a country hit as the producer and songwriter of the Mary MacGregor single "Torn Between Two Lovers"
    Oct 26, 1965
    The Beatles receive Membership of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire during a ceremony at London's Buckingham Palace. The group's recently released "I Feel Fine" becomes a country hit when it's remade by Sweethearts Of The Rodeo
    May 23, 1966
    Four years after he earned a country hit with "Old Rivers," actor Walter Brennan is honored with the Horatio Alger Award at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York



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