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    • May 10, 1909
    Mother Maybelle Carter is born in Nickelsville, Virginia. With her cousin, Sara, and Sara's husband, A.P. Carter, they form the Carter Family, one of the pioneering acts in country music. They enter the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1970
    Jun 23, 1929
    June Carter is born in Maces Spring, Virginia, to Ezra and Mother Maybelle Carter, of The Carter Family. June co-writes Johnny Cash's "Ring Of Fire" and later marries Cash, earning duet hits with him on "Jackson" and "If I Were A Carpenter"
    Mar 25, 1949
    Rock artist Nick Lowe, best-known for his 1979 hit "Cruel To Be Kind," born in Walton, England. He marries country singer Carlene Carter while that song is in release
    Sep 26, 1955
    Carlene Carter is born in Nashville. The daughter of Carl Smith and June Carter, she develops an edgy brand of country that flirts with rockabilly, debuting in 1977. She attains her biggest commercial success in the early '90s
    Jul 5, 1958
    Actor Joseph Breen is born in Katonah, New York. He is destined to become the fourth husband of Carlene Carter
    Mar 1, 1968
    Johnny Cash marries June Carter at the Methodist Church in Franklin, Kentucky. Carter's "Ring Of Fire" co-writer Merle Kilgore serves as best man. Carlene Carter's $1-a-week allowance, earned by mowing the lawn, rises to $10-a-week
    Feb 18, 1971
    During a taping of "The Johnny Cash Show," Cash becomes a surprise subject of Ralph Edwards' "This Is Your Life." Guests include June Carter Cash, Rosanne Cash, John Carter Cash, Carlene Carter and Maybelle Carter, among others
    Feb 23, 1972
    Carlene Carter has a daughter, Tiffany
    Jan 15, 1976
    Carlene Carter and her husband, Jack Routh, have a son, John Jackson Routh
    Aug 18, 1976
    Emmylou Harris records the Carlene Carter-written "Easy From Now On"
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