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    • May 11, 1888
    Pop songwriter Irving Berlin is born in Temun, Russia. He earns country hits when Willie Nelson records his song "Blue Skies" and Ernest Tubb covers "White Christmas." Among Berlin's Broadway successes is "Annie, Get Your Gun"
    Feb 5, 1892
    Dorothy Goetz is born in Buffalo, New York. She's destined to become the first wife of "Blue Skies" songwriter Irving Berlin, though the marriage doesn't last long. She contracts an illness on their honeymoon in 1912 and dies within a year
    Sep 14, 1893
    Five-year-old Russian Irving Berlin immigrates to America, where he emerges as one of the greatest songwriters of the 20th century. Among his songs: "Blue Skies," a country hit for Willie Nelson; and "White Christmas," a hit for Ernest Tubb
    Mar 22, 1903
    Ellin Mackay is born in Brooklyn, New York. At age 22, she weds songwriter Irving Berlin, who writes "Blue Skies" during the first year of their marriage. The song becomes a country hit for Willie Nelson in 1978
    Jul 17, 1912
    Dorothy Goetz Berlin dies, five months after her marriage to songwriter Irving Berlin. He becomes one of the greatest composers of the 20th century, with his title "Blue Skies" becoming a country hit for Willie Nelson
    Dec 8, 1914
    "Watch Your Step," the first Broadway production to feature a score by Irving Berlin, opens at the New Amsterdam Theater in New York City. Berlin, one of the most significant composers of the 20th century, has his song "Blue Skies" turned into a country hit by Willie Nelson
    Oct 15, 1917
    Songwriter Irving Berlin petitions a New York court for American citizenship. The Russian immigrant goes on to write "Blue Skies," a 1978 country hit for Willie Nelson
    Jan 4, 1926
    Songwriter Irving Berlin marries Ellin Mackay at New York's City Hall. In the first year of their union, he writes "Blue Skies," which is destined to become a country hit in 1978 for Willie Nelson
    Nov 25, 1926
    "Blue Skies" songwriter Irving Berlin and his wife, Ellin, have their first child, Mary Ellin Berlin, in Brooklyn
    Dec 28, 1926
    The musical "Betsy" opens at New York's' New Amsterdam Theatre. The Broadway production introduces the Irving Berlin song "Blue Skies," which becomes a country hit more than 50 years later in the hands of Willie Nelson
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