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    • Oct 21, 1898
    Ezra Carter is born in Maces Spring, Virginia. He becomes the manager of The Carter Family, which features his brother, A.P. Carter, and his wife, Maybelle Carter. Ezra's children include Helen Carter, June Carter and Anita Carter
    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 31, 1933
    Anita Carter, of The Carter Sisters, is born in Maces Spring, Virginia. She breaks away from the family group to net three Top 10 singles from 1951-1968, as a solo act, and in efforts with Hank Snow and Waylon Jennings
    May 17, 1949
    June Carter and comedic duo Homer & Jethro record a parody of "Baby, It's Cold Outside" in Nashville
    May 13, 1950
    Mother Maybelle Carter and The Carter Sisters join the Grand Ole Opry
    Jul 9, 1952
    June Carter marries Carl Smith at his sister's house in Alcoa, Tennessee
    Nov 20, 1954
    June Carter signs a one-year solo recording contract with Columbia Records
    Nov 22, 1954
    June Carter holds her first solo recording session, cutting "Let Me Go, Lover"
    Feb 22, 1955
    Elvis Presley performs a sold-out show in Hope, Arkansas, the home of nine-year-old Bill Clinton. Presley gets his first pink Cadillac stuck in mud in a two-car caravan that includes June Carter and Justin Tubb
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