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Dec 31, 1912
Louis Armstrong shoots off a pistol in a New Year's Eve celebration in New Orleans. The incident gets him shipped to reform school, where he studies music and joins the school band. He's destined to record with Jimmie Rodgers on "Blue Yodel No. 9"
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
Oct 28, 1929
Ray Hall secures copyright for "Moonlight And Skies," which Jimmie Rodgers records the following summer. Hall later balks when Rodgers tries to pay him a standard fee for the song
Mar 8, 1930
Welcome to the Depression: A creditor files a lien against Ernest Stoneman, the first in a 15-month series of legal actions that strips the country singer of his property
Feb 3, 1931
Stella Harkins files suit against Jimmie Rodgers in Comanche County, Oklahoma, seeking a total of $20,000 for his daughter, Kathryn. He had not known of the girl's existence until the previous May, when his ex-wife brought her to a show
Mar 19, 1931
Nevada legalizes gambling, setting the stage for Las Vegas and Reno to become major entertainment destinations. Among the many country acts who make a mark in those cities: Elvis Presley, Garth Brooks, George Strait and Roy Acuff
Jun 5, 1931
Jimmie Rodgers visits songwriter Ray Hall at the Texas State Penitentiary in Huntsville, Texas, to work out copyright issues on "Moonlight And Skies." Hall maintains he is owed a royalty, instead of the flat fee Rodgers had offered him
Oct 7, 1933
Burrus Mill files a $10,000 suit against Bob Wills, calling for Wills to stop advertising his band members as former members of The Light Crust Doughboys. The court later decides there's nothing damaging in advertising the truth
Oct 1, 1937
Congress passes a bill requiring any businessman selling marijuana to secure a license, which the government refuses to issue, thereby making pot illegal. "We don't smoke marijuana..." kicks off Merle Haggard's 1969 hit "Okie From Muskogee"
Nov 16, 1937
Elvis Presley's father, Vernon, and two other men are accused by their employer, Orville Bean, of forging a $4 check. Vernon pleads not guilty
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