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1892 Henry Whitter, rural folk musician pioneer, born Grayson County, VA .
1981Vernon Dalhart, born "Marion Try Slaughter" Marion County, TX 1883. Vernon was country music's first million selling recording artist. Inducted CMHF .
1909 Denver Darling, singer/songwriter, born Whopock, IL .
1918 Wade Ray, fiddler for the Son's of the Pioneers, Roy Rogers, Ray Price's Cherokee Cowboys, and bass player for Willie Nelson, born Griffin, IN .
1937 Merle Haggard born Kern General Hospital, Bakersfield, Ca . Elected NSHF 1977. CMHF 1994.
1944 Al Dexter topped the charts with "Too Late To Worry, To Blue To Try" .
1946 Roy Acuff quit the Grand Ole Opry, after being refused a raise from Opry management. At the time, the Opry required members to appear every Saturday night of the year. Roy was being paid $15.00 per night on the Opry, and could make $100.00 per night touring. Mr. Acuff would later return to the Opry at the request of Ernest Tubb, and Opry management..
1956 Le studio Paramount signe un contrat avec Elvis Presley pour que le chanteur tourne ses premiers films.1957 Marty Robbins and Ray Price received Golden Guitar Awards, .
1957 Brenda Lee debuted on the country charts with "One Step At A Time" .
1958 Merle Haggard turned twenty-one, in California's San Quentin prison
1959 Remise des 31e Academy Awards. BEN-HUR remporte le titre de meilleur film de l'année.1960 Les Everly Brothers débutent leur première tournée Britannique à Londres.1966 Buck Owens recorded "Open Up Your Heart" .
1976 Freddy Fender's "You'll Lose A Good Thing" topped the charts .
1982 Marty Robbins released "Some Memories Just Won't Die/Lover, Lover" .
1984 Ral Donner, age 41, died of cancer .
1987 Hank Williams Jr. was the Academy of Country Music's , Entertainer of the Year.
1998 Tammy Wynette, age 55, died in Nashville . Inducted CMHF 1998.
2001 Danny Gaither, age 62, died in Indiana . Danny was a founding member of "The Gaither Trio," and brother of Bill Gaither. Member Gospel Music Hall Of Fame.
2001 Dorothy May Skaggs, age 73, died Blaine, KY. Mrs. Skaggs was Ricky's mother.
2003 Margaret Louise Cash Garrett, age 79, was buried in Hendersonville Memory Gardens, Hendersonville, TN. Margaret was Johnny Cash's older sister. Johnny was too ill to attend the services.