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2002 Mickey Newbury, singer, member, Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame, wrote songs for Acuff-Rose Music, dies
1997 Floyd Cramer, pianist, session player, architect of the 'Nashville Sound', played piano on Elvis Presley's Heartbreak Hotel, dies of lung cancer at age 64 1997 NHL Nashville, Tennessee names Barry Trotz as its 1st coach 1997 NHL announces it will add Nashville in 1998, Atlanta in 1999 and Minneapolis-St. Paul and Columbus, Ohio in 2000 1995 New Jersey Devils Stanley Cup Victory Party, admidst rumours they were moving to Nashville, goalie Chris Terreri holds up "Nashville? NO WAY!" sign 1993 Gwen Wells, actress (Nashville), dies of cancer at 42 1991 Judds final concert (Nashville) 1983 Nashville Network begins on cable TV 1983 TNN, The Nashville Network, begins on Cable TV 1979 Ashley Whitney, born in Nashville, Tennessee, 800m freestyle relay 1996 Olympics 1974 R A Dickey, born in Nashville, Tennessee, baseball pitcher 1996 Olympics bronze 1974 1st performance at new Grand Ole Opry House at Opryland in Nashville 1973 Arna Bontemps, writer (Harlem Renaissance), dies at 72 in Nashville 1972 Arthur Reid, born in Nashville, Tennessee, pairs skater, & Jennifer Darst 1968 WMCV (now WZTV) TV channel 17 in Nashville, Tennessee (IND) 1st broadcast 1967 Jeff Cease, born in Nashville, guitarist, Black Crowes-Shake Your Money Maker 1966 Deana Carter, born in Nashville, Texas, Deana Kay Carter, country singer, famous for multi-platinum debut album 'Did I Shave My Legs for This?', albums include fourteen singles, three reached number one on the Billboard country charts, including 'Strawberry Wine' 1962 WDCN TV channel 8 in Nashville, Tennessee (PBS) begins broadcasting 1961 Phyllis Hines, born in Nashville, Tennessee, cyclist 1996 Olympics 1959 Lorrie Morgan, born in Nashville, Tennessee, country singer, Out of Your Shoes 1959 Trisha Yearwood, born in Nashville, Tennessee, singer, She's in Love With the Boy 1958 Cindy Nixon, born in Nashville, Tennessee, singer, Girls Next Door-Don't Be Cruel 1958 Chuck Wagner, born in Nashville, Tennessee, actor, Automan 1957 Nashville's new Hattie Cotton Elementary School dynamited 1957 Doris King, born in Nashville, Tennessee, vocalist, Girls Next Door-Don't Be Cruel 1956 Buddy Holly records "Blue Days Black Night" in Nashville 1956 Elvis Presley records Heartbreak Hotel for RCA in Nashville 1955 Carlene Carter, born in Nashville, Tennessee, country singer, I Fell in Love 1955 Jimmy Lowe, born in Nashville, Tennessee, country singer, Pirates of Ms-Fred Jake 1955 Robert Feld, born in Nashville, Tennessee, National Scrabble Champion 1990 1954 WLAC (now WTVF) TV channel 5 in Nashville (CBS) begins broadcasting 1954 Jim Cooper, born in Nashville, Tennessee, Representative-D-Tennessee 1983 - 1995, 2003 - 1954 Elvis Presley records a 10 minute demo in Nashville 1953 WSIX TV channel 8 in Nashville, Tennessee (ABC) begins broadcasting 1952 Annie Potts, born in Nashville, Tennessee, actress, Mary Jo-Designing Women 1951 Johnny Rodriquez, U.S., actor, Nashville Girl, La Bamba Party 1951 Z Alexander Looby elected to Nashville City Council 1951 Gwen Welles, U.S. actress, Desert Hearts, Nashville 1950 WSM TV channel 4 in Nashville, Tennessee (NBC) begins broadcasting 1949 Woody Paul, Paul Chrisman, Nashville, singer, Riders in the Sky 1949 Jim Bacchus, born in Nashville, Tennessee, Representative-D-Florida 1991 - 1993 and 1993 - 1995 1948 Ellen McIlwaine, born in Nashville, blues singer, Honky Tonky Angel 1947 Gregg Allman, Nashville, guitarist and vocalist, Allman Brothers Band 1947 Rex Allen, Jr., Chicago, country singer, Nashville on the Road 1946 Duane Allman, born in Nashville, Tennessee, rock guitarist, Allman Brothers 1945 Bill Boner, born in East Nashville, Tennessee, Representative-D-Tennessee 1979 - 1987 1944 Japanese kamikaze crashes into U.S. cruiser Nashville, kills 138 1944 Rita Coolidge, born in Nashville, Tennessee, singer, Higher and Higher, We're All Alone 1944 Clyde Lee, born in Nashville, Tennessee, basketball player, Vanderbilt University's 'greatest player', played ten NBA seasons with the Warriors, Atlanta Hawks, Philadelphia 76ers 1943 Bob Clement, born in Nashville, Tennessee, Representative-D-Tennessee 1988 - 2003 1941 Helen Cornelius, Hannibal, Missouri, country singer, Nashville on the Road 1941 Bobby Hebb, born in Nashville, Tennessee, country singer and songwriter, Sunny 1941 1st U.S. commercial FM radio station goes on the air, Nashville, Tennessee 1940 Mickey Newbury, born in Houston, Texas, singer, member, Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame, wrote songs for Acuff-Rose Music 1940 Julian Bond, born in Nashville, Tennessee, D-Ga, civil rights leader 1938 Louis Krebs Graham, born in Nashville, Tennessee, PGA golfer, 1975 U.S. Open 1935 Henry Gibson, Germantown, Pennsylvania, comedian, Nashville, Laugh-In's poet 1934 Barbara Howar, Nashville, reporter, Washington Post, Entertainment Tonight 1934 Claude Jarman, Jr., born in Nashville, Tennessee, actor, Rio Grande, Inside Straight 1934 Jim "Ed" Brown, born in Sparkman, Arkansas, country singer, Nashville on the Road 1933 Floyd Cramer, born in Shreveport, Louisiana, pianist, session player, architect of the 'Nashville Sound', played piano on Elvis Presley's Heartbreak Hotel 1932 Dottie West, born in Nashville, Tennessee, country singer, Here Comes My Baby 1928 1st recording session in Nashville (Warmack's Gully Jumpers) 1928 Howard Caine, born in Nashville, Tennessee, actor, Californians 1928 Howard Caine, born in Nashville, Tennessee, actor, Brushfire 1927 Grand Ole Opry makes its 1st radio broadcast, in Nashville, TN 1926 Jerry Clower, Amite County Mississippi, country comedian, Nashville on Road 1926 DeFord Bailey is 1st black to perform on Nashville's Grand Ole Opry 1925 Grand Ole Opry premieres as WSM Barn Dance on WSM radio Nashville Tn 1925 WSM-AM in Nashville, Tennessee begins radio transmissions 1925 Danny Davis, rocker, Nashville Brass 1925 Robert Altman, born in Kansas City, Missouri, director, Nashville, M*A*S*H 1923 Bettie Page, born in Nashville, Tennessee, American fetish and pin-up model, 'Playboy' playmate 1920 Del Wood, born in Nashville, Tennessee, given name Polly Adelaide Hendricks Hazelwood, singer, pianist, recorded for Tennessee Records label, performed on the Grand Ole Opry 1919 Kitty Wells, born in Nashville, Tennessee, country singer, Grand Ole Opry 1918 101 killed and 171 injured in worst U.S. train wreck, Nashville, Tennessee 1918 Eddy Arnold, born in Tennessee, best-selling, longest-running, country music singer, helped create Nashville sound 1913 James Westerfield, born in Nashville, Tennessee, actor, Jungle Heat, Lucky Johnny 1912 James Craig, born in Nashville, Tennessee, actor, Devil and Daniel Webster, Cyclops 1902 Trevor Bardette, Nashville AR, actor, Refugee, None Shall Escape 1898 1st Spanish-American War action: USS Nashville, takes enemy ship 1895 Cullen Landis, born in Nashville, Tennessee, actor, Soul of the Beast 1864 Battle of Nashville ends after 4400 casualities 1864 Battle of Nashville, TN 1863 Confederate raider "Nashville" sinks near Fort McAllister Georgia 1849 James Knox Polk, 11th President (1845-1849), dies in Nashville, Tennessee at 53 1817 1st Mississippi "Showboat," leaves Nashville on maiden voyage |
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