1997 Floyd Cramer, pianist (Nashville Sound), dies of cancer at 64
1997 NHL Nashville, Tenne 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
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 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
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
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
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 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
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, Tenn begins radio transmissions
1925 Danny Davis, rocker, Nashville Brass
1925 Robert Altman, born in Kansas City, Missouri, director, Nashville, M*A*S*H
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
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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