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1996 Minnie Pearl, country comedienne (Grand Ole Opry), dies at 84

1990 Sting joins wrestlings 4 Horsemen (Flair, Arn Anderson, Ole Anderson)

1984 Ernest Tubb, singer (Grand Ole Opry), dies at 70

1980 Malando, Arie Maasland, composer/orchestral leader (Ole Guapa), dies at 72

1974 1st performance at new Grand Ole Opry House at Opryland in Nashville

1973 Mark Larsen, born in Denmark, jockey, rode "Vetrotex" to victory in his first Danish Derby, son of Ole Larsen

1969 Bob Dylan and Johnny Cash combine on a Grand Ole Opry TV special

1959 Ole Windingstad, composer, dies at 73

1958 Ole Mortensen, cricketer, pace bowler for Derbyshire and Denmark

1950 Radio's "Grand Ole Opry" is broadcasted on TV for 1st time

1950 Hank Snow's 1st appearance on "Grand Ole Opry"

1945 Ole Buck, born in Copenhagen, Denmark, composer, pianist, wrote Calligraphy for soprano and chamber orchestra at the age of 20

1944 Billy Cobham, Panama, jazz artist, Same Ole Love

1935 Justin Tubb, born in San Antonio, Texas, country singer, Grand Ole Opry

1933 Goldie Hill, Karnes County, Texas, country singer, Grand Ole Opry

1927 Grand Ole Opry makes its 1st radio broadcast, in Nashville, TN

1927 Ole Olsen, composer, organist, teacher, wrote opera 'Stig Hvide', wrote Symphony in G major, dies at 77 in Oslo, Norway

1927 Carl Smith, born in Maynardville, Tennessee, country singer, Grand Ole Opry

1926 DeFord Bailey is 1st black to perform on Nashville's Grand Ole Opry

1925 Jimmy Dickens, Bolt, West Virginia, country singer, Grand Ole Opry

1925 Grand Ole Opry premieres as WSM Barn Dance on WSM radio Nashville Tn

1921 Ole Sarvig, Danish writer/critic, Limbo, Glem Ikke

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

1908 Malando, Arie Maasland, composer/orchestra leader, Ole Guapa

1892 John Sigvard "Ole" Olsen, Wabash, Indiana, comedian, Olsen and Johnson

1886 Ole Windingstad, composer

1880 Ole Bull, famous violinist, virtuoso, compared to Niccolo Paganini, co-founder, Den Nationale Scene theater, dies of cancer, at home on Lysoen island, extensive funeral procession had 15 steamers, other vessels, transporting his body

1877 Ole Evinrude, inventor, outboard marine engine

1857 Ole Andreas Lindeman, composer, dies at 88

1850 Ole Olsen, born in Hammerfest, Norway, composer, organist, teacher, wrote opera 'Stig Hvide', wrote Symphony in G major

1810 Ole Bull, born in Bergen, Norway, famous violinist, virtuoso, compared to Niccolo Paganini, co-founder, Den Nationale Scene theater

1769 Ole Andreas Lindeman, composer


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