2005 Death Shelby Foote, American Author 1981 Birthday Shelby Lyons, Oswego, New York, pairs skater, & Wells-1995 Midwest champ 1972 Birthday Randolph Ross, Shelby, North Carolina, 110m hurdler 1969 Event Shelby Singleton buys Sun Records from Sam Phillips 1968 Birthday Shelby Lynne, Quantico, Virginia, country singer, If I Could Bottle This Up 1959 Birthday Tim Wilkison, Shelby, North Carolina, tennis player, WCT Atlanta finals-1986 1934 Birthday Richard Shelby, born in Birmingham, Alabama, Representative-D-Alabama 1979 - 1987, Senator-D-Alabama 1987- 1934 Birthday Richard Shelby, American Politician 1931 Birthday John Shelby Spong, American Clergyman 1928 Birthday Don Gibson, born in Shelby, North Carolina, singer/writer, I can't Stop Loving You, Oh Lonesome Me 1923 Birthday Carroll Shelby, American Designer 1918 Birthday Gerald Wilson, Shelby Mississippi, orchestra leader, Redd Foxx 1916 Birthday Shelby Foote, American Author 1879 Birthday Charles Follis, 1st black NFLer, Shelby, Ohio 1878 Birthday Henry B. Walthall, born in Shelby City, Alabama, actor, Birth of a Nation, Klondike 1863 Event Jo Shelby's cavalry in action at Moffat's Station, Arkansas 1830 Birthday Joseph Orville Shelby, Brigadier General Confederate Army
