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2013 Event - The 1950's American pop singer Patti Page, known for the songs, '(How Much Is That) Doggie In The Window' and "Tennessee Waltz', dies in Encinitas, California at 85 years old

2011 Event - The North American winter storm continues across the Southeastern United States and the Tennessee Valley

2010 Event - The 2010 Country Music Awards are held in Nashville, Tennessee; American singer Brad Paisley wins Entertainer of the Year

2008 Death - Isaac Hayes, dies in Memphis, Tennessee, of a stroke, at 65

2008 Death - Eddy Arnold, dies in Tennessee, at 89

2000 Event - Super Bowl XXXIV, Georgia Dome, Atlanta, St. Louis Rams beat Tennessee Titans 23-16

1998 Death - Cary Middlecoff, professional golfer with what is currently known as the PGA Tour in the 1940s, University of Mississippi's first golf All-American 1939, dies in Memphis, Tennessee at age 77

1997 Death - Fenton Robinson, U.S. blues guitarist (Tennessee Woman), dies at 62

1997 Event - Shelly Moore, 18, of Tennessee, crowned 15th Miss Teen USA

1997 Event - NHL Nashville, Tennessee names Barry Trotz as its 1st coach

1997 Event - 16th NCAA Women's Basketball Champion: Tennessee beats Old Dominion 68-59

1996 Death - Rose Isabel Williams, sister of Tennessee Williams, dies at 86

1996 Event - Andrea Leah Plummer, of Tennessee, crowned 39th America's Junior Miss

1996 Event - Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Memphis, Tennessee on WMFS 92.9 FM

1996 Event - 15th NCAA Women's Basketball Championship: Tennessee beats Georgia 83-65

1995 Event - Eastern Tennessee begins using new area code 423

1995 Event - 14th NCAA Women's Basketball Champion: University of Ct Huskies beats Tennessee 70-64

1993 Event - "Wonderful Tennessee" closes at Plymouth Theater New York City after 9 performances

1993 Event - "Wonderful Tennessee" opens at Plymouth Theater New York City for 9 performances

1992 Event - Country singer Lee Greenwood weds Miss Tennessee 1989 (Kimberly Payne)

1991 Death - Tennessee Ernie Ford, country singer, dies of liver disease at 72

1991 Death - Tennessee Ernie Ford, country singer (16 Tons), dies at 72

1991 Event - 10th NCAA Women's Basketball Champion: Tennessee beats Virginia 70-67

1991 Event - 20 Tornadoes kill 5 in Tennessee

1990 Event - 13 die in 83 vehicle accident in Chattanooga Tennessee I-75, due to fog

1989 Event - 8th NCAA Women's Basketball Championship: Tennessee beats Auburn 76-60

1988 Event - USS Tennessee, 1st sub to carry Trident 2 missiles, commissioned

1987 Event - 6th NCAA Women's Basketball Champion: Tennessee routs Louisiana 67-44

1986 Birthday - Megan Fox, born in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, actress, sex symbol, debut film, 'Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen', breakout role, Mikaela Barnes in movie, 'Transformers', voted 'Sexiest Woman in the World' by FHM

1984 Event - 3rd NCAA Womens Basketball Championship: Southern California beats Tennessee 72-61

1983 Death - Tennessee Williams, U.S. playwright (Cat on a Hot Tin Roof), dies at 71

1982 Birthday - Brad Renfro, born in Knoxville, Tennessee American actor, film and television

1982 Event - 1982 World's Fair in Knoxville, Tennessee opens

1982 Event - Johnny Cash Parkway opens in Hendersonville, Tennessee

1981 Birthday - Alecia Ingram, born in Knoxville, Tennessee, gymnast alternate for 1996 Olympics

1979 Birthday - Ashley Whitney, born in Nashville, Tennessee, 800m freestyle relay 1996 Olympics

1978 Birthday - Shelly Moore, Miss Teen USA, Tennessee, 1997

1978 Event - Memphis, Tennessee settles with striking police officers and firefighters

1978 Birthday - Cindy Parlow, born in Memphis, Tennessee, soccer forward 1996 Olympics

1978 Birthday - Adrienne Parker, Miss Tennessee Teen USA 1996

1978 Event - 2 tankers with propane gas explode killing 15 at Waverly, Tennessee

1977 Event - 42 die in fire inmate causes at Maury County Jail in Columbia, Tennessee

1976 Birthday - Carey Tally, born in Memphis, Tennessee, soccer midfielder, 1996 Olympics gold

1975 Event - Hail stones as large as tennis balls hit Wernerville, Tennessee

1974 Birthday - R A Dickey, born in Nashville, Tennessee, baseball pitcher 1996 Olympics bronze

1974 Birthday - Dennis Stallings, linebacker for the Tennessee Oilers

1974 Birthday - Joey Kent, wide receiver for the Tennessee Oilers

1974 Birthday - Terry Killens, linebacker, Tennessee Oilers

1974 Birthday - Tony Delk, born in Covington, Tennessee, professional basketball player, point guard, shooting guard, leader of University of Kentucky Wildcats team that won the 1996 NCAA Men's Division

1974 Birthday - Derrick Mason, wide receiver for the Tennessee Oilers

1973 Event - Tennessee beats Temple 11-6 in low scoring NCAA basketball game

1973 Birthday - Jon Runyan, tackle for the Tennessee Oilers

1973 Birthday - Alison "Ali" Malyn Shumate, Union City Tennessee, Miss America-Tenn 1996

1973 Birthday - Kenny Holmes, defensive end for the Tennessee Oilers

1973 Birthday - Armon Williams, safety/linebacker for the Tennessee Oilers

1973 Birthday - James McKeehan, tight end for the Tennessee Oilers

1973 Birthday - Rayna Stewart, safety/cornerback for the Tennessee Oilers

1973 Birthday - Melvin Hayes, NFL tackle, New York Jets, Tennessee Oilers

1973 Birthday - Rodney Thomas, running back for the Tennessee Oilers

1973 Birthday - Denard Walker, cornerback for the Tennessee Oilers

1973 Event - Friendsville Academy (Tennessee) ends 138-game basketball losing streak

1973 Birthday - Chris Woodruff, born in Knoxville, Tennessee, tennis star, 1993 NCAA Division I

1972 Birthday - Jeni Stephens, Memphis Tennessee, Miss America-Tennessee 1997

1972 Birthday - Mike Archie, running back for the Tennessee Oilers

1972 Birthday - Michael Roan, NFL tight end/halfback, Houston/Tennessee Oilers

1972 Birthday - Arthur Reid, born in Nashville, Tennessee, pairs skater, & Jennifer Darst

1972 Birthday - Chris Sanders, NFL wide receiver, Tennessee/Houston Oilers

1972 Birthday - Wendy Kaye, born in Memphis, Tennessee, playmate, July, 1991

1972 Event - Tennessee Williams' "Small Craft Warnings," premieres in New York City

1972 Event - WRIP (now WDSI) TV channel 61 in Chattanooga, Tennessee (IND) 1st broadcast

1971 Birthday - Nikki McCray, Collierville Tennessee, basketball guard, 1996 Olympics gold

1971 Birthday - Frank Wycheck, NFL tight end, Houston/Tennessee Oilers

1971 Birthday - Dean Panaro, born in Knoxville, Tennessee, diver 1996 Olympics

1971 Birthday - Roderick Lewis, NFL tight end, Houston/Tennessee Oilers

1971 Event - National Guard mobilizes to quell riot in Chattanooga, Tennessee

1971 Birthday - James Roberson, defensive end for the Tennessee Oilers

1971 Birthday - Shannen Doherty, born in Memphis, Tennessee, actress, Little House, Bev Hills 90210

1971 Birthday - Johnny Knoxville, born in Knoxville, Tennessee, born Philip John Clapp, actor, comedian, co-creator of MTV television series, 'Jackass', appeared in film, 'The Ringer'

1971 Birthday - Bev Oden, born in Millington, Tennessee, volleyball middle blocker, 1996 Olympics

1971 Birthday - Becca Lee, Tennessee, Miss USA, Tenn-3rd-1996

1970 Birthday - Lemanski Hall, NFL linebacker, Houston/Tennessee Oilers

1970 Birthday - William Van Landingham, born in Columbia, Tennessee, pitcher for the San Francisco Giants

1970 Event - WTCI TV channel 45 in Chattanooga, Tennessee (PBS) begins broadcasting

1970 Birthday - Joe Bowden, NFL linebacker, Houston/Tennessee Oilers

1969 Birthday - Barron Wortham, NFL linebacker, Houston/Tennessee Oilers

1969 Birthday - David Weathers, Lawrencburg, Tennessee, pitcher, Florida Marlins, New York Yankees

1969 Birthday - Derek Russell, NFL wide receiver, Houston/Tennessee Oilers

1969 Birthday - Steve Jackson, NFL cornerback, Houston/Tennessee Oilers

1968 Birthday - Darryll Lewis, NFL cornerback, Houston/Tennessee Oilers

1968 Birthday - Lonnie Marts, NFL linebacker, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Tennessee Oilers

1968 Birthday - Jennifer Azzi, born in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, basketball guard, 1996 Olympics gold

1968 Event - WMCV (now WZTV) TV channel 17 in Nashville, Tennessee (IND) 1st broadcast

1968 Birthday - Kevin Donnalley, NFL guard and tackle, Houston/Tennessee Oilers

1968 Birthday - Kenny Chesney, born in Knoxville, Tennessee, country music artist, over 30 hits, 13 albums certified gold or higher by RIAA, albums include, 'When the Sun Goes Down'

1968 Birthday - Mike Milchin, born in Knoxville, Tennessee, pitcher for the Minnesota Twins

1968 Birthday - Lisa Marie Presley Keough Jackson, born in Memphis, Tennessee, daughter of Elvis

1967 Birthday - Charles Christopher Rymer, Cleveland, Tennessee, PGA golfer, 1995 Shell-3rd

1967 Birthday - Willie Davis, NFL wide receiver, Kansas City Chiefs, Tennessee Oilers

1967 Event - Race riots in Memphis, Tennessee

1967 Event - Tennessee Governor Ellington repeals "Monkey Law," upheld in 1925 Scopes Trial

1967 Event - WSJK TV channel 2 in Sneedville/Knoxville, Tennessee (PBS) 1st broadcast

1967 Birthday - Mark Stepnoski, NFL center, Houston/Tennessee Oilers

1966 Birthday - Greg McMichael, born in Knoxville, Tennessee, pitcher, Atlanta Braves

1966 Birthday - Daniel J Schneider, born in Memphis, Tennessee, actor, Dennis-Head of the Class

1965 Birthday - Erik Norgard, NFL center/guard, Houston/Tennessee Oilers

1965 Birthday - Joe Oliver, born in Memphis, Tennessee, catcher for the Cincinnati Reds

1965 Birthday - Steve Finley, Union City, Tennessee, outfielder for the San Diego Padres

1965 Birthday - Steve Finley, born in Union City, Tennessee, outfielder for the San Diego Padres

1965 Birthday - Dana Brown, born in Memphis, Tennessee, Miss Tennessee - America, 1991-3rd

1964 Birthday - Sheila Echols, born in Memphis, Tennessee, 4x100m runner 1988 Olympics gold

1964 Birthday - Steve Searcy, born in Knoxville, Tennessee, William Steven Searcy, baseball player, pitcher, played for Detroit Tigers, Philadelphia Phillies, Major League Baseball teams from 1998 - 1992

1964 Birthday - Ronnie Harmon, NFL running back, San Diego Chargers, Tennessee Oilers

1964 Birthday - Jennifer McCarters, born in Sevierville, Tennessee, singer, McCarters-The Gift

1963 Event - "Tennessee Tuxedo," cartoon debuts on CBS-TV

1963 Event - Tennessee Williams' "Milk Train Doesn't Stop Here Anymore," premieres

1962 Event - WDCN TV channel 8 in Nashville, Tennessee (PBS) begins broadcasting

1962 Birthday - Al Del Greco, NFL kicker for the Houston/Tennessee Oilers

1962 Birthday - Ben Testerman, born in Knoxville, Tennessee, tennis star

1961 Event - Tennessee Williams' "Night of the Iguana," premieres in New York City

1961 Birthday - Phyllis Hines, born in Nashville, Tennessee, cyclist 1996 Olympics

1961 Birthday - Bruce Matthews, center/guard for the Tennessee Oilers

1961 Birthday - Mel Gray, NFL wide receiver/kick returner, Houston/Tennessee Oilers

1960 Event - Mabry Harper catches a 25 lb Walleye in Tennessee

1959 Birthday - Rachel Dennison, born in Knoxville, Tennessee, actress, Doralee Rhodes-9 to 5

1959 Birthday - Lorrie Morgan, born in Nashville, Tennessee, country singer, Out of Your Shoes

1959 Birthday - Trisha Yearwood, born in Nashville, Tennessee, singer, She's in Love With the Boy

1959 Event - Tennessee Williams' "Sweet Bird of Youth," premieres in New York City

1958 Birthday - Wayne Dickert, Chattanooga, Tennessee, slalom double canoe, Olympics-11th-96

1958 Birthday - Lee Guetterman, Chattanooga, Tennessee, pitcher, New York Yankees, Seattle Mariners

1958 Birthday - Dave Krieg, NFL quarterback, Arizona Cardinals, Tennessee Oilers

1958 Birthday - Joseph Richard Sylvers, born in Memphis, Tennessee, guitarist, vocalist, member of rhythm and blues band, The Sylvers

1958 Birthday - Cindy Nixon, born in Nashville, Tennessee, singer, Girls Next Door-Don't Be Cruel

1958 Birthday - Chuck Wagner, born in Nashville, Tennessee, actor, Automan

1958 Event - WTVC TV channel 9 in Chattanooga, Tennessee (ABC) begins broadcasting

1957 Birthday - Blair Cunningham, born in Memphis, Tennessee, rock drummer, Haircut 100

1957 Event - Tennessee Williams' "Orpheus Descending," premieres in New York City

1957 Birthday - Park Overall, born in Tennessee, actress, Laverne-Empty Nest, Mississippi Burning

1957 Birthday - Doris King, born in Nashville, Tennessee, vocalist, Girls Next Door-Don't Be Cruel

1956 Birthday - June Forester, Chattanooga, Tennessee, country singer, Forester Sister-Men

1956 Event - Tanks are deployed against racist demonstrators in Clinton, Tennessee

1956 Event - WBIR TV channel 10 in Knoxville, Tennessee (CBS) begins broadcasting

1956 Event - WKNO TV channel 10 in Memphis, Tennessee (PBS) begins broadcasting

1956 Event - WRCB TV channel 3 in Chattanooga, Tennessee (NBC) begins broadcasting

1956 Birthday - Charly McClain, born in Jackson, Tennessee, country singer, Radio Heart

1956 Birthday - Mark Collie, Waynesboro, Tennessee, country singer, Another Old Soldier

1956 Event - WREC (now WREG) TV channel 3 in Memphis, Tennessee (CBS) begins broadcasting

1955 Birthday - Carlene Carter, born in Nashville, Tennessee, country singer, I Fell in Love

1955 Birthday - Jimmy Lowe, born in Nashville, Tennessee, country singer, Pirates of Ms-Fred Jake

1955 Birthday - Andrew Stevens, born in Memphis, Tennessee, actor, Seduction, Boys in Company C, Fury

1955 Birthday - James Jonathan Sylvers, born in Memphis, Tennessee, keyboardist, vocalist, member of The Sylvers, a popular 1970's rhythm and blues family group

1955 Birthday - Rosanne Cash, born in Memphis, Tennessee, country singer, Seven Year Ache, I Wonder

1955 Birthday - Robert Feld, born in Nashville, Tennessee, National Scrabble Champion 1990

1955 Event - Pulitzer prize awarded Tennessee Williams for (Cat on Hot Tin Roof)

1955 Birthday - Cary Middlecoff, born in Halls, Tennessee, professional golfer with what is currently known as the PGA Tour in the 1940s, University of Mississippi's first golf All-American 1939

1955 Birthday - Dean Dillon, born in Lake City, Tennessee, country singer, Chair

1955 Event - Tennessee Williams, "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" opens for 694 performances

1955 Event - WBBJ TV channel 7 in Jackson, Tennessee (ABC) begins broadcasting

1954 Birthday - Gail Stanton Memphis, Tennessee, playmate, Jun, 1978

1954 Birthday - Rick Honeycutt, born in Chattanooga, Tennessee, pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals

1954 Birthday - Ava Barber, born in Knoxville, Tennessee, country singer, Lawrence Welk Show

1954 Birthday - Jim Cooper, born in Nashville, Tennessee, Representative-D-Tennessee 1983 - 1995, 2003 -

1954 Birthday - David Keith, born in Knoxville, Tennessee, actor, Back Roads, Firestarter

1954 Event - WDEF TV channel 12 in Chattanooga, Tennessee (CBS) begins broadcasting

1953 Event - WSIX TV channel 8 in Nashville, Tennessee (ABC) begins broadcasting

1953 Event - WJHL TV channel 11 in Johnson City, Tennessee (CBS) begins broadcasting

1953 Birthday - Michael Baker, born in Memphis, Tennessee, Lieutenant Commander USN/astronaut, STS-43, 52, 68, 81

1953 Event - WLJT TV channel 11 in Lexington, Tennessee (PBS) begins broadcasting

1953 Event - WTVK TV channel 26 in Knoxville, Tennessee (NBC) begins broadcasting

1953 Event - WATE TV channel 6 in Knoxville, Tennessee (ABC/NBC) begins broadcasting

1953 Birthday - Deborah Allen, born in Memphis, Tennessee, country singer, Jim Stafford Show

1953 Event - WHBQ TV channel 13 in Memphis, Tennessee (ABC) begins broadcasting

1953 Birthday - Steve Duncan, born in Knoxville, Tennessee, singer, Desert Rose Band-Love Reunited

1953 Event - Elvis Presley graduates from LC Humes High School in Memphis, Tennessee

1953 Birthday - Billy Burnette, born in Memphis, Tennessee, rock guitarist, Fleetwood Mac

1953 Event - Tennessee Williams' "Camino Real," premieres in New York City

1953 Birthday - Sharon Wyatt, Lebanon Tennessee, actress, Tiffany-General Hospital

1952 Birthday - Annie Potts, born in Nashville, Tennessee, actress, Mary Jo-Designing Women

1952 Event - Outfielder Don Grate throws a baseball a record 434'1" (Tennessee)

1952 Birthday - Michael Jeter, born in Lawrenceburg, Tennessee, actor, Fisher King

1952 Birthday - Mac Cone, born in Memphis, Tennessee, Canadian equestrian jumper 1996 Olympics

1952 Birthday - Larry Riley, born in Memphis, Tennessee, actor, Harry-Stir Crazy, Knots Landing

1952 Event - Tornadoes in Arkansas, Tennessee, Missouri, Mississippi, Alabama and Kentucky cause 343 deaths

1952 Birthday - Bill Frist, born in Nashville, Tennessee, physician, politician, Republican, U.S. Senator from Tennessee, U.S. Senate Majority Leader 2003 - 2007

1952 Event - University of Tennessee admits it's 1st black student

1951 Birthday - Olympia-Ann Sylvers, born in Memphis, Tennessee, vocalist, member of rhythm and blues band, The Sylvers

1951 Event - Tennessee Williams' "Rose Tattoo," premieres in New York City

1951 Birthday - Andy Hummell, born in Memphis, Tennessee, rock bassist, Big Star

1951 Birthday - Chris Bell, born in Memphis, Tennessee, rock guitarist, Big Star

1950 Birthday - Alex Chilton, born in Memphis, Tennessee, rock guitarist and vocalist, Box Tops

1950 Event - WSM TV channel 4 in Nashville, Tennessee (NBC) begins broadcasting

1950 Birthday - Willie Hall, born in Memphis, Tennessee, rocker, drummer, played with Isaac Hayes' The Movement, member of The Bo-Keys

1950 Birthday - Linda Thompson, born in Memphis, Tennessee, actress, Hee Haw

1950 Birthday - Ronnie McDowell, born in Fountain Head, Tennessee, country singer, King is Gone

1950 Birthday - Cybill Shepherd, born in Memphis, Tennessee, actress, Moonlighting, Last Picture Show

1949 Birthday - Mickey Lee Davis, Jr., Tennessee, murderer, FBI Most Wanted List

1949 Birthday - William M. Shepherd, born in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, Captain USN/astronaut, STS-27, 41, 52

1949 Birthday - Jim Bacchus, born in Nashville, Tennessee, Representative-D-Florida 1991 - 1993 and 1993 - 1995

1949 Event - 1st museum devoted exclusively to atomic energy, Oak Ridge, Tennessee

1949 Birthday - Michael Beck, born in Memphis, Tennessee, actor, Hans Helms-Holocaust

1949 Birthday - Bart Gordon, born in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, Representative-D-Tennessee 1985 -

1948 Event - WMC TV channel 5 in Memphis, Tennessee (NBC) begins broadcasting

1948 Birthday - Kathy Bates, born in Memphis, Tennessee, academy award winning actress, Misery

1948 Event - Pulitzer prize awarded to James Michener and Tennessee Williams

1948 Birthday - William Sanderson, born in Memphis, Tennessee, actor, Larry-Newhart, Blade Runner

1947 Event - Tennessee Williams' "Streetcar Named Desire," premieres in New York City

1947 Birthday - Margaret Rhea Seddon, born in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, MD/astronaut, STS-51D, 40, SK:58

1947 Birthday - Gary Talley, born in Memphis, Tennessee, rock guitarist, Box Tops

1947 Birthday - Jimmy Duncan, born in Lebanon, Tennessee, Representative-R-Tennessee 1988 -

1947 Birthday - Sondra Locke, Shelbyville Tennessee, actress, Heart Is a Lonely Hunter

1947 Birthday - Jeannie Wilson, born in Memphis, Tennessee, actress, Simon and Simon, Stir Crazy

1946 Event - University of Tennessee refuses to play Duquesne U, because they may use a black player in their basketball game

1946 Birthday - Duane Allman, born in Nashville, Tennessee, rock guitarist, Allman Brothers

1946 Event - 2 killed and 10 wounded in race riot in Columbia, Tennessee

1946 Birthday - Dolly Rebecca Parton, Sevierville, Tennessee, country singer, Dolly, 9 to 5

1945 Birthday - Harold Ford, Sr., born in Memphis, Tennessee, Representative-D-Tennessee 1975 - 1997

1945 Birthday - Linda Carlson, born in Knoxville, Tennessee, actress, Bev-Newhart, Katie-Kaz

1945 Birthday - Robert Knight, born in Franklin, Tennessee, singer, rocker, debuted with the Paramounts, recorded hit, signature song, Everlasting Love

1945 Event - Tennessee Williams' "Glass Menagerie," premieres in New York City

1945 Birthday - Bill Boner, born in East Nashville, Tennessee, Representative-D-Tennessee 1979 - 1987

1944 Event - Tennessee Williams' play "Glass Menagerie," premieres in Chicago

1944 Birthday - John S. Tanner, born in Halls, Tennessee, Representative-D-Tennessee 1989 -

1944 Birthday - Rita Coolidge, born in Nashville, Tennessee, singer, Higher and Higher, We're All Alone

1944 Birthday - Clyde Lee, born in Nashville, Tennessee, basketball player, Vanderbilt University's 'greatest player', played ten NBA seasons with the Warriors, Atlanta Hawks, Philadelphia 76ers

1944 Birthday - Bert Greene, born in Knoxville, Tennessee, professional golfer, played for the Professional Golf Association Tour

1943 Birthday - Gary Alexander, Tennessee, rock vocalist and guitarist, Association

1943 Birthday - Bob Clement, born in Nashville, Tennessee, Representative-D-Tennessee 1988 - 2003

1942 Birthday - Olivia Cole, born in Memphis, Tennessee, actress, Roots, Szysznyk

1942 Birthday - Isaac Hayes, born in Memphis, Tennessee, singer, songwriter, musician, producer, actor, Academy-Award winner

1942 Birthday - T G Sheppard, William Browder, Humbolt, Tennessee, singer, Devil in Bottle

1942 Birthday - Aretha Franklin, born in Memphis, Tennessee, Respect

1941 Birthday - Maurice White, born in Memphis, Tennessee, nicknamed Reese, rocker, singer, songwriter, record producer, founded band Earth, Wind and Fire

1941 Birthday - Donald "Duck" Dunn, Tennessee, bassist, Booker T-Mar-Keys, Walkin' the Dog

1941 Birthday - Daniel Pinkwater, born in Memphis, Tennessee, author, children's books, critic, commentator, National Public Radio, Weekend Edition Saturday

1941 Birthday - Steve Cropper, Tennessee, guitarist/songwriter, Booker T and MGs

1941 Birthday - Joe Bauer, born in Memphis, Tennessee, rock drummer, Youngbloods

1941 Birthday - Christopher Jones, Jackson, Tennessee, actor, Wild in the Streets

1941 Birthday - Bobby Hebb, born in Nashville, Tennessee, country singer and songwriter, Sunny

1941 Event - 1st U.S. commercial FM radio station goes on the air, Nashville, Tennessee

1941 Birthday - C L "Gibby" Gilbert, Jr., Chattanooga, Tennessee, PGA golfer, 1976 Danny Thomas

1940 Birthday - Fred Cash, Chattanooga, Tennessee, rocker, Impressions

1940 Birthday - Roger K Crouch, Jamestown Tennessee, astronauts, STS-83, 94

1940 Birthday - David Price, born in Erwin, Tennessee, Representative-D-North Carolina 1987 - 1995

1940 Birthday - Wilma Rudolph, born in St. Bethlehem, Tennessee, runner, Olympic-3 gold-1960

1940 Birthday - Julian Bond, born in Nashville, Tennessee, D-Ga, civil rights leader

1939 Birthday - O. V. Wright, born in Leno, Tennessee, singer, sang gospel, considered southern soul artist, first pop recording, 'That's How Strong My Love Is'

1939 Birthday - Sam Gooden, Chattanooga Tennessee, rock vocalist, Impressions-Gypsy Woman

1939 Birthday - George Hamilton, born in Memphis, Tennessee, Love at 1st Bite, Where the Boys Are

1939 Birthday - Dixie Carter, Tennessee, actress, Designing Women, Edge of Night

1938 Birthday - Oscar Robertson, born in Charlotte, Tennessee, NBAer, Gold Medal 1960 Olympics

1938 Birthday - Louis Krebs Graham, born in Nashville, Tennessee, PGA golfer, 1975 U.S. Open

1937 Birthday - Morgan Freeman, born in Memphis, Tennessee, actor, Driving Mrs. Daisy, Glory

1937 Birthday - Jon Hassell, born in Memphis, Tennessee, composer, played the trumpet, PhD in musicology, known for influencing world music scene with unique electronic manipulation of trumpet sounds

1936 Birthday - Jim Sasser, born in Memphis, Tennessee, Senator-D-Tennessee, 1977 - 1995

1936 Birthday - Major Owens, born in Collierville, Tennessee, Representative-D-New York 1983 - 2007

1936 Birthday - Lane Smith, born in Memphis, Tennessee, actor, Perry White-Lois and Clark

1935 Birthday - Al Jackson, Jr., born in Memphis, Tennessee, drummer, Booker T and MGs-Chinese Checkers

1935 Birthday - John Palmer, Kingsport Tennessee, news anchor, NBC Weekend News

1934 Birthday - Amos "Junior" Wells, born in Memphis, Tennessee, blues singer, In My Younger Days

1934 Birthday - Wink Martindale, Jackson, Tennessee, TV host, Tic-Tac-Dough, Can You Top This

1934 Birthday - Claude Jarman, Jr., born in Nashville, Tennessee, actor, Rio Grande, Inside Straight

1934 Birthday - John S Bull, Memphis Tennessee, astronaut

1934 Birthday - William Vollie Alexander, Jr., born in Memphis, Tennessee, Representative-D-Arkansas 1969 - 1993

1933 Birthday - Barbara Carson, born in Memphis, Tennessee, actress, Comedy Tonight, Carter Country

1933 Event - Tennessee Valley Act (TVA) Act signed by FDR, to build dams

1932 Birthday - Dottie West, born in Nashville, Tennessee, country singer, Here Comes My Baby

1932 Birthday - Carl Perkins, born in Jackson, Tennessee, singer and songwriter, Blue Suede Shoes

1931 Event - Teenage girl strikes out Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig in an exhibition game in Chattanooga, Tennessee

1930 Event - 113 degrees F (45 degrees C) at Perryville, Tennessee (state record)

1930 Birthday - Polly Bergen, born in Knoxville, Tennessee, actress, Rhoda-Winds of War, Baby Talk

1930 Birthday - Doug Atkins, Humbolt, Tennessee, NFL hall of famer, Browns, Bears, Saints

1930 Birthday - Bill Hefner, born in Elora, Tennessee, Representative-D-North Carolina 1975 - 1999

1930 Birthday - Bobby "Blue" Bland, Rosemark, Tennessee, blues singer, Call on the Drummer

1929 Birthday - Johnny Ace, born in Memphis, Tennessee, born John Marshall Alexander, Jr., singer, member of the B.B. King band, signed to Duke Records, toured with Willa Mae "Big Mama" Thornton

1929 Birthday - Paul Burlison, born in Brownsville, Tennessee, guitarist, rockabilly, founding member of The Rock and Roll Trio, performed with Johnny and Dorsey Burnette

1928 Birthday - Howard Caine, born in Nashville, Tennessee, actor, Californians

1928 Birthday - Howard Caine, born in Nashville, Tennessee, actor, Brushfire

1927 Birthday - Patti Page, Clara Ann Fowler, Claremont, Oklahoma, singer, Tennessee Waltz

1927 Birthday - Anita Kerr, born in Memphis, Tennessee, singer, Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour

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

1926 Birthday - Jerome Courtland, born in Knoxville, Tennessee, actor, Tonka, Tharus

1926 Birthday - Bill Black, born in Memphis, Tennessee, musician, rocker, bassist for Elvis Pressley, played for "Heartbreak Hotel", "Mystery Train", "Hound Dog", "Jailhouse Rock"

1925 Birthday - Howard Baker, born in Huntsville, Tennessee, Senator-R-Tennessee 1967 - 1985

1925 Event - WSM-AM in Nashville, Tennessee begins radio transmissions

1925 Event - Scopes guilty of teaching evolution in a Tennessee High School, fined $100 and costs

1925 Event - John T. Scopes arrested for teaching evolution in Tennessee

1925 Event - Tennessee becomes 1st state to outlaw teaching theory of evolution

1925 Event - Tennessee makes it unlawful to teach evolution

1924 Birthday - Chet Atkins, born in Luttrell, Tennessee, guitarist, Me and My Guitar

1923 Birthday - Frank Sutton, Clarksville Tennessee, actor, Sergeant Carter-Gomer Pyle USMC

1923 Birthday - John Compton, born in Lynchburg, Tennessee, actor, Shannon-D.A.'s Man

1923 Birthday - Betty Page, born in Kingsport, Tennessee, playmate, Jan, 1955, model, Dark Angel

1923 Birthday - Bettie Page, born in Nashville, Tennessee, American fetish and pin-up model, 'Playboy' playmate

1923 Event - WMC-AM in Memphis Tennessee begins radio transmissions

1921 Birthday - Redd Stewart, Ashland City, Tennessee, guitarist/pianist, Pee Wee King Show

1920 Event - Tennessee ratifies 19th Amendment, guarantees women voting right

1920 Birthday - 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 Birthday - Kitty Wells, born in Nashville, Tennessee, country singer, Grand Ole Opry

1919 Birthday - Lindsey Nelson, Pulaski, Tennessee, sportscaster for the New York Mets

1919 Birthday - John Duncan, Sr., born in Tennessee, Representative-R-Tennessee 1965 - 1988

1919 Birthday - Tennessee Ernie Ford, Bristol, Tennessee, country vocalist/actor, pea picker

1918 Event - 101 killed and 171 injured in worst U.S. train wreck, Nashville, Tennessee

1918 Birthday - Eddy Arnold, born in Tennessee, best-selling, longest-running, country music singer, helped create Nashville sound

1917 Event - -32 degrees F (-36 degrees C) in Mountain City, Tennessee (state record)

1917 Birthday - Dinah Shore, born in Winchester, Tennessee, singer, See the USA in a Chevrolet

1917 Birthday - Jane Bowles, born in New York, New York, writer, playwright, wrote 'Two Serious Ladies', 'In The Summer House', works admired by Tennessee Williams, Truman Capote, John Ashbery

1916 Event - 222 points are scored in a football game between Georgia Tech and Cumberland University of Lebanon, Tennessee

1914 Birthday - Brownie McGhee, born in Knoxville, Tennessee, blues guitarist

1914 Birthday - Archie Campbell, Bullsgap Tennessee, comedian, Hee Haw

1914 Birthday - Lester Raymond Flatt, born in Tennessee, bluegrass, Earl-Ballad of Jed Clampett

1914 Birthday - Snooky Lanson, born in Memphis, Tennessee, singer, Your Hit Parade, 5 Star Jubilee

1913 Birthday - James Westerfield, born in Nashville, Tennessee, actor, Jungle Heat, Lucky Johnny

1913 Birthday - Marjorie Weaver, born in Crossville, Tennessee, actress, Young Mr. Lincoln

1912 Birthday - Minnie Pearl, Tennessee, Grand Old Opry, Hee-Haw

1912 Event - Tennessee University opened as Tennessee A and L State College

1912 Birthday - Ed Jones, born in Yorkville, Tennessee, Representative-D-Tennessee 1969 - 1989

1912 Birthday - James Craig, born in Nashville, Tennessee, actor, Devil and Daniel Webster, Cyclops

1911 Birthday - Russ Hodges, born in Dayton, Tennessee, sportscaster, Wednesday Night Fights

1911 Birthday - Tennessee Williams, born in Columbus, Mississippi, playwright, 'Cat on a Hot Tin Roof'

1909 Birthday - Rose Isabel Williams, sister of Tennessee Williams

1908 Birthday - Grady Sutton, born in Chattanooga, Tennessee, actor, Pruitts of South Hampton

1903 Birthday - Roy Acuff, born in Maynardville, Tennessee, country musician, 'Hee Haw'

1903 Birthday - Estes Kefauver, born in Madisonville, Tennessee, Senator-D-Tennessee 1949 - 1963

1903 Birthday - Lowell Peters, born in Cleveland Tennessee, vocalist, Southernaires

1902 Event - 27.9 cm precipitation at McMinnville, Tennessee (state record)

1902 Birthday - Ruby Dandridge, born in Memphis, Tennessee, actress in Father of the Bride

1900 Birthday - Jobyna Ralston, South Pittsburgh, Tennessee, actress, For Heaven's Sake

1900 Birthday - John T Scopes, Tennessee teacher convicted for teaching evolution

1895 Birthday - Cullen Landis, born in Nashville, Tennessee, actor, Soul of the Beast

1886 Event - George K Anderson of Memphis, Tennessee patents typewriter ribbon

1884 Event - Tornadoes in Mississippi, Alabama, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Kentucky and Indiana kill 800 people

1882 Birthday - Samuel Rayburn, born in Kingston, Tennessee, Representative-D-Texas 1913 - 1961, speaker of the House, 1940 - 1957

1877 Death - Nathan Bedford Forrest, American Civil War, Confederate Army lieutenant general, cavalry leader, opposed Reconstruction era in the post-war South, dies in Memphis, Tennessee, at age 56

1875 Birthday - Elizabeth Patterson, Savannah, Tennessee, actress, Climax, Tall Story

1875 Death - Andrew Johnson, 17th president, dies in Tennessee at 66

1870 Event - Democratic governor elected in Tennessee

1870 Event - White conservatives suppresed black vote and captured Tennessee legislature

1869 Event - Tennessee Governor W. C. Brownlow declares martial law in Ku Klux Klan crisis

1866 Event - Tennessee becomes 1st Confederate state readmitted to Union

1866 Event - Tennessee is 1st to ratify 14th Amendment, guaranteeing civil rights

1866 Event - President Johnson ends war in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, Louisiana, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia

1865 Event - Confederate General J E Johnston surrenders Army of Tennessee, at Durham North Carolina

1865 Event - Tennessee adopts a new constitution abolishing slavery

1864 Event - Raid at Stoneman: Knoxville, Tennessee to Saltville, VA

1864 Event - Battle of Franklin, Tennessee: Confederate attack fails, 7,700 casualities

1864 Event - Battle of Spring Hill, Tennessee (Thomason's Station)

1864 Event - Confederate assault on Johnsonville, Tennessee

1864 Event - General-major Nathan Bedford Forrests assault on Memphis, Tennessee

1864 Event - Confederate General Nathan Bedford Forrest captures Fort Pillow, Tennessee

1864 Event - Skirmish at Calfkiller Creek (Sparta), Tennessee

1864 Event - Skirmish at Calfkiller Creek (Sparta) Tennessee

1864 Event - Heavy fighting takes place near Dandridge, Tennessee

1863 Event - Skirmish at Bean's Station, Tennessee (Knoxville Campaign)

1863 Event - Battle of Bean's Station-Confederacy repulses Union in Tennessee

1863 Event - Battle of Ft. Sanders, Tennessee (Ft. Loudon), 8-900 casualities

1863 Event - Battle of Missionary Ridge, Tennessee

1863 Event - Battle of Chattanooga, Columbia and Lookout Mountain begins in Tennessee

1863 Event - Battle of Chattanooga and Orchard Knob, Tennessee begins

1863 Event - Bedford Forrest is assigned to command of West Tennessee

1863 Event - Skirmish at Blountsville, Tennessee (50 casualties)

1863 Event - Skirmish at Rheatown/Henderson's Mill, Tennessee

1863 Event - Skirmish at Blue Springs, Tennessee (166 casualties)

1863 Event - Civil War Battle of Chickamauga, near Chattanooga Tennessee, ends

1863 Event - Federal troops reconquer the Cumperland Gap, Tennessee

1863 Event - Skirmish at Calfkiller Creek (Sparta), Tennessee

1863 Event - Skirmish at Smithburg, Tennessee

1863 Event - Tullahoma campaign, Tennessee

1863 Event - R Grierson's: La Grange, Tennessee to Baton Rouge, Louisiana

1863 Event - Rebel General Earl Van Dorn attacks at Franklin, Tennessee

1863 Event - Skirmish at Brentwood Tennessee

1863 Event - Battle of Thompson's Station, Tennessee

1863 Event - Forrest's raid on Brentwood, Tennessee

1862 Event - Battle of Stone's River, Tennessee (Stone River, Monfreesboro)

1862 Event - Battle of Murfreesboro, Tennessee

1862 Event - Skirmish at Parker Cross Roads, Tennessee

1862 Event - Skirmish at Jackson/Salem Church, Tennessee (80 casualties)

1862 Event - Battle at Lexington, Tennessee (Forrest's Second Raid)

1862 Event - General U.S. Grant issues order #11, expelling Jews from Tennessee

1862 Event - Armies of Mississippi/Kentucky merge as Army of Tennessee

1862 Event - Confederate army of Tennessee, organizes under General Braxton Bragg

1862 Event - Confederate troops reconquer Cumperland Gap, Tennessee

1862 Event - Skirmish at Davis' Bridge, Tennessee

1862 Event - Battle of Altamont-Confederates beat Union forces in Tennessee

1862 Event - R John Hunt Morgan:Cynthiana, Kentucky CS24 US17 Skirmish at Columbia, Tennessee

1862 Event - Battle of Murfreesboro, Tennessee (Forrest's Raid) US895 CS150

1862 Event - Confederates evacuate Ft. Pillow, Tennessee

1862 Event - Battle of Plum Run Bend, Tennessee (Plum Point Bend)

1862 Event - Battle of Ft. Pillow Tennessee

1862 Event - Grant defeats Confederates at Battle of Shiloh, Tennessee, Island #10 falls

1862 Event - Battle of Shiloh, Union defeats Confederacy in SW Tennessee

1862 Event - General John Hunt Morgan begins 4 days of raids near Gallatin, Tennessee

1862 Event - Grant's major assault on Ft. Donelson, Tennessee

1862 Event - General Ulysses S. Grant captures Fort Henry in Tennessee

1862 Event - Naval Engagement at Tennessee River - USS Conestago vs CSS Appleton Belle

1862 Event - BBT Ft. Henry, Tennessee by USS Lexington

1861 Event - War Department decrees the KA and Tennessee are to be canvassed for volunteers

1861 Event - Tennessee becomes 11th (& last) state to secede from US

1861 Event - People of Tennessee vote to succeed from Union

1861 Event - Arkansas and Tennessee becomes 9th and 10th state to secede from US

1861 Event - Tennessee votes against secession

1857 Birthday - Edward Emerson Barnard, born in Tennessee, astronomer, Jupiter's 5th satellite

1849 Death - James Knox Polk, 11th President (1845-1849), dies in Nashville, Tennessee at 53

1838 Event - Tennessee becomes 1st state to prohibit alcohol

1836 Birthday - Joseph Wheeler II, Major General, Confederacy/Cavalry/Army of Tennessee

1821 Birthday - Nathan Bedford Forrest, born in Chapel Hill, Tennessee, American Civil War, Confederate Army lieutenant general, cavalry leader, opposed Reconstruction era in the post-war South

1801 Birthday - David Glasgow Farragut, Tennessee, Vice Admiral Union Navy

1797 Event - 1st U.S. senator, William Blount of Tennessee, expelled by impeachment

1796 Event - Tennessee admitted as 16th U.S. state

1784 Event - Eastern Tennessee settlers declare their area an independent state and name it Franklin; a year later the Continental Congress rejects it

1760 Event - Ft. Loudon, Tennessee surrenders to Cherokee Indians

1745 Birthday - John Sevier, Tennessee, indian fighter, Gov/Rep-Tn













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