1996 Death John Duffey, bluegrass musician, dies at 62 1996 Death Bill Monroe, bluegrass vocalist (created bluegrass music), dies at 84 1996 Death William Smith Monroe, bluegrass musician, dies at 84 1995 Death Carroll Best, bluegrass banjo, dies at 63 1974 Event Joanne Carner Golf Invitational wins LPGA Bluegrass 1973 Event Donna Caponi Young wins LPGA Bluegrass Golf Invitational 1972 Event Kathy Cornelius wins LPGA Bluegrass Golf Invitational 1971 Event Joanne Carner wins LPGA Bluegrass Golf Invitational 1970 Event Donna Caponi Young wins LPGA Bluegrass Golf Invitational 1969 Event Mickey Wright wins LPGA Bluegrass Golf Invitational 1968 Event Carol Mann wins LPGA Bluegrass Ladies Golf Invitational 1967 Event Mickey Wright wins LPGA Bluegrass Golf Invitational 1966 Event Mickey Wright wins LPGA Bluegrass Ladies Golf Invitational 1964 Birthday Clinton Gregory, born in Martinsville, Virginia, singer, songwriter, recording artist, fiddler, country and bluegrass genres, recorded seven studio albums, chartered 11 Billboard Hot country Singles and Tracks, including Play, Ruby, Play, which reached no. 25 on the charts 1944 Birthday Byron Berline, born in Caldwell, Kansas, musician, fiddle, mandolin player, famous for contemporary bluegrass music, played with The Flying Burrito Brothers, worked with Manassas, founded Oklahoma International Bluegrass Festival 1939 Birthday Del McCoury, bluegrass singer/musician 1934 Birthday John Duffey, bluegrass musician 1924 Birthday Earl Scruggs, North Carolina, bluegrass musician, & Flat-Ballad of Jed Clampett 1923 Birthday "Doc" Watson, bluegrass musician 1914 Birthday Lester Raymond Flatt, born in Tennessee, bluegrass, Earl-Ballad of Jed Clampett 1769 Event Daniel Boone begins exploring Bluegrass State of Kentucky
