Today in Nashville History
Tennessee Topics: Knoxville, TN - Memphis
Historical Events
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1817-10-20 - 1st Mississippi "Showboat," leaves Nashville on maiden voyage
1863-02-28 - Confederate raider "Nashville" sinks near Fort McAllister Georgia
1864-12-15 - Battle of Nashville, TN
1864-12-16 - Battle of Nashville ends after 4400 casualities
1898-04-22 - 1st Spanish-American War action: USS Nashville, takes enemy ship
1918-07-09 - 101 killed & 171 injured in worst US train wreck, Nashville, Tenn
1925-10-05 - WSM-AM in Nashville Tenn begins radio transmissions
1925-11-28 - Grand Ole Opry premieres as WSM Barn Dance on WSM radio Nashville Tn
1926-06-19 - DeFord Bailey is 1st black to perform on Nashville's Grand Ole Opry
1927-12-10 - Grand Ole Opry makes its 1st radio broadcast, in Nashville, TN
1928-09-28 - 1st recording session in Nashville (Warmack's Gully Jumpers)
1941-03-01 - 1st US commercial FM radio station goes on the air, Nashville, Tenn
1944-12-13 - Japanese kamikaze crashes into US cruiser Nashville, kills 138
1950-09-30 - WSM TV channel 4 in Nashville, TN (NBC) begins broadcasting
1951-05-10 - Z Alexander Looby elected to Nashville City Council
1953-11-29 - WSIX TV channel 8 in Nashville, TN (ABC) begins broadcasting
1954-01-04 - Elvis Presley records a 10 minute demo in Nashville
1954-08-06 - WLAC (now WTVF) TV channel 5 in Nashville (CBS) begins broadcasting
1956-01-01 - Elvis Presley records Heartbreak Hotel for RCA in Nashville
1956-01-20 - Buddy Holly records "Blue Days Black Night" in Nashville
1957-09-09 - Nashville's new Hattie Cotton Elementary School dynamited
1962-09-10 - WDCN TV channel 8 in Nashville, TN (PBS) begins broadcasting
1968-08-05 - WMCV (now WZTV) TV channel 17 in Nashville, TN (IND) 1st broadcast
1974-03-16 - 1st performance at new Grand Ole Opry House at Opryland in Nashville
1983-03-07 - TNN (The Nashville Network) begins on Cable TV
1983-11-03 - Nashville Network begins on cable TV
1991-12-04 - Judds final concert (Nashville)
1995-06-28 - NJ Devils Stanley Cup Victory Party, admidst rumours they were moving to Nashville, goalie Chris Terreri holds up "Nashville? NO WAY!" sign
1997-06-17 - NHL announces it will add Nashville in 1998, Atlanta in 1999 & Minneapolis-St Paul & Columbus, Ohio in 2000
1997-08-06 - NHL Nashville Tenn names Barry Trotz as its 1st coach
Famous Birthdays
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1895-07-09 - Cullen Landis, Nashville TN, actor (Soul of the Beast)
1902-11-19 - Trevor Bardette, Nashville AR, actor (Refugee, None Shall Escape)
1912-02-04 - James Craig, Nashville TN, actor (Devil & Daniel Webster, Cyclops)
1913-03-22 - James Westerfield, Nashville TN, actor (Jungle Heat, Lucky Johnny)
1919-08-30 - Kitty Wells, Nashville Tn, country singer (Grand Ole Opry)
1925-02-20 - Robert Altman, Kansas City MO, director (Nashville, M*A*S*H)
1925-04-29 - Danny Davis, rocker (Nashville Brass
1926-09-28 - Jerry Clower, Amite County Miss, country comedian (Nashville on Road)
1928-01-02 - Howard Caine, Nashville TN, actor (Brushfire)
1928-02-02 - Howard Caine, Nashville Tn, actor (Californians)
1932-10-11 - Dottie West, Nashville Tenn, country singer (Here Comes My Baby)
1934-03-01 - Jim "Ed" Brown, Sparkman Ark, country singer (Nashville on the Road)
1934-09-27 - Barbara Howar, Nashville, reporter (Wash Post, Entertainment Tonight)
1934-09-27 - Claude Jarman Jr, Nashville Tn, actor (Rio Grande, Inside Straight)
1935-09-21 - Henry Gibson, Germantown Pa, comedian (Nashville, Laugh-In's poet)
1938-01-04 - Louis Krebs Graham, Nashville TN, PGA golfer (1975 US Open)
1940-01-14 - Julian Bond, Nashville Tenn, (D-Ga) civil rights leader
1941-07-26 - Bobby Hebb, Nashville Tn, country singer/songwriter (Sunny)
1941-12-06 - Helen Cornelius, Hannibal Mo, country singer (Nashville on the Road)
1944-05-01 - Rita Coolidge, Nashville Tn, singer (Higher & Higher, We're All Alone)
1946-11-20 - Duane Allman, Nashville Tn, rock guitarist (Allman Brothers)
1947-08-23 - Rex Allen Jr, Chicago, country singer (Nashville on the Road)
1947-12-08 - Gregg Allman, Nashville, guitarist/vocalist (Allman Brothers Band)
1948-10-01 - Ellen McIlwaine, Nashville, blues singer (Honky Tonky Angel)
1949-08-23 - Woody Paul, [Paul Chrisman], Nashville, singer (Riders in the Sky)
1951-04-03 - Gwen Welles, US actress (Desert Hearts, Nashville)
1951-12-10 - Johnny Rodriquez, US, actor (Nashville Girl, La Bamba Party)
1952-10-28 - Annie Potts, Nashville TN, actress (Mary Jo-Designing Women)
1955-05-05 - Robert Feld, Nashville Tn, National Scrabble Champion (1990)
1955-08-02 - Jimmy Lowe, Nashville Tenn, country singer (Pirates of Ms-Fred Jake)
1955-09-26 - Carlene Carter, Nashville Tn, country singer (I Fell in Love)
1957-02-13 - Doris King, Nashville Tenn, vocalist (Girls Next Door-Don't Be Cruel)
1958-06-20 - Chuck Wagner, Nashville Tn, actor (Automan)
1958-08-03 - Cindy Nixon, Nashville Tenn, singer (Girls Next Door-Don't Be Cruel)
1959-06-27 - Lorrie Morgan, Nashville Tn, country singer (Out of Your Shoes)
1959-06-27 - Trisha Yearwood, Nashville Tenn, singer (She's in Love With the Boy)
1961-09-23 - Phyllis Hines, Nashville TN, cyclist (Olympics-96)
1967-06-24 - Jeff Cease, Nashville, guitarist (Black Crowes-Shake Your Money Maker)
1972-08-05 - Arthur Reid, Nashville Tenn, pairs skater (& Jennifer Darst)
1974-10-29 - R A Dickey, Nashville Tenn, baseball pitcher (Olympics-bronze-96)
1979-08-21 - Ashley Whitney, Nashville TN, 800m freestyle relay (Olympics-96)
Famous Deaths
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1849-06-15 - James Knox Polk, 11th Pres (1845-1849), dies in Nashville, Tenn at 53
1973-06-04 - Arna Bontemps, writer (Harlem Renaissance), dies at 72 in Nashville
1993-10-13 - Gwen Wells, actress (Nashville), dies of cancer at 42
1997-12-31 - Floyd Cramer, pianist (Nashville Sound), dies of cancer at 64
