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Apr 9, 2007
Taylor Swift performs "The Star-Spangled Banner" at Dodger Stadium when Los Angeles holds its home opener for the 2007 baseball season against Colorado. The Rockies win, 6-3
Apr 9, 2025
Charley Pride's "Kiss An Angel Good Mornin'," Freddy Fender's "Before The Next Teardrop Falls" and Roy Rogers & Dale Evans' "Happy Trails" are added to the National Recording Registry, alongside Tracy Chapman's self-titled debut, Celine Dion's "My Heart Will Go On" and Elton John's album "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road"
Apr 9, 2016
Marty Stuart and Connie Smith sing "Silver Wings" during the funeral for Merle Haggard at his ranch in Palo Cedro, California. Kris Kristofferson performs "Sing Me Back Home," and Haggard's sons--Marty, Noel and Ben Haggard--deliver "Today I Started Loving You Again"
Apr 9, 1926
Magazine publisher Hugh Hefner is born in Chicago, Illinois. He establishes Playboy magazine and later Playboy Records, which provides a recording home in the 1970s for Barbi Benton and Mickey Gilley