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  • Nov 22, 1963
    President John F. Kennedy is killed in a Dallas parade. RCA subsequently delays its planned release of George Hamilton IV's "Fort Worth, Dallas Or Houston." Buddy Starcher will draw similarities between Kennedy and Abraham Lincoln in his 1966 single "History Repeats Itself"
    Sep 7, 1969
    Tommy Cash records "Six White Horses" at the Columbia Recording Studios in Nashville. The song laments three of the decade's assassinations: Martin Luther King, John F. Kennedy and Robert Kennedy
    Jun 30, 1970
    Bill Anderson records "Where Have All Our Heroes Gone" at Bradley's Barn in Mt. Juliet, Tennessee. The song mentions 15 famous people, including newsmakers John F. Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy, Martin Luther King, Winston Churchill, Charles Lindbergh, Douglas MacArthur and Dwight Eisenhower
    Jan 5, 1987
    Curb/MCA releases The Bellamy Brothers' "Kids Of The Baby Boom" with references to George Jones, Merle Haggard, Calvin Klein, The Rolling Stones, Mickey Mouse and John F. Kennedy
    Aug 29, 1996
    Billy Ray Cyrus performs the national anthem and Emmylou Harris sings "Abraham, Martin And John" during the Democratic National Convention at the United Center in Chicago, Illinois, as Bill Clinton is nominated for re-election
    May 29, 2002
    Shipwreck recovery expert Robert Ballard announces he's found parts of P.T. 109 in the Solomon Islands. The wooden boat made a World War II hero of John F. Kennedy, who led 10 other crewmen to safety after it was sunk by a Japanese ship. The episode inspired the 1962 Jimmy Dean hit "P.T. 109"
    May 24, 2017
    David Ball sings "Riding With Private Malone" during a concert at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., that celebrates 100 years since John F. Kennedy's birth

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