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    • Sep 21, 1977
    Paying homage to its best-known industry, Nashville elects to call its minor league baseball team the Nashville Sounds. Among the club's owners: Conway Twitty, Jerry Reed and The Oak Ridge Boys' Richard Sterban
    Apr 1, 1978
    The Philadelphia Fury opens its soccer season against the Washington Diplomats. The team is owned by rocker Peter Frampton and singer/songwriter Paul Simon, composer of the Buck Owens hit "Bridge Over Troubled Water"
    Apr 26, 1978
    Nashville Sounds investor Conway Twitty throws out the first pitch at the new Greer Stadium. The minor-league baseball team wins its first home game against the Savannah Braves, 12-4
    Sep 26, 1978
    Former president Richard Nixon attends a baseball game for the first time since his resignation in 1974. He joins Country Music Hall of Famer Gene Autry in a private box at Anaheim Stadium, as the Kansas City Royals beat the California Angels, 4-0
    Jan 18, 1979
    Country Hall of Famer Gene Autry's baseball team, the California Angels, announces the acquisition of star player Rod Carew
    Sep 25, 1979
    Gene Autry wins the first division title in his 19 years as owner of the California Angels when the team clinches the American League West with a 4-1 victory against the Kansas City Royals at Anaheim Stadium. Richard Nixon joins Autry after the game for the clubhouse champagne celebration
    Oct 3, 1979
    The California Angels baseball team, owned by Country Music Hall of Fame member Gene Autry, plays its first postseason game in their 19-year history, losing to the Orioles, 6-3, in a 10-inning game at Memorial Stadium in Baltimore
    Oct 6, 1979
    The California Angels, owned by Country Hall of Famer Gene Autry, lose the first postseason series in club history as the Baltimore Orioles defeat them 8-0 in Anaheim to take the series, three games to one
    Jun 3, 1981
    The Central Hockey League approves a Nashville franchise, owned by Conway Twitty and Barbara Mandrell. Affiliated with the Minnesota North Stars, the club will be named the South Stars
    Mar 18, 1982
    An ownership group including Conway Twitty, Jerry Reed and The Oak Ridge Boys' Richard Sterban announces the purchase of the Salt Lake Gulls AAA baseball team



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