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Feb 9, 1971
Welcome to California: One day after Lee Greenwood moved to Los Angeles, the city suffers its worst earthquake in 50 years, hitting 6.7 on the Richter scale
Apr 24, 1971
Vietnam War veteran John Kerry gives an anti-war speech to 250,000 demonstrators from the steps of the Capitol in Washington, D.C. Appearing in support is John Denver, who joins Peter, Paul & Mary to lead the crowd in "Give Peace A Chance"
May 1, 1971
The Wabash Cannonball, the train deified by Roy Acuff, reaches the end of the line as Amtrak takes over all intercity rail passenger service
Nov 24, 1971
Hijacker D.B. Cooper parachutes from a Northwest airlines flight near Ariel, Washington, with $200,000, and is never found. He inspires the 1981 movie "The Pursuit Of D.B. Cooper," starring Robert Duvall. Waylon Jennings sings "Shine" on the soundtrack, which also features Jessi Colter, Rita Coolidge and Cream
May 15, 1972
Billy Grammer performs at a campaign rally in Laurel, Maryland, where presidential candidate George Wallace is ultimately shot. George Jones & Tammy Wynette cancel a pro-Wallace appearance later in the week in Florida
Jun 17, 1972
Burglars are arrested at Democratic headquarters in the Watergate Hotel in Washington, D.C., leading to a scandal that brings down president Richard Nixon. As Congress conducts hearings in secret over the coming months, songwriter Kenny O'Dell is inspired to write what becomes a Charlie Rich hit, "Behind Closed Doors"
Jun 20, 1972
Mississippi's Tallahatchie Bridge, immortalized in the 1967 Bobbie Gentry hit "Ode To Billie Joe," collapses
May 18, 1974
Roy Acuff calls the treatment of president Richard Nixon a "disgrace," and vows to make sure any Tennessee congressman who votes for impeachment without "concrete evidence" loses in an election bid
Mar 27, 1975
Astronaut Thomas Stafford asks Conway Twitty to provide music he can take on the Apollo rendezvous with Russian cosmonauts. Twitty subsequently records a Russian version of "Hello Darlin'"
Apr 8, 1975
Conway Twitty overdubs Russian lyrics onto "Hello Darlin'" for the American/Soviet space rendezvous in August
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