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Jul 17, 1975
A Russian version of Conway Twitty's "Hello Darlin'" plays internationally when American astronauts dock in outer space with Soviet cosmonauts. Twitty watches from a motel room in Oakland, California
Nov 16, 1976
Johnny Cash phones Death Row inmate Gary Gilmore in Utah to urge him to "fight for his life" but is unable to reach him. Gilmore had just been found unconscious from an apparent overdose of sleeping pills
Jan 21, 1977
President Jimmy Carter formally pardons most of the draft dodgers who refused to serve during the Vietnam War. It clears the way for Jesse Winchester, who will write Michael Martin Murphey's "I'm Gonna Miss You, Girl," to perform in the U.S. again
Sep 9, 1977
After visiting RCA to take a tape of songs to Chet Atkins, a Canadian man returns to Music Row, throws $2,500 worth of traveler's checks into the air and strips. Police arrest him, calling him "calm but incoherent"
Sep 10, 1977
A day after causing a scene at RCA, a Canadian songwriter is arrested for attacking a maid at a Holiday Inn in Nashville. The writer tells police: "I'm going to be a star"
Dec 30, 1977
Johnny Paycheck gives a free concert in Big Stone Gap, Virginia, to support striking coal miners. Paycheck plays "Take This Job And Shove It" twice
Jul 2, 1978
What's left of the Chicken Ranch in La Grange, Texas, is auctioned off. The brothel was closed in 1973, but had become the subject of a Broadway play--and future Dolly Parton movie--"The Best Little Whorehouse In Texas"
Jun 1, 1980
Ted Turner's Cable News Network, CNN, makes its debut. The station appears in the lyrics of Mary Chapin Carpenter's 1994 hit "I Take My Chances," Alan Jackson's 2001 single "Where Were You (When The World Stopped Turning)" and Chris Janson's 2017 release "Fix A Drink"
Jun 9, 1980
Richard Pryor suffers severe burns while freebasing cocaine in Los Angeles. His wife talks to Waylon Jennings later, and Jennings offers to donate skin for grafting, forgetting that his Caucasian tones would be a poor match for an African-American
Aug 27, 1980
A bomb explodes in Lake Tahoe's Harvey's Resort Hotel and Casino, destroying the structure. Playing at a hotel across the street is Eddy Arnold
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