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    • Jan 4, 1976
    Elvis Presley flies to Denver for an impromptu ski vacation
    Feb 1, 1976
    Elvis Presley takes a midnight flight from Memphis to Denver for Fool's Gold Loafs, a glorified peanut butter sandwich that costs $49.95. He returns by 5 a.m.
    May 12, 1976
    Singer Sherry Bryce marries radio executive Mack Sanders while circling Las Vegas in a chartered airplane
    Nov 2, 1976
    Jimmy Carter defeats incumbent Gerald Ford to become the 39th president of the United States. Brenda Lee flies to Atlanta to join in the victory celebration
    May 26, 1977
    Elvis Presley departs a private plane at the airport in Binghamton, New York, where it's illegal to carry firearms. A pair of loaded guns fall from his waistband in front of a police officer, who simply returns them without comment
    Sep 1, 1977
    Tammy Wynette is admitted to St. Mary's Hospital in Rochester, Minnesota, after a recurrence of abdominal pain during a flight from New York City
    Oct 20, 1977
    Lynyrd Skynyrd's Ronnie Van Zant, Steve Gaines and backup vocalist Cassie Gaines die in a plane crash in Gillsburg, Mississippi. Their brand of Southern rock influences many future country artists, leading to a 1994 tribute album, "Skynyrd Frynds"
    Apr 15, 1979
    Linda Ronstadt arrives alone at London's Heathrow Airport after a 10-day African vacation with Jerry Brown. Badgered by reporters about a potential wedding, she quips, "Would you marry somebody you'd known for just two years?"
    Apr 29, 1979
    Porter Wagoner and Dolly Parton, embroiled in a lawsuit, are both booked in first class on an American Airlines flight from Washington, D.C. to Nashville. Parton swaps seats with a passenger in coach before Wagoner discovers she's on the flight
    Oct 1, 1979
    Mickey Gilley flies from Texas to Memphis to encourage his cousin, Jerry Lee Lewis, to clean up his life before he kills himself



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