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May 18, 1980
Barbara Mandrell breaks the sound barrier, flying with the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds
Jul 2, 1980
The movie satire "Airplane!" debuts in theaters. Thirty years later, Thomas Rhett is inspired by a disco scene in the picture to write "Make Me Wanna"
Aug 6, 1980
Six hours before a scheduled concert for 660 nuns, Charley Pride's airplane is involved in a mid-air collision in Texas. Two passengers in the other plane are killed; Pride and 15 others miraculously escape without major injury
Nov 24, 1981
George Jones flies to Los Angeles to sign a five-year deal with Epic
Nov 23, 1982
"Hee Haw" comedian Grady Nutt dies in a plane crash in Vinemont, Alabama. A Baptist minister and author, he joined the TV show's cast in 1979
Jan 28, 1983
Tammy Wynette is released from an Akron hospital, following a collapse earlier in the week. Wynette charters a plane for a show in Sioux City
May 17, 1983
The same day he's honored at the White House, Bill Monroe is arrested in a Washington airport for inadvertently attempting to pass a loaded gun through security. He is forced to pay a $15,000 fine
Sep 1, 1983
The Soviet Union downs Korean Air Lines flight 007, killing 269 people, including a U.S. congressman. The event inspires Lee Greenwood to write "God Bless The U.S.A." Johnny Cash also cancels a Soviet tour in protest
Sep 15, 1983
For his 80th birthday, WSM flies Roy Acuff to Cooperstown, New York, to visit the Baseball Hall Of Fame. He then throws out the first pitch at Pittsburgh's Riverfront Stadium as the organist plays "Wabash Cannonball." The Pirates beat the Cubs, 8-4
Sep 24, 1983
Ronnie McDowell is arrested and charged with carrying a concealed weapon when a loaded derringer is discovered by an X-ray machine in his luggage at National Airport in Washington, D.C.
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