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    • Sep 22, 1776
    "I only regret that I have but one life to give for my country": After uttering those words, Nathan Hale is hanged by British soldiers in Manhattan. He's honored in the lyrics of Elton Britt's 1942 hit "There's A Star-Spangled Banner Waving Somewhere"
    Feb 24, 1894
    The Daily Ardmoreite in Ardmore, Oklahoma, becomes the first publication to print the phrase "honky tonk" in a story, reporting that "the honk-a-tonk last night was attended by ball-heads, bachelors and leading citizens"
    Dec 29, 1926
    A front-page story in Variety magazine titled "Hill-Billy Music" thumbs its nose at fans of the burgeoning country genre. The piece portrays the audience as "poor white trash" who are "illiterate and ignorant, with the intelligence of morons"
    Mar 14, 1933
    William Borrett, manager of Halifax radio station CHNS, writes Hank Snow's first rejection letter, declining to put The Singing Ranger on the air: "Unless a sponsor was to ask for you, we could not do anything for you"
    Feb 14, 1938
    Following his February 5 debut, Roy Acuff receives a letter from the Grand Ole Opry asking him to return. Acuff later calls it "the greatest thrill I ever had in my life"
    Apr 10, 1942
    Jim Reeves pitches his Carthage baseball team to a 3-1 exhibition victory over the University of Texas freshman team. The Panola Watchman says Reeves' curveball "cracked like a whip" as he racked up nine strikeouts
    Oct 4, 1943
    A story in Time magazine says "the dominant popular music of the U.S. today is hillbilly." The headline on the article: "Bull Market In Corn"
    Feb 12, 1944
    The Saturday Evening Post examines country music's popularity in an article titled "Hillbilly Boom." In the story, producer Art Satherley is credited with finding the music in "the bayous, canebrakes and hills" and presenting it "twangin' and sobbin' to 25 million addicts." The piece highlights Al Dexter's "Pistol Packin' Mama"
    Jun 28, 1946
    Roy Acuff tells a Chattanooga newspaper he won't run for governor of Tennessee
    Mar 19, 1948
    Manager Fred Rose sends a letter to singer Hank Williams, refusing to lend him money just two days after wiring him $400. "For the present," Rose writes, "I am fed up with all your foolishness"



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