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Apr 15, 1865
President Abraham Lincoln dies in Washington, D.C., the morning after John Wilkes Booth shot him at Ford's Theatre. Parallels between Lincoln and future president John F. Kennedy provide the foundation for Buddy Starcher's "History Repeats Itself"
Jun 26, 1876
General George Custer is killed during his famous last stand at the Battle of Little Big Horn in Montana. His memory is rekindled in Elton Britt's "There's A Star-Spangled Banner Waving Somewhere" and Ed Bruce's "The Last Cowboy Song"
Jul 2, 1881
Charles Giteau shoots president James Garfield in a Baltimore train station, leading to the commander in chief's death 80 days later. The incident inspires the Kelly Harrell song "Charles Giteau," included on the album "Anthology Of American Folk Music"
Apr 3, 1882
Outlaw Jesse James is shot and killed in St. Joseph, Missouri, by a fellow gang member. James will be namechecked in Toby Keith's "Should've Been A Cowboy," Trick Pony's "Just What I Do" and Johnny Cash & Waylon Jennings' "There Ain't No Good Chain Gang"
Oct 15, 1899
A jealous woman, Frankie Baker, kills Allen Britt in St. Louis, Missouri. The murder inspires the folk song "Frankie And Johnny," which appears in several incarnations, including a well-known Jimmie Rodgers version
Apr 26, 1913
Mary Phagan is killed in Atlanta when she picks up her paycheck at the National Pencil Factory. The incident becomes the basis for Fiddlin' John Carson's "Little Mary Phagan," a significant song in his rise as a country pioneer
Aug 16, 1915
Georgia prisoner Leo Frank is lynched in Marietta for the alleged death of an employee. His controversial case spurred Fiddlin' John Carson to write "Little Mary Phagan," a significant song in his rise as a country pioneer
Feb 1, 1930
Banjo player Smith Hammett is shot and killed by a gas station owner in Gaffney, South Carolina, after threatening the man and his customers with a knife. During his life, Hammett mentored Earl Scruggs, teaching the younger musician the three-finger style of picking that would bring Scruggs to national attention
Jan 13, 1934
Skeeter Davis' grandfather, James Roberts, is murdered in Rising Sun, Indiana
Aug 5, 1936
Governor Gene Talmadge, running for U.S. Senate, stumps in Monroe, Georgia, in his trademark red suspenders, with Fiddlin' John Carson providing musical entertainment. The same night, son Grady Carson shoots and kills his father-in-law
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