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1903 Charlie Monroe born
1937 Ray Pillow born
1937 Bill Vernon born
1942 Peter Rowan born
1949 Drummer-record producer Jamex Stroud born in Shreveport,Louisiana
1957 Country Gentlemen organized
1960 Steel guitarist Teddy Carr born in Lafayette,Tennessee
1961 First all-day bluegrass event-Luray,Virginia
1965 Jeff Autry born
1970 The Statler Brothers host the first "Happy Birthday U.S.A.", concert in Staunton,Virginia
1973 Willie Nelson holds his first 4th of July Picnic in Dripping Springs,Texas
1976 Johnny Cash celebrates the Bicentennial by ringing a replica of the Liberty
Bell 200 times in Washington,D.C.
1981 Barbara Mandrell's "I Was Country When Country Wasn't Cool" goes to #1 on the Billboard country chart
1992 Wynonna's "I Saw The Light" tops the Billboard country chart
2005 Big Al Downing died
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