In 1899, Jimmie Davis, governor of Louisiana and great country music singer and songwriter, was born in Beech Springs, Louisiana.
In 1928, the pilot of the plane that crashed killing Patsy Cline, Hawkshaw Hawkins, and Cowboy Copas, Randy Hughes, was born in Gum, Tennessee. He was also Patsy's manager, and Copas' son-in-law.
In 1965, Jim Reeves again hit the Number One chart posthumously with "Is It Really Over?".
In 1969, the blind but very talented singer and songwriter Leon Payne passed away in San Antonio, Texas.
In 1971, Freddie Hart was atop the charts with his monster career hit, "Easy Loving".
In 1976, Jim Ed Brown and Helen Cornelius scored a Number One record with "I Don't Want To Have To Marry You".
In 1982, "She Got The Goldmine (I Got The Shaft)" went to the top of the charts for Jerry Reed, singer/songwriter/guitarist extraordinaire.
In 1984, Barbara Mandrell was critically injured in a wreck in Hendersonville, Tennessee that almost, even though she recovered, brought her career to an end.
In 2001, a bunch of cowards attacked and killed many innocent people in New York, Washington, and Pennsylvania, resulting in many deaths and injuries.
In 2003, John Ritter, a very talented actor, and son of Country Hall Of Fame member Tex Ritter, passed away from the effects of a heart attack.
