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7th June 1982: Elvis Presley’s Graceland estate in Memphis, Tennessee, was opened to the public

  • 7th June 2021
  • Tagged as: America, Culture, Elvis, Memphis, Music, Tennessee, United States, USA
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Elvis Presley purchased Graceland for $102,500 in 1957 when he was 22 years old.

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28th November 1925: The Grand Ole Opry, the longest-running radio show in the USA, broadcast for the first time

  • 28th November 2020
  • Tagged as: America, Culture, Music, Nashville, Radio, Tennessee, United States, USA
https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/www.historypod.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/11-28-The-Grand-Ole-Opry-begins-broadcasting.mp3

The Grand Ole Opry moved to its current home at the 4,000-seater Grand Ole Opry House in 1974.

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21st July 1925: ‘Monkey Trial’ finds John T. Scopes guilty of teaching evolution

  • 21st July 2020
  • Tagged as: America, Christianity, Creationism, Darwin, Evolution, Law, Religion, Tennessee, Trial, USA
https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/www.historypod.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/07-21-The-Monkey-Trial-finds-John-T.-Scopes-guilty-of-teaching-evolution.mp3

John Thomas Scopes, a substitute science teacher in Tennessee, was found guilty of teaching evolution in school.

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