John Thomas Scopes, a substitute science teacher in Tennessee, was found guilty of teaching evolution in school.
21st June 1919: The German High Seas naval fleet is scuttled at Scapa Flow
21st June 2019
King was standing on the balcony outside his room at the Lorrain Motel in Memphis when he was hit by a single bullet that shattered his jaw and several vertebrae.
4th December 1956: The Million Dollar Quartet of Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins, and Johnny Cash held an impromptu jam session at Sun Record Studios
- 4th December 2022
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Studio engineer Jack Clement, who had discovered Jerry Lee Lewis, was in the control booth and decided to record the session which was the only time that these pop music pioneers would ever record together.
Elvis Presley purchased Graceland for $102,500 in 1957 when he was 22 years old.
The Grand Ole Opry moved to its current home at the 4,000-seater Grand Ole Opry House in 1974.
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11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed
11th November 2022
11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed
11th November 2022
9th November 1989: East Germany opens the Berlin Wall
9th November 2019