AUGUST 30

1919: Muriel Deason was born in Nashville. Known publicly as Kitty Wells, her 1952 single “It Wasn’t God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels” is the hallmark of a Hall of Fame career that brought her 13 years of hits and the nickname the Queen of Country Music.

1946: The Hager Twins–Jim and Jon–were born in Chicago. After Buck Owens saw them performing at Disneyland, the identical twins become regulars on “Hee Haw.”

1949: Hank Williams recorded “I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry,” “My Bucket’s Got A Hole In It” and “I Just Don’t Like This Kind Of Livin’” during an afternoon session at the E.T. Herzog Studio in Cincinnati.

1957: Buck Owens held his inaugural recording session for Capitol Records at the label’s studio in Los Angeles.

1957: The Maddox Brothers & Rose conducted their final recording session at Radio Recorders in Los Angeles.

1968: Columbia released The Byrds’ “Sweetheart Of The Rodeo,” a landmark album in the growth of country-rock as a genre.

1968: Loretta Lynn recorded “Your Squaw Is On The Warpath” during an evening session at Bradley’s Barn in Mt. Juliet, TN.

1969: Johnny Cash appeared on the cover of TV Guide.

1971: Merle Haggard recorded “Daddy Frank (The Guitar Man)” at the Capitol Recording Studios in Hollywood.

1973: George Jones & Tammy Wynette recorded “(We’re Not) The Jet Set” in a 10 a.m. session at Nashville’s Columbia Recording Studios.

1980: Alabama recorded “Love In The First Degree.”

1988: RCA released K.T. Oslin’s “This Woman” album.

1991: When her Chrysler broke down, Dottie West hitched a ride to the Grand Ole Opry from passing driver George Thackston. He had an accident on the Opry’s exit ramp, and West was hospitalized with a lacerated liver. She died five days later.

1996: “Sling Blade” premiered at the Telluride Film Festival, featuring Billy Bob Thornton, Dwight Yoakam, Robert Duvall and Tex Ritter’s son, John Ritter. The movie also includes a performance of “Shenandoah” by Emmylou Harris.

1997: Kenny Chesney picked up his first #1 single in Billboard: “She’s Got It All.”

2004: Kris Kristofferson and former record executive Jim Foglesong were named the 2004 inductees to the Country Music Hall of Fame.

2005: Arista released Brooks & Dunn’s “Hillbilly Deluxe” album.

2011: Surfdog released Glen Campbell’s final new studio album, “Ghost On The Canvas.”

2016: Jeannie Seely and Country Music Hall of Fame part-timer Ron Harman placed a cross at the exit to the Grand Ole Opry House in Nashville 25 years after Dottie West suffered a life-ending car accident at that spot.