The Man in Black – Today In Southern History
26 February 1932
On this date in 1932…
Legendary singer-songwriter John R. “Johnny” Cash was born in Kingsland, Arkansas. Also known as the “The Man In Black”, Cash is the only artist to have been inducted into inducted in the Country Music Hall of Fame, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, the Songwriters Hall of Fame, and the Gospel Music Hall of Fame.
Other Years:
1793 - George Washington convened the first officially documented presidential cabinet meeting.
1861 – The Confederate Congress passed an act to organize a general staff for the Confederate Army.
1862 - US President Lincoln unleased the printing presses after signing the ‘Legal Tender Act creating ‘Greenback’ paper money not backed by gold or silver.
1919 – The U.S. Congress passed “An Act to Establish the Grand Canyon National Park in the State of Arizona.”
1972 – A slag-heap dam collapsed above Buffalo Creek, West Virginia, killing 125 residents.
1998 – Oprah Winfrey was found not guilty in a trail on a beef defamation suit brought by Texas cattlemen.
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