In History – George Strait ACM “Male Vocalist Of Year”

N HISTORY - April 13th:

1865 - President Abraham Lincoln is shot by John Wilkes Booth at Ford's Theater
1910 - President Taft begins tradition of throwing out ball on opening day
1969 - 41st Academy Awards - "Oliver", Cliff Robertson & Katharine Hepburn/Barbara Striesand win
1980 - 52nd Academy Awards - "Kramer vs Kramer", Dustin Hoffman & Sally Field win

1986 - 21st Academy of Country Music Awards: George Strait wins "Male Vocalist" & "Album" of year...Alabama "Entertainer Of Year" & Group...Reba McEntire "Female Vocalist"
2008 - 42nd CMT Music Awards: Taylor Swift & Trace Adkins wins

HAPPY BIRTHDAY / ANNIVERSARY TO:

1941 - Julie Christie, Assam India, actress (Dr Zhivago)
1941 - Pete Rose, Cincinnati Ohio, MLB player and manager (Cincinnati Reds)
1977 - Sarah Michelle Gellar, actress (Kendall-All My Children, Buffy)
1996 - Abigail Breslin, American child actress
2012 - "Lady Antebellum" singer Dave Haywood (29) weds executive with Warner Bros. Records Kelli Cashiola (30) in Nashville, Tennessee

GOODBYE TO:

1995 - Burl Ives, folk singer/actor (Cat on a Hot Tin Roof), dies at 85
2007 - Don Ho, American musician (b. 1930)

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