STATLERS IN COUNTRY MUSIC HALL OF FAME
The Statler Brothers were formally inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame.. earlier this week.
Spokeswoman Tina Wright says the two-hour ceremony was held Sunday at the hall. Reba McEntire, Daily & Vincent and Grandstaff honored the Statler Brothers. Vince Gill, Amy Grant and the Jordanaires performed the traditional opening hymn.
This year's other inductees include Emmylou Harris, Tom T. Hall and Ernest "Pop" Stoneman.
French astrologer, physician, and prophet Nostradamus died.
President James Garfield was shot by Charles Guiteau; he died on Sept. 19.
Congress passed the Sherman Antitrust Act.
Amelia Earhart and her co-pilot Fred Noonan disappeared over the Pacific Ocean while attempting to fly around the world.
President Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 into law.
In Gregg v. Georgia, the Supreme Court ruled that the death penalty was not inherently cruel or unusual.
Actor James Stewart died in Beverly Hills, Calif.
Steve Fossett became the first to circumnavigate the globe solo in a balloon.
