History Hop Tags - Memphis

1862-06-06

Battle of Memphis-city is surrendered

1864-08-21

Major Gen Nathan B Forrests assault on Memphis, Tennessee

1880-01-21

1st US sewage disposal system separate from storm drains, Memphis, Tennessee

1886-09-14

George K Anderson of Memphis, Tennessee patents typewriter ribbon

1905-09-27

1st published blues composition forms sale, WC Handy Memphis Blues

1912-09-27

W C Handy publishes "Memphis Blues" 1st Blues Song, 1912

1923-01-19

WMC-AM in Memphis TN begins radio transmissions

1948-12-11

WMC TV channel 5 in Memphis, TN (NBC) begins broadcasting

1952-03-27

Sun Records of Memphis begins releasing records

1952-05-28

Memphis Kiddie Park opens in Brooklyn, Ohio. The park's Little Dipper roller coaster would become the oldest operating steel roller coaster in North America.

1953-06-14

Elvis Presley graduates from LC Humes High School in Memphis Tenn

1953-09-27

WHBQ TV channel 13 in Memphis, TN (ABC) begins broadcasting

1954-01-08

Elvis Presley pays $4 to a Memphis studio & records his 1st two songs, "Casual Love" & "I'll Never Stand in Your Way"

1954-07-30

Elvis Presley joins Memphis Federation of Musicians, Local 71

1956-01-01

WREC (now WREG) TV channel 3 in Memphis, TN (CBS) begins broadcasting

1956-06-25

WKNO TV channel 10 in Memphis, TN (PBS) begins broadcasting

1959-09-13

Marilynn Smith wins LPGA Memphis Golf Open

1960-09-18

Mickey Wright wins LPGA Memphis Golf Open

1966-08-20

Beatles pelted with rotten fruit during Memphis concert

1967-07-20

Race riots in Memphis Tenn

1968-04-04

US civil rights activist Martin Luther King Jr. assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee

1971-10-14

2 killed in Memphis racial disturbances

1972-01-17

Section of Memphis' Highway 51 South renamed Elvis Presley Blvd

1972-03-18

Memphis' Larry Miller sets ABA record of 67 pts in a game

1973-03-26

35th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: UCLA beats Memphis 81-76

1978-07-04

Memphis fire fighters halt 3-day strike under a court order

1978-08-18

Memphis Tenn settles with striking police officers & firefighters

1987-04-16

Peter Taylor's "Summons to Memphis" wins Pulitzer Prize for fiction

1995-01-28

Memphis Mad Dogs granted CFL's 13th franchise

1995-06-29

Memphis Mad Dogs 1st CFL game (vs Calgary Stampeders)

1995-07-07

Memphis Mad Dogs 1st CFL home game (vs BC Lions)

1996-06-05

Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Memphis, TN, on WMFS 92.9 FM

2010-06-13

64th Tony Awards: Memphis & Red win

2011-08-18

The West Memphis Three are released from prison after 18 years in imprisonment

1887-9-08

Jacob L. Devers, The Memphis Belle: A Story of a Flying Fortress

1895-07-18

George Machine Gun Kelly [Georgio Barnes], Memphis Tennessee, American gangster, (d. 1954)

1897-06-03

Memphis Minnie, rocker

1902-03-03

Ruby Dandridge, Memphis Tenn, actress (Father of the Bride)

1907-9-15

Stanley Wray, The Memphis Belle: A Story of a Flying Fortress

1914-03-27

Snooky Lanson, Memphis Tn, singer (Your Hit Parade, 5 Star Jubilee)

1915-9-03

Memphis Slim, Ray

1916-09-03

Memphis Slim, [Peter Chatman], rocker

1916-10-23

James A. Verinis, The Memphis Belle: A Story of a Flying Fortress

1918-07-31

Robert Morgan, The Memphis Belle: A Story of a Flying Fortress

1922-12-20

David Tallichet, Memphis Belle

1924-04-30

Sonny Day, Night Train to Memphis

1927-03-10

Bernard Lansky, The Definitive Elvis: The Memphis Years

1927-10-31

Anita Kerr, Memphis TN, singer composer and producer (The Anita Kerr Singers)

1929-06-09

Johnny Ace [John Marshall Alexander, Jr.], Memphis, Tennessee, rhythm and blues singer (My Song)

1930-06-26

Jackie Fargo, Memphis Heat: The True Story of Memphis Wrasslin'

1931-10-18

Ron Dick, Memphis Belle

1932-12-28

Dorsey Burnette, Memphis, rocker (Tall Oak Tree, Hey Little One)

1933-11-15

Barbara Carson, Memphis Tn, actress (Comedy Tonight, Carter Country)

1934-02-07

King Curtis, [Curtis Ousley], US vocalist (Memphis Soul Stew)

1934-03-25

Johnny Burnette, Memphis, guitarist (Trains Kept A-Rollin, You're 16)

1934-09-25

John S Bull, Memphis Tennessee, astronaut

1934-12-09

[Amos] Junior Wells, Memphis Tn, blues singer (In My Younger Days)

1935-11-27

Al Jackson Jr, Memphis Tn, drummer (Booker T & MGs-Chinese Checkers)

1936-04-29

Lane Smith, Memphis TN, actor (Perry White-Lois & Clark)

1937-05-20

Dave Hill, Jackson MI, PGA golfer (1967 Memphis)

1937-06-01

Morgan Freeman, Memphis Tennessee, Academy award winning actor (Driving Mrs Daisy, Glory)

1939-07-25

Catherine Wyler, Memphis Belle

1939-08-12

George Hamilton, Memphis Tn, (Love at 1st Bite, Where the Boys Are)

1941-09-26

Joe Bauer, Memphis Tn, rock drummer (Youngbloods)

1941-12-19

Maurice White, Memphis TN, rock vocalist (Earth, Wind & Fire-Spirit)

1942-03-25

Aretha Franklin, Memphis Tenn, Soul Sister #1/singer (Respect)

1942-11-26

Olivia Cole, Memphis Tenn, actress (Roots, Szysznyk)

1942-11-28

Paul Warfield, NFL/WFL wide receiver (Cleveland, Miami, Memphis)

1947-02-04

Jeannie Wilson, Memphis Tenn, actress (Simon & Simon, Stir Crazy)

1947-08-17

Gary Talley, Memphis Tn, rock guitarist (Box Tops)

1948-01-10

William Sanderson, Memphis Tenn, actor (Larry-Newhart, Blade Runner)

1948-06-28

Kathy Bates, Memphis TN, academy award winning actress (Misery)

1949-02-04

Michael Beck, Memphis Tn, actor (Hans Helms-Holocaust)

1949-02-25

Ric Flair, Memphis, Tennessee, American professional wrestler (NWA/WWF/WCW/AWA)

1949-10-06

Monte Merrick, Memphis Belle

1950-01-23

Bill Cunningham, Memphis, Tennessee, American original bass guitarist/keyboardist (Box Tops)

1950-02-18

Cybill Shepherd, Memphis Tn, actress (Moonlighting, Last Picture Show)

1950-05-23

Linda Thompson, Memphis Tn, actress (Hee Haw)

1950-12-28

Alex Chilton, Memphis Tenn, rock guitarist/vocalist (Box Tops)

1951-01-12

Chris Bell, Memphis Tn, rock guitarist (Big Star)

1951-01-26

Andy Hummell, Memphis Tn, rock bassist (Big Star)

1952-06-20

Larry Riley, Memphis Tn, actor (Harry-Stir Crazy, Knots Landing)

1952-08-23

Mac Cone, Memphis Tenn, Canadian equestrian jumper (Olympics-96)

1953-05-08

Billy Burnette, Memphis Tn, rock guitarist (Fleetwood Mac)

1953-06-12

Rocky Burnette, Memphis, rock vocalist (Towing the Line)

1953-09-30

Deborah Allen, Memphis Tn, country singer (Jim Stafford Show)

1953-10-27

Michael Baker, Memphis Tn, Lt Cmdr USN/astronaut (STS 43, 52, 68, 81)

1954-11-19

Gail Stanton Memphis TN, playmate (Jun, 1978)

1955-05-24

Rosanne Cash, Memphis Tn, country singer (Seven Year Ache, I Wonder)

1955-06-10

Andrew Stevens, Memphis Tn, actor (Seduction, Boys in Company C, Fury)

1957-10-11

Blair Cunningham, Memphis Tn, rock drummer (Haircut 100)

1958-11-27

Aphrodite Jones, West Memphis Three

1959-07-05

Marc Cohn, singer (Walking in Memphis)

1959-07-15

Susan Kennington, Memphis Rising: Elvis Returns

1961-01-20

Lynn Harless, Justin Timberlake: Down Home in Memphis - One Night Only

1962-12-28

Keith Lee, basketball player (Memphis State)

1964-08-31

Jodie Brooke Wilson, Memphis Belle

1964-10-02

Sheila Echols, Memphis Tn, 4x100m runner (Olympic-gold-1988)

1964-10-24

Ray Benzino, Memphis Bleek, Benzino

1965-03-04

Dana Brown, Memphis Tenn, Miss Tenn-America (1991-3rd)

1965-07-24

Joe Oliver, Memphis TN, catcher (Cin Reds)

1966-01-14

Daniel J Schneider, Memphis Tn, actor (Dennis-Head of the Class)

1966-02-24

Billy Zane, actor (Orlando, Memphis Belle, Millions, Titanic)

1966-03-08

Sherman Willmott, Memphis Heat: The True Story of Memphis Wrasslin'

1968-02-01

Lisa Marie Presley Keough Jackson, Memphis Tenn, daughter of Elvis

1968-08-29

Ricky Memphis, Ultrà

1969-03-07

Ken Axmaker Jr., The Memphis Belle: The Final Chapter in Memphis

1969-11-01

Morag Siller, Memphis Belle

1971-04-12

Shannen Doherty, Memphis Tn, actress (Little House, Bev Hills 90210)

1971-04-27

Jon Chinn, Memphis the Musical

1972-05-05

Wendy Kaye, Memphis Tenn, playmate (Jul, 1991)

1972-07-18

Anfernee "Penny" Hardaway, Memphis, NBA guard (Orlando, Oly-gold-96)

1972-11-02

Jeni Stephens, Memphis Tennessee, Miss America-Tennessee (1997)

1974-07-26

Genevieve Gorder, Memphis: McLean Boulevard

1976-08-26

Carey Tally, Memphis Tenn, soccer midfielder (Olympics-gold-96)

1977-9-25

Daniel Lee Perea, Memphis Zombie Attack: The Documentary

1978-05-08

Cindy Parlow, Memphis Tenn, soccer forward (Olympics-96)

1978-06-23

Memphis Bleek, American rapper

1978-06-23

Memphis Bleek, Nutty Professor II: The Klumps

1981-01-31

Justin Timberlake, Memphis, Tennessee, singer-songwriter (Sexyback, My Love)

1985-03-23

Memphis Monroe, Lethal Obsession

1985-08-07

Mike Ledford, West of Memphis

1985-11-10

Martin C. Gardner, Memphis

2001-03-17

NFL Quarterback Peyton Manning (24) weds Ashley Thompson in Memphis, Tennessee

2004-01-01

Singer Lou Rawls (71) weds Nina Malek Inman at the Peabody Hotel in Memphis, Tennessee

1943-04-16

Harold J. Tannenbaum, The Memphis Belle: A Story of a Flying Fortress

1947-06-16

Jean-Francois Capart, Belgian egyptologist (Memphis), dies at 86

1954-12-25

Johnny Ace, Memphis rhythm and blues singer, accidentally shoots himself in the head at 25

1968-04-04

Martin Luther King Jr., assassinated at the Lorraine Hotel in Memphis Tennessee at 39

1986-09-13

Stanley Wray, The Memphis Belle: A Story of a Flying Fortress

1987-08-06

Ira C. Eaker, The Memphis Belle: A Story of a Flying Fortress

1988-02-24

Memphis Slim, Ray

1988-11-14

Haywood Hansell, The Memphis Belle: A Story of a Flying Fortress

2003-03-03

James A. Verinis, The Memphis Belle: A Story of a Flying Fortress

2004-05-15

Robert Morgan, The Memphis Belle: A Story of a Flying Fortress

2005-02-06

Sonny Day, Night Train to Memphis

2007-10-31

David Tallichet, Memphis Belle

2008-03-25

Ron Dick, Memphis Belle

2012-11-15

Bernard Lansky, The Definitive Elvis: The Memphis Years

2013-06-24

Jackie Fargo, Memphis Heat: The True Story of Memphis Wrasslin'

2015-03-24

Monte Merrick, Memphis Belle

2016-06-22

Wayne Jackson of the Memphis Horns dies aged 74