1970 Event 4th Country Music Association Award: Merle Haggard wins 1963 Event Merle Haggard 1st appearance on country chart with "Sing a Sad Song" 1937 Birthday Merle Haggard, Bakersfield, California, country singer, Death Valley Days 1930 Birthday Liz Anderson, born in Roseau, Minnesota, country music singer, songwriter, Grammy Award nominee, wrote hits for Merle Haggard 1925 Death Henry Rider Haggard, English writer (Dawn, She), dies 1925 Death H. Rider Haggard, English Writer 1856 Birthday Henry Rider Haggard, author, King Solomon's Mine, She, Dawn 1856 Birthday H. Rider Haggard, English Writer
