Nashville, Tennessee Timeline of Events

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Nashville, Tennessee

Nashville is the capital of the U.S. state of Tennessee and the county seat of Davidson County. It is located on the Cumberland River in Davidson County, in the north-central part of the state. The city is a center for the health care, publishing, banking and transportation industries, and is home to a large number of colleges and universities...

Timeline of Events

1918

7.9.1918

Great train wreck of 1918: in Nashville, Tennessee, an inbound local train collides with an outbound express killing 101 and injuring 171 people, making it the deadliest rail accident in United States history.

1925

10.18.1925

The Grand Ole Opry opens in Nashville, Tennessee.

1941

3.1.1941

W47NV (now known as WSM-FM) begins operations in Nashville, Tennessee becoming the first FM radio station in the U.S..

1960

2.13.1960

Black college students stage the first of the Nashville sit-ins at three lunch counters in Nashville, Tennessee.