Lincoln signs the Emancipation Proclamation, Ellis Island opens, the Rose Bowl becomes the first college bowl game, Hank Williams dies, and the Y2K panic fizzles out, all on this day.
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1960: Johnny Cash plays the first of his jailhouse shows when he performs at San Quentin prison in San Rafael, Calif. Among those in the captive audience is 20-year-old Merle Haggard, who was serving time for burglary.