The Tuskegee Airmen are activated, Elvis buys Graceland, Bob Dylan releases his debut album, Texas Western makes college basketball history, and the invasion of Iraq begins, all on this day.
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1957: Elvis Presley buys the Memphis, Tenn., mansion he called Graceland. Graceland would grow from 10,266 square feet when originally bought by Presley to 17,552 square feet today.