Far more than blues and barbecue, Memphis culture has evolved one day at a time.
Author G.
Wayne Dowdy pins an exact date to a host of important, quirky and forgotten events in the history of Tennessee's largest city--an entertaining footnote for each day of the year.
Earth, Wind and Fire founder Maurice White entered the world in a Memphis hospital on December 19, 1941.
On January 15, 1877, a severe thunderstorm mysteriously left the city covered in snakes.
On December 31, 1902, a resident was murdered on Main Street after taunting a Native American named Creeping Bear.
A day or a month at a time, enjoy a year of entertaining River City blasts from the past.
