Merle Ronald Haggard was an American country music singer, songwriter, guitarist, and fiddler. Widely regarded as one of the greatest and most influential figures in country music, he was a central pioneer of the Bakersfield sound. With a career spanning over five decades, Haggard had 38 number-one hits on the US country charts, several of which also made the Billboard all-genre singles chart.

1937Tom Veivers, Australian cricketer and politician^[†]

Thomas Robert Veivers is an Australian former cricketer, teacher, politician and public administrator who played in 21 cricket Test matches between 1963 and 1967. He is the great-uncle of Jack Wildermuth.

1937Billy Dee Williams, American actor, singer, and writer^[†]

William December Williams Jr. is an American actor, novelist and painter. He has appeared in over 100 films and television roles over six decades. He is best known for portraying Lando Calrissian in the Star Wars franchise and has also appeared in critically acclaimed and popular titles such as Mahogany (1975), Scott Joplin (1977), and Nighthawks (1981), as Harvey Dent in Batman (1989) and The Lego Batman Movie (2017), The Last Angry Man (1959), Carter's Army, The Out-of-Towners (1969), The Final Comedown and Lady Sings the Blues, Hit! (1973), Fear City and Terror in the Aisles, Alien Intruder (1993) and The Visit (2000).

Headlines from April 6, 1937

BIG PLANE HUNTED IN ARIZONA SNOWS; Boy's Report of Hearing Crash on Mountain Near Alpine Is Searchers' Clue

TREASURY FORCED TO BORROW AGAIN; Hope of Completing the Fiscal Year Without Seeking 'New Money' Has Been Dashed

HULL SEES DISASTER IN ARMAMENT RACE; Only a Military Explosion or Economic Collapse Can Come of It, He Asserts

140 of Speediest Russian Planes Help Loyalists Rule Spain's Skies; American-Motored Pursuiters Capable of 280 Miles an Hour and Bombers of 270 Miles-Many Craft Said to Have Been 'Bootlegged' Through France

SCULPTOR HUNTED AS TRIPLE SLAYER; LINKED TO WEAPON; Alarm Out for Former Asylum Mea Inmate Who Once Roomed in the Gedeon Home

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