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2/21/1916 - First banjo in Antartica. Meteorologist Doctor Leonard "Doc" Hussey took his 5 string banjo on Sir Ernest Shackleton's Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition to reach the South Pole. On 21 February 1915 the Endurance reached it's southern most point but got trapped in the pack ice. The banjo was rescued from the Endurance, despite its 12lb weight, as Shackleton decreed it was "vital mental medicine". Read more....
2/21/1927 - Don Reno is born in Buffalo, SC. Read more....
2/25/1927 - Ralph Stanley is born in Bloorie, Virginia. Read more....
2/24/1942 - "Little Roy" Lewis born in Lincolnton, GA. Read more....
2/25/1946 - Pete Wernick, aka "Dr. Banjo" is born in New York City. Read more....
2/22/1969 - Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs make their final public appearance on the Grand Ole Opry.
2/27/1981 - Noam Pikelny born in Chicago, Illinois. Read more....
2/27/2002 - Earl Scruggs wins a second Grammy award for the 2001 recording of "Foggy Mountain Breakdown." Read more....
2/21/2003 - Earl Scruggs and Lester Flatt are ranked No. 24 on CMT's 40 Greatest Men of Country Music.
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