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Elvis Chronology 1935-1977

01-08-1935: Elvis Aron Presley is born at 4:35 AM in East Tupelo, Mississippi. A twin brother, Jesse Gaaron Presley was stillborn.

10-03-1945: Elvis wins second place in the Mississippi-Alabama Fair and Dairy Show

06-03-1953: Elvis graduates graduates L.C. Humes High School. He takes the General Aptitude Test Battery at the Tennessee Employment Security in Memphis.

08-16-1977: Elvis dies, aged 42, at Graceland.

The man himself

Elvis Aaron (or Aron) Presley, popularly known by the single name Elvis, (January 8, 1935 – August 16, 1977) was a musician, actor and performer. Presley became an essential figure of rock and roll and sang rock, country, blues, and gospel. He has become an American cultural icon and a major figure in American popular culture. Presley is known as "The King of Rock n' Roll" or simply "The King".

Presley died on August 16, 1977 of complications due to drug abuse and poor eating and health habits; he died in his home, Graceland, a day before he was scheduled to go back on tour.

Presley was inducted into four Halls of Fame, won a Grammy Lifetime Achievement award in 1971, and was nominated for fourteen Grammy awards, winning three, all for gospel songs.