Death date: August 16, 1977
Birth place: Tupelo, Mississippi
Birth name: Elvis Aaron Presley
Father: Vernon Presley
Mother: Gladys Presley
Marriage: Priscilla (Beaulieu) Presley (May 1, 1967-October 9, 1973, divorced)
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1974 – Wins Grammy in gospel genre for Best Inspirational Performance (Non-Classical) for “How Great Thou Art.”
January 8, 1993 – The U.S. Postal Service releases an Elvis commemorative postage stamp. More than 500 million are printed, three times the usual print run for a commemorative stamp.
2002 – A remix of Elvis’s song “A Little Less Conversation” reaches the Top 10 in music charts around the world.
August 11-19, 2007 – First annual Elvis Week. Tens of thousands attend the festivities at Graceland celebrating the 30th anniversary of his death.
October 15, 2014 – Number two on Forbes top-earning dead celebrities list, with an estimated $55 million in earnings.
