** Wilson Rawls, American author ( d. 1984 )

* Wilson Rawls, author of Where the Red Fern Grows and Summer of the Monkeys

* Tahlequah is featured in the book, Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls.

The show included entertainers such as Frankie Lymon, The Supremes, Marian Anderson, Louis Armstrong, Pearl Bailey, LaVern Baker, Harry Belafonte, James Brown, Godfrey Cambridge, Diahann Carroll, Ray Charles, Nat King Cole, Bill Cosby, Count Basie, Dorothy Dandridge, Sammy Davis, Jr., Bo Diddley, Rocío Dúrcal, Duke Ellington, Lola Falana, The 5th Dimension, Ella Fitzgerald, The Four Tops, Aretha Franklin, Dick Gregory, W. C. Handy, Lena Horne, The Jackson 5, Mahalia Jackson, Eartha Kitt, Gladys Knight & the Pips, Little Anthony & The Imperials, Moms Mabley, Johnny Mathis, The Miracles ( later known as Smokey Robinson & the Miracles ), Melba Moore, The Platters, Leontyne Price, Richard Pryor, Lou Rawls, Della Reese, Nipsey Russell, Nina Simone, Sly & the Family Stone, The Temptations, Martha Reeves & The Vandellas, Tina Turner ( at the time known as " The Ike & Tina Turner Revue "), Leslie Uggams, William Warfield, Dionne Warwick, Dinah Washington, Ethel Waters, Flip Wilson, Jackie Wilson, Nancy Wilson, and Stevie Wonder.

Notable performers include James Booker, Duke Ellington, Kermit Ruffins, King Oliver, Jerry Reed, Artie Shaw, Lead Belly, Big Mama Thornton, Jack Teagarden, Billie Holiday, Louis Armstrong, Cassandra Wilson, Stan Kenton, Josh White, Lou Rawls, Bobby Bland, Ramblin ' Jack Elliott, Doc Watson, Count Basie and Dizzy Gillespie, Dave Van Ronk, " Spider " John Koerner, Janis Joplin, The Doors, Paul Butterfield, The Animals, The Standells, and more recently The White Stripes, the Stray Cats, the Tarbox Ramblers, Snooks Eaglin, Isobel Campbell and Mark Lanegan, and Tom Jones with Jools Holland.

* Where the Red Fern Grows, a book by Wilson Rawls

They made their first US TV appearance in over 20 years in 2003 on the PBS show, Rhythm, Love, and Soul with Aretha Franklin, Lou Rawls and Mary Wilson.

During the mid-1960s, the Sweet Inspirations provided backup vocals for a variety of artists, including Otis Redding, Wilson Pickett, Lou Rawls, The Drifters, Dusty Springfield and Houston's niece Dionne Warwick.

Notable HUP authors include Eudora Welty, Walter Benjamin, E. O. Wilson, John Rawls, Emily Dickinson, Stephen Jay Gould, Helen Vendler, and Carol Gilligan.

Woodrow Wilson Rawls, ( September 24, 1913 – December 16, 1984 ) was an American writer best known for his books Where the Red Fern Grows and Summer of the Monkeys.

Wilson Rawls was born on September 24, 1913, in Scraper, Oklahoma to Minzy and Winnie ( Hatfield ) Rawls.

Since there were no schools in the area, Rawls ’ mother taught Wilson and his sisters how to read and write.

“ Rawls, Wilson .” Sixth Book of Junior Authors and Illustrators.

“ Author Profile: Wilson Rawls .” Children ’ s Literature Review.

* “( Woodrow ) Wilson Rawls .” ( 2004 ).

* 1913 – Angus Wilson, English novelist ( d. 1991 )

The US Federal Reserve was created by the U. S. Congress through the passing of The Federal Reserve Act in the Senate and its signing by President Woodrow Wilson on the same day, December 23, 1913.

De Mille found success in the spring of 1913 producing Reckless Age by Lee Wilson.

In early 1913 Victoriano Huerta, the commander of the armed forces conspired with Félix Díaz ( Porfirio Díaz's nephew ), Bernardo Reyes, and US Ambassador Henry Lane Wilson against Madero, which culminated in a ten-day siege of La Ciudadela known as La decena tragica ( the Tragic Ten Days ).

* 1913 – President Woodrow Wilson addresses American Civil War veterans at the Great Reunion of 1913.

* 1913 – President Woodrow Wilson triggers the explosion of the Gamboa Dike thus ending construction on the Panama Canal.

Thomas Riley Marshall ( March 14, 1854 – June 1, 1925 ) was an American Democratic politician who served as the 28th Vice President of the United States ( 1913 – 1921 ) under Woodrow Wilson.

In 1913 Wilson took the then unheard-of step of meeting personally with members of the Senate to discuss policy.

Thomas Woodrow Wilson ( December 28, 1856 – February 3, 1924 ) was the 28th President of the United States, from 1913 to 1921.

Woodrow Wilson sworn in as the 28th President of the United States March 4, 1913

Wilson addressing the U. S. Congress, April 8, 1913

Wilson secured passage of the Federal Reserve Act in late 1913.

The Democrats lowered tariffs with the Underwood Tariff in 1913, though its effects were soon overwhelmed by the changes in trade caused by World War I. Wilson proved especially effective in mobilizing public opinion behind tariff changes by denouncing corporate lobbyists, addressing Congress in person in highly dramatic fashion, and staging an elaborate ceremony when he signed the bill into law.

Wilson uses tariff, currency and anti-trust laws to prime the pump and get the economy working in a 1913 political cartoon

Instead, the address was written and then sent to Congress to be read by a clerk until 1913 when Woodrow Wilson re-established the practice despite some initial controversy.

President Woodrow Wilson had refused to recognise the Mexican Revolutionary governments in 1913 and Japan's 21 Demands upon China in 1915.

By coincidence, $ 4, 000 ($ 88, 100 in 2010 dollars ) would be the exemption for married couples when the Revenue Act of ( October ) 1913 was signed into law by President Woodrow Wilson, as a result of the ratification of the 16th Amendment to the U. S. Constitution in February 1913.

In 1913 Albright and Wilson also started making red phosphorus at Niagara Falls.

For the White House the first Mrs. Wilson, Ellen Loise Axson Wilson, had commissioned Beatrix Farrand to design the East Colonial Garden ( now the redesigned Jacqueline Kennedy Garden ) and the West Garden ( now the redesigned White House Rose Garden ) in 1913.

Their convictions were unpopular with the public due to the efforts of Patterson and Watson to help those affected by the Dayton, Ohio floods of 1913, but efforts to have them pardoned by President Woodrow Wilson were unsuccessful.

In 1903, the Shorb estate was purchased by Henry E. Huntington ( 1850 – 1927 ), and in 1913 the three primary ranchos of Wilson, Patton, and Huntington, together with the subdivided areas from those and smaller ranchos, such as Stoneman, White, and Rose, were incorporated as the city of San Marino.

The streets were originally named after President Woodrow Wilson ( 1913 – 21 ), members of his cabinet, and other prominent men of the era.

* 1969 – Chandra Wilson, American actress

* 1983 – Wilson Chen, Taiwanese actor

* 1928 – Dolores Wilson, American soprano ( d. 2010 )

* 1878 – John Corry Wilson Daly, Canadian politician ( b. 1796 )

* 1714 – Richard Wilson, Welsh painter ( d. 1782 )

* 1958 – Lambert Wilson, French actor

* 1937 – Don Wilson, England cricketer

* 1933 – Serena Wilson, American dancer and choreographer ( d. 2007 )

* 1886 – Margaret Woodrow Wilson, American daughter of Woodrow Wilson ( d. 1944 )

* 1938 – Gordon Wilson, Scottish politician

* 1964 – Charlie Wilson, one of the Great Train Robbers, escapes from Winson Green Prison in Birmingham, England, United Kingdom.

* 1943 – Hugh Wilson, American director, writer, and actor

* 1933 – Pete Wilson, American politician, 36th Governor of California

* 1917 – World War I: President Woodrow Wilson asks the U. S. Congress for a declaration of war on Germany.

Towns Hospital, but not before drinking four beers on the way – the last time Wilson got drunk.

* 1987 – Lauren Wilson, Canadian figure skater

* 2007 – Tony Wilson, English journalist ( b. 1950 )

* 1898 – Maurice Wilson, English soldier, mystic, mountaineer, and aviator ( d. 1934 )

* 2008 – Al Wilson, American singer ( b. 1939 )

* 1914 – Justin Wilson, American chef and humorist ( d. 2001 )

* Gordon Wilson ( 1927 – 1995 ), Peace campaigner and Irish senator

Despite a fourth straight All-Star season by Helton and 36 homers by outfielder Preston Wilson, the Rockies finished just 74 – 88.

* Andrew R. Wilson, The History of the Christadelphians 1864 – 1885 The Emergence of a Denomination ( Shalom Publications, 1997 ISBN 0-646-22355-0 ).