Dolly performs a special concert for a lucky fan to benefit her Imagination Library and releases "Dolly's Dixie Fixin's."

Dolly’s first cookbook, "Dolly’s Dixie Fixin's: Love, Laughter, and Lots of Good Food," features over 100 recipes collected from her childhood, family members, Dollywood, Dixie Stampede and her own travels.

Dolly Parton marries Nashville, Tenn. native, Carl Dean on Memorial Day, May 30, 1966, in Ringgold, Georgia. She was 18 and he was 21.

Dr. Robert F. Thomas delivers Dolly Rebecca Parton on January 19, 1946.

Dollywood Announces NightFlight Expedition, Its Largest-Ever Attraction Investment, Soaring into Wildwood Grove in 2026