2005 South Africa is the 5th country to recognize same-sex marriages
2005 Canada becomes the 4th country to permit same-sex marriage
2005 Spain becomes the 3rd country to permit same-sex marriage
2003 China sends Yang Liwei into orbit, the third country to have successfully sent a person into space
1998 32nd TNN Music City News Country Awards
1998 Grandpa Jones [born: Louis Marshall Jones], country comic/banjo wizard (Hee Haw), dies at 84
1998 President Bill Clinton says he would never resign, 'I would never walk away from the of this country and the trust they've placed in me', during a press conference
1997 John Denver, country star (Country Boy), dies in plain crash at 53
1997 31st Music City News Country Awards: Alan Jackson and LeAnn Rimes
1997 32nd Academy of Country Music Awards: LeAnn Rines and Brooks and Dunn
1997 5 sue Japanese PM Ryutaro Hashimoto, because his smoking has violated the country's constitution guaranteeing a wholesome life
1996 Faron Young, country singer and actor (Hidden Guns), commits suicide at 34
1996 Faron Young, country singer, commits suicide at 64
1996 Wilf Carter, country singer, dies at 91
1996 Harvey Vernon, actor (Jasper-Carter Country), dies at 69
1996 30th Country Music Association Award: Brooks and Dunn win
1996 30th Music City News Country Awards: Alan Jackson
1996 31st Academy of Country Music Awards: Shania Twain
1996 Matabeleland beat Mashonaland Country Dist to win Logan Cup
1996 Minnie Pearl, country comedienne (Grand Ole Opry), dies at 84
1995 Country Dan Dick Montana McLain, singer, dies at 40
1995 29th Country Music Association Award: Krauss Jackson win
1995 Charlie Rich, country singer (Lonely Weekends), dies at 62
1995 "Month in the Country" closes at Roundabout Theater New York City after 79 performances
1995 29th Music City News Country Awards: Alan Jackson and Reba McEntire
1995 30th Academy of Country Music Awards: Reba McEntire wins
1995 "Month in the Country" opens at Roundabout Theater New York City for 79 performances
1994 Jan Wiegel, director/producer (Uninhabitable Country), dies at 64
1994 Horse Racing Breeders' Cup Champs: Barathea, Cherokee Run, Concern, Flanders, One Dreamer, Tikkanen, Timber Country
1994 28th Country Music Association Award
1994 Country singer George Jones undergoes triple bypass surgery
1994 28th Music City News Country Awards: Alan Jackson and Ray Stevens
1994 Country singer Trisha Yearwood (29) weds Robert Reynolds (32)
1994 29th Academy of Country Music Awards: Garth Brooks wins
1993 Germany unemployment hits country record of 3.5 million
1993 27th Country Music Association Award: Vince Gill wins
1993 Actress Julia Roberts and country singer Lyle Lovett wed
1993 27th Music City News Country Awards: Alan Jackson and Vince Gill
1993 Conway Twitty, country star (Linda on My Mind), dies in surgery at 59
1993 28th Academy of Country Music Awards: Garth Brooks wins
1993 Troy Caldwell, country musician (Marshall Tucker Band), dies at 45
1992 Ray Acuff, country singer (Wahbash Cannonball), dies
1992 Roger Miller, country singer (King of the Road), dies at 56
1992 26th Country Music Association Award: Garth Brooks wins
1992 Taylor Maine Pearl Brooks, daughter of country singer Garth Brooks
1992 26th Music City News Country Awards: Alan Jackson and Garth Brooks
1992 Country singer Tammy Wynette hospitalized with bile duct infection
1992 27th Academy of Country Music Awards: Garth Brooks
1992 Country singer Doug Stone, 35, undergoes quadruple bypass surgery
1992 Hank Penny, country music singer, dies at 73 of heart failure
1992 Country singer Lee Greenwood weds Miss Tennessee 1989 (Kimberly Payne)
1991 "Star Trek VI-Undiscovered Country" premieres
1991 Actress Lisa Hartman weds country singer Clint Black
1991 Tennessee Ernie Ford, country singer, dies of liver disease at 72
1991 Tennessee Ernie Ford, country singer (16 Tons), dies at 72
1991 25th Country Music Association Award:
1991 Beau Grayson, son of country singer Tanya Tucker
1991 Dottie West, country singer (Here Comes my Baby), dies at 58 in a car
1991 25th Music City News Country Awards: Ricky Van Shelton
1991 "Our Country's Good" closes at Nederlander Theater New York City after 48 performances
1991 "Our Country's Good" opens at Nederlander Theater New York City for 48 performances
1991 26th Academy of Country Music Awards: Garth Brooks
1991 Webb Pierce, U.S. country singer (Bye Bye Love), dies of cancer at 64
1990 24th Country Music Association Award: George Strait wins
1990 24th Music City News Country Awards: R Van Shelton and Patty Loveless
1990 25th Academy of Country Music Awards: Clint Black and Kathy Mattea win
1989 23rd Country Music Association Award: George Strait, Kathy Mattea wins
1989 23rd Music City News Country Awards: R Van Shelton and Randy Travis
1989 Country singer Rebe McEntire weds her manager Narvel Blackstone
1989 Gen Manuel Noriega's government nullifies country's elections, which the opposition had won by a 3-1 margin
1989 Keith Whitley, country singer (Don't Close Your Eyes), dies at 33
1989 24th Academy of Country Music Awards: Hank Williams Jr, Alabama
1989 Kenneth "Jethro" Burns, country singer (Homer and Jethro), dies at 69
1988 Benazir Bhutto named 1st female PM of a Moslem country (Pakistan)
1988 22nd Country Music Association Award: Highway 101, K T Oslin win
1988 Timberlake Westenbaker's "Our Country's Good," premieres in London
1988 88th U.S. Golf Open: Curtis Strange shoots a 278 at Country Club Mass
1988 22nd Music City News Country Awards: Randy Travis and Statler Brothers
1988 23rd Academy of Country Music Awards: Randy Travis and Hank Williams, Jr.
1987 James Arthur Baldwin, writer (Another Country), dies at 63
1987 21st Country Music Association Award: Hank William, Jr. wins
1987 O B McClinton, U.S. country singer (Man needs a woman), dies at 47
1987 WHN-AM in New York City changes call letters to WFAN (now WEVD) replacing WHN's country music, WYNY-FM adopts country music format
1987 21st Music City News Country Awards: Randy Travis
1987 22nd Academy of Country Music Awards: Randy Travis and Hank Williams Jr
1986 Carmol Taylor, country songwriter, dies at 53 of cancer
1986 20th Country Music Association Award:
1986 20th Music City News Country Awards: Statler Brothers and Loretta Lynn
1986 Country Singer Garth Brooks marries Sandy
1986 21st Academy of Country Music Awards: G Strait, Alabama, R McEntire
1986 Activist Anatoly Scharansky released by U.S.S.R., leaves country
1985 19th Country Music Association Award: Ricky Skaggs wins
1985 Rock and country musicians participate in FarmAid in Champaign, Ill
1985 19th Music City News Country Awards: Statler Brothers, B Mandrell
1985 20th Academy of Country Music Awards: Alabama and Judds win
1984 18th Country Music Association Award: Alabama wins
1984 Country singer Barbara Mandrell is badly injured in a car accident
1984 18th Music City News Country Awards: Statler Brothers
1984 19th Academy of Country Music Awards: Alabama
1983 "Alvin" Junior Samples, country singer (Hee Haw), dies at 56
1983 U.S. invades Grenada, a country 1/2,000 its population (U.S. Wins!)
1983 Merle Travis, country singer, dies at 75
1983 17th Country Music Association Award: Alabama wins
1983 17th Music City News Country Awards: Marty Robbins and Roy Acuff
1983 18th Academy of Country Music Awards: Alabama and Willie Nelson
1983 Reagan certifies El Salvador human-rights abuses have decreased making country eligible for U.S. military aid
1982 Marty Robbins, country singer, dies at 57
1982 16th Country Music Association Award: Willie Nelson and Ricky Skagg
1982 Jimmy Wakely, country western singer, dies of heart failure at 68
1982 Leann Rimes, country singer, Blue, Holiday in Your Heart
1982 "Play Me a Country Song" opens and closes at Virginia Theater New York City
1982 16th Music City News Country Awards: Barbara Mandrell
1982 17th Academy of Country Music Awards: Alabama, Barbara Mandrell
1981 According to South Africa, Ciskei gains independence Not recognized as an independent country outside South Africa
1981 15th Country Music Association Award:
1981 15th Music City News Country Awards: Mandrell Sisters
1981 16th Academy of Country Music Awards: Barbara Mandrell and George Jones
1981 Bob "The Bear" Hite, singer (Canned Heat-Goin' up the Country), dies
1981 Greece is 10th country to join European Economic Community
1980 14th Country Music Association Award:[approx]
1980 Stephanie Michelle Steele, Abilene, Texas, country singer
1980 14th Music City News Country Awards: Statler Brothers and Loretta Lynn
1980 15th Academy of Country Music Awards: Barbara Mandrell wins
1979 John Paul II becomes 1st pope to visit a communist country (Poland)
1979 14th Academy of Country Music Awards: Kenny Rogers and Barbara Mandrell
1978 Maybelle Carter, country singer (Johnny Cash Show), dies at 69
1978 12th Country Music Association Award
1978 Sandy Denny, country singer, dies at 37
1977 Paul Hardy, Belgian designer (Italian Country, dies at 69
1977 11th Country Music Association Award: Ronnie Milsap wins
1977 Charles Carson, actor (Cry the Beloved Country), dies at 87
1976 10th Country Music Association Award: Mel Tillis wins
1976 Elections in Vietnam for a National Assembly to reunite the country
1976 Argentine President Isabel Peron deposed by country's military
1976 CW McCall CB song "Convoy" hit #1 on the country music charts
1975 Mindy McCready, country/western singer
1975 9th Country Music Association Award: John Denver wins
1975 Mandy Barnett, country singer, Maybe, Rainy Days
1975 "Thank God I'm a Country Boy," by John Denver hits #1
1974 Wings (Country Hams) release "Walking in the Park with Eloise"
1974 8th Country Music Association Award: Charlie Rich
1974 Tex Ritter, country singer (5 Star Jubilee), dies at 67
1973 Stringbean, country singer/comedian/banjoist (Hee Haw), dies at 58
1973 7th Country Music Association Award: Roy Clark wins
1973 John and Yoko form a new country with no laws or boundaries, called Nutopia, its national anthem is silence
1972 Elton Britt, country singer (Sat Night Jamboree), dies at 54
1971 Pete Vordenberg, Rota Spain, U.S. cross country skier 1994 Olympics
1971 5th Country Music Association Award: Charlie Pride wins
1971 Alison Krauss, born in Decatur, Illinois, country singer, 2 Highways
1970 4th Country Music Association Award: Merle Haggard wins
1970 Nina Kemppel, Anchorage Alaska, cross country skier 1994 Olympics
1970 Emily Lloyd, born in London, England, actress, Wish You Were Here, In Country
1970 Luke Bodensteiner, Iowa City Iowa, cross country skier 1994 Olympics
1970 Kerrin Petty, Townshend Vt, cross country skier 1994 Olympics
1969 Laura Wilson, Utica, New York, cross country skier 1994 Olympics
1969 Sweden (1st Western country) recognizes North Vietnam
1969 Nikki Nelson, Topaz Lake Nev, country singer, Highway 101-Cry Cry Cry
1968 Shelby Lynne, Quantico, Virginia, country singer, If I Could Bottle This Up
1968 Red Foley, country singer (Mr Smith Goes to Washington), dies at 58
1968 Country's 1st 911 phone system went into service in Haleyville, Ala
1968 Tracy Lawrence, Atlanta, Texas, country singer, Sticks and Stones
1967 2nd Academy of Country Music Awards
1966 Tracy Byrd, country singer
1966 Martina McBride, country singer
1966 Laura McCabe, cross country skier, 1994 Olympics
1966 John David Cullum, actor in 1776, Sweet Country, Day After
1966 Deana Carter, country singer
1965 Ben Husaby, Eden Prairie, Minnesota, cross country skier 1994 Olympics
1965 Marty Brown, born in Owensboro, Kentucky, country singer, Wildest Dreams
1965 Ira Louvin, country singer (Louvin Brothers), dies at 41
1965 Dorcas Wonsavage, Madison Wis, cross country skier 1994 Olympics
1965 T S Eliot, poet (Washed Country), dies in London at 76
1964 Trisha Yearwood, Monticello Georgia, country singer, Sweetest Gift
1964 Jim Reeves, U.S. country singer, dies in air crash at 39
1964 Supreme Court rules unconstitutional to deprive naturalized citizens of citizenship if they return to home country for more than 3 years
1964 Skip Ewing, Redlands California, country vocalist, Coast of Colorado
1963 Merle Haggard 1st appearance on country chart with "Sing a Sad Song"
1963 Leslie Thompson, Burlington, Vermont, cross country skier 1994 Olympics
1963 Mark Chesnutt, born in Beaumont, Texas, country singer, Too Cold at Home
1963 Ingrid Butts, born in Denver, Colorado, cross country skier 1994 Olympics
1963 63rd U.S. Golf Open: Julius Boros shoots a 293 at The Country Club Mass
1963 Hawkshaw Hawkins, country singer (Ozark Jubilee), dies at 41
1963 Patsy Cline, country singer (Crazy), dies in a plane crash at 30
1963 Travis Tritt, Marietta, Georgia, country vocalist, Country Club
1962 Christy Forester, Lookout Mt, Georgia, country singer, Forester Sister-Men
1962 Billy Dean, born in Quincy, Florida, country singer, Billy the Kid
1962 Uganda became a self-governing country
1962 Clint Black, born in Long Branch, New Jersey, country vocalist, A Better Man
1961 Jimmy Dean's "Big Bad John" is 1st country song to get a gold record
1961 Jimmy Dean's Big Bad John album is country music 1st million $ seller
1961 k.d. lang, [Kathy Dawn], Consort Alberta, country singer
1961 Billy Ray Cyrus, Flatwoods, Kentucky, country singer, Achy Breaky Heart
1961 Todd Boonstra, born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, cross country skier 1994 Olympics
1961 Davis Daniel, born in Arlington Heights Illinois, country singer
1961 Iris DeMent, Paragould Ar, country singer, Our Town
1960 Johnny Horton, country singer, dies at 33
1960 Kim Forester, Lookout Mt, Georgia, country singer, Forester Sister-Men
1960 John Aalberg, Orland Norway, U.S. cross country skier 1994 Olympics
1960 Gregg "Hobie" Hubbard, Apopka, Florida, country singer, Betty's Bein' Bad
1960 Country of Katanga forms in Africa
1960 U.S. is 1st country to use the birth control pill legally
1960 Lionel Cartwright, Ohio, country vocalist, I Watched it on the Radio
1959 Billy Montana, Country/Western performer, No Yesterday, Angelia
1959 Lorrie Morgan, born in Nashville, Tennessee, country singer, Out of Your Shoes
1959 Kathy Mattea, country singer, Love at the Five and Dime
1959 Rupert Everett, actor, Princess Daisy, Another Country
1959 Randy Travis, Marshville, North Carolina, country singer, Diggin' Up Bones
1959 Dave Innis, born in Bartlesville, Oklahoma, country singer, Restless Heart-Wheels
1959 Larry Stewart, born in Paducah, Kentucky, country singer, Restless Heart-Wheels
1958 Joe Diffie, Tulsa, Oklahoma, country singer/guitarist, Home
1958 Alan Jackson, born in Newnan, Georgia, country singer, Here in the Real World
1958 Tanya Tucker, Seminole, Texas, country singer and actress, Follow that Car
1958 Marty Stuart, Philadelphia, country singer, Hillbilly Rock
1958 Pam Tills, Country music artist
1958 Shelly West, born in Cleveland, Ohio, country singer, Red Hot, West by West
1958 William Stuart Adamson, born in Manchester, rock guitarist, Big Country
1958 Sammy Kershaw, Kaplan, Louisiana, country vocalist, Cadillac Style
1958 Mary-Chapin Carpenter, Princeton, New Jersey, country vocalist, This Shirt
1957 "Curley" Joe Smyth, country singer, Betty's Bein' Bad
1957 Holly Dunn, born in San Antonio, Texas, country singer, Daddy's Hands
1957 Pam Tillis, born in Plant City, Florida, country singer, Melancholy Child
1957 Cactus Moser, Montrose, Colorado, country singer, Highway 101-Cry Cry Cry
1957 Vince Gill, born in Norman, Oklahoma, country singer, When I Call Your Name
1957 Irlene Mandrell, born in Corpus Christi, Texas, country singer, Mandrell Sisters
1956 Lee Roy Parnell, Abilene Texas, country singer, Oughta be a Law
1956 Sylvia, Kokomo Indiana, country singer, Nobody
1956 Billy Smith, Reidsville, North Carolina, country singer, Billy and Terry Smith
1956 Lyle Lovett, born in Klein, Texas, country singer, God Will, Joshua Judges Ruth
1956 Dwight Yoakam, born in Pikeville, Kentucky, country singer, Honky Tonk Man
1956 June Forester, Chattanooga, Tennessee, country singer, Forester Sister-Men
1956 Joan Allen, Illinois, actress, Peggy Sue Got Married, Tucker, In Country
1956 Thomas Wassberg, born in Sweden, 15K/50K cross country skier 1980 Olympics gold
1956 Charly McClain, born in Jackson, Tennessee, country singer, Radio Heart
1956 Garth Brooks, born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, country vocalist, No Fences
1956 Mark Collie, Waynesboro, Tennessee, country singer, Another Old Soldier
1955 Tish Hinojosa, San Antonia, Texas, country singer, Something in the Rain
1955 Johnny Cash debuts Top 10 country song "Cry! Cry! Cry!"
1955 Carlene Carter, born in Nashville, Tennessee, country singer, I Fell in Love
1955 Kevin Welch, California, country songwriter/actor, Thing Called Love
1955 Marja-Liisa Hamalainen, Finnish cross country skier, Oly-gold-1984
1955 Jimmy Lowe, born in Nashville, Tennessee, country singer, Pirates of Ms-Fred Jake
1955 "Country" Jem Finer, English banjo player, Pogues-Straight to Hell
1955 Keith Whitley, Sandy Hook, Kentucky, country singer, Don't Close Your Eyes
1955 Rosanne Cash, born in Memphis, Tennessee, country singer, Seven Year Ache, I Wonder
1955 Mark Herndon, Springfield, Massachusetts, country drummer, Alabama-Take Me Down
1955 Reba McEntire, born in McAlester, Oklahoma, country singer, Can't Even Get the Blues
1955 Dean Dillon, born in Lake City, Tennessee, country singer, Chair
1955 Paul Overstreet, born in Van Cleave, Mississippi, country singer, Daddy's Come Around
1955 Clive Aslet, British editor, Country Life
1955 Steve Earle, born in San Antonio, Texas, country singer, Guitar Town
1955 Kathy Forester, Lookout Mt, Georgia, country singer, Forester Sister-Men
1954 Steve Wariner, Noblesville Indiana, country singer, Small Town Girl
1954 John Anderson, born in Apopka, Florida, country singer and actor, Lone Wolf McQuade
1954 Paul Gregg, country singer, Restless Heart-Wheels
1954 Danielle Alexander, Ft. Worth, Texas, country music pianist
1954 T Graham Brown, Arabi, Georgia, country singer, Come as you Were
1954 Greg Jennings, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, country singer, Restless Heart-Wheels
1954 Ricky Skaggs, born in Cordell, Kentucky, country singer, Heartbroke, Toy Hearts
1954 Louise Mandrell, born in Corpus Christi, Texas, country singer, Mandrell Sisters
1954 Ava Barber, born in Knoxville, Tennessee, country singer, Lawrence Welk Show
1954 James Henderson, country singer, Black Oak Arkansas
1954 Rob Crosby, born in Sumter, South Carolina, country singer, She's a Natural
1954 Jann Browne, country singer, Mexican Wind
1953 Deborah Allen, born in Memphis, Tennessee, country singer, Jim Stafford Show
1953 Hal Ketchum, born in Greenwich, New York, country singer, Small Town Saturday Night
1953 Michael Bonagura, born in Newark, New Jersey, country singer, Baille and Boys-Oh Heart
1953 Hank Williams, country singer (Cold Cold Heart), dies at 29
1952 Pat Severs, Camden, South Carolina, country singer, Pirates of Miss-Fred Jake
1952 Steve Sanders, Richland, Georgia, country singer, Oak Ridge Boys-Elvira
1952 Rudy Gatlin, Olney, Texas, country singer, Gatlin Bros-Broken Lady
1952 Ulrich Wehling, born in German DR, cross country, Olympics gold 1972, 76, 80
1952 Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Cross Country Weathervane Golf Tournament
1952 George Strait, Pearsall, Texas, country singer, All My Exes Live in Texas
1952 German "Country" Bathe-Wurttemberg forms
1952 Jim Scholten, Midland, Michigan, country singer, Betty's Bein' Bad
1952 Raisa Smetanina, U.S.S.R., cross country skier, Olympics gold 1976, 80, 92
1952 Teddy Gentry, Fort Payne Ala, country music star, Alabama-Mt Music
1952 Ricky Van Shelton, country musician
1952 Ricky Van Shelton, Grit, Virginia, country singer, Wild-Eyed Dream
1951 Frank Beard, U.S. country rock drummer, ZZ Topp
1951 Ivar Formo, born in Norway, 50K cross country skier 1976 Olympics gold
1951 Dwight Twilley, born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, country singer, Twilley Don't Mind
1951 Judy Rodman, Riverside California, country singer, Girls Ride Horses Too
1951 John Dittrich, born in Union, New Jersey, country singer, Restless Heart-Wheels
1951 Steve Gatlin, born in Olney, Texas, country singer, Gatlin Bros-Broken Lady
1951 Ray Benson, born in Philadelphia Pennsylvania, country singer, House of Blue Lights
1951 Kathy Baillie, Morristown, New Jersey, country vocalist, Baille Boys-Oh Heart
1951 Yakov Smirnoff, born in Russia, comedian, It's a wonderful country
1951 Crystal Gayle, born in Kentucky, country singer, Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue
1950 Clifford Odet's "Country Girl," premieres in New York City
1950 Thomas Aldrich, country drummer, Black Oak Arkansas
1950 Rodney Crowell, born in Houston, Texas, country singer, She's Crazy for Leavin'
1950 Ronnie McDowell, born in Fountain Head, Tennessee, country singer, King is Gone
1950 Steve Hill, country vocalist, A Winning Hand
1950 David Lynn Jones, Bexar, Arkansas, country singer, Bonnie Jean
1949 Randy Owen, Fort Payne Ala, country music star, Alabama-Mt Music
1949 Bonnie Raitt, born in Burbank, California, country singer, Green Light, The Glow
1949 Jack Daniels, Choctaw Oklahoma, country singer, Highway 101-Cry Cry Cry
1949 Martin Delray, Texarkana Ar, country singer, Get Rhythm,
1949 Jeff Cook, Fort Payne Ala, country guitar/vocalist, Alabama-Mt Music
1949 Kene Holliday, born in New York City, actor, Tyler-Matlock, Carter Country
1949 Hank Williams, Jr., born in Shreveport, Louisiana, country singer, Honky Tonk
1949 Timothy Cordy, British director, Town/Country Planning Assn
1949 Stanley Knight, country artist, Black Oak Arkansas-High on the Hog
1949 Marshall Chapman, Spartanburg, South Carolina, country singer
1948 Gary Morris, Ft. Worth, Texas, country singer and actor, Colbys
1948 Ricki Lee Reynolds, country singer, Black Oak Arkansas
1948 Chris LeDoux, Biloxi Mississippi, country singer, Ridin' for a Fall
1948 Joe Bonsall, Philadelphia, country singer, Oak Ridge Boys-Elvira
1948 Larry Gatlin, Seminole, Texas, country singer, Gatlin Bros-Broken Lady
1948 Paul Davis, born in Meridian, Michigan, country/rock vocalist, I Go Crazy
1948 Gail Davies, born in Broken Bow, Oklahoma, country singer, Blue Heartache
1948 1st country music TV show, Midwestern Hayride, premieres on WLW Cin
1947 Lynn Anderson, ND, country singer, I Never Promised you a Rose Garden
1947 Mary Kay Place, Tulsa Oklahoma, actress/country singer, Mary Hartman!
1947 Rex Allen, Jr., Chicago, country singer, Nashville on the Road
1947 Jessi Colter, [Miriam Johnson], Phoenix, country singer, I'm Not Lisa
1947 Mike Reid, Altoona Penn, country singer, Walk on Faith
1947 Emmylou Harris, born in Birmingham, Alabama, country singer, Together Again
1947 Tony Butler, rock bassist, Big Country-It's a Big Country, Wonderland
1947 Joe Ely, Amarillo, Texas, country vocalist, Honky Tonk Masquerade
1947 Jimmy Ibbotson, Penn, country singer, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
1946 Adriaan van Dis, Dutch TV host/writer, Promised Country
1946 German "Country" Nedersaksen forms
1946 Anne Murray, Springhill Nova Scotia, country singer, Snowbird
1946 Lacy J Dalton, Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania, country singer, Crazy Blue Eyes
1946 John Prine, Maywood, Illinois, country singer, Hello in There
1946 Jo-el Sonnier, Rayne, Louisiana, country singer, Louisiana
1946 John Conlee, Versailles, Kentucky, country singer, Common Man
1946 Dolly Rebecca Parton, Sevierville, Tennessee, country singer, Dolly, 9 to 5
1945 Donna Fargo, North Carolina, country singer, Happiest Girl in Whole USA
1945 Don Reid, Virginia, country singer, Statler Bros-Flowers on the Wall
1945 Gary Stewart, Latcher County, Kentucky, country singer, She's Actin' Single
1945 Misty Morgan, country keyboardist, duo with Jack Blanchard
1945 Stefan Grossman, born in New York City, country blues singer, Yazoo Basin Boogie
1945 Michael Martin Murphey, born in Dallas, Texas, country singer, Wildfire
1944 Eddie Rabbitt, Brooklyn, country singer, I Love a Rainy Night
1944 Kinky Friedman, Palestine, Texas, country rocker
1944 Eddy Raven, Lafayette, Louisiana, country singer, Right Hand Man
1944 Guich Koock, born in Austin, Texas, actor, Harley Puckett-Carter Country
1944 Country singer Jimmie Davis becomes governor of Louisiana
1944 Moe Bandy, Meridian Ms, country vocalist, Just Good Ol' Boys
1944 Ronnie Milsap, born in Robbinsville, North Carolina, country singer, Legend in My Time
1943 John Denver, New Mexico, singer, Rocky Mt High, thank God he's a country boy
1943 Gene Watson, Palestine, Texas, country singer, Heartaches, Love and Stuff
1943 [Susan] Tuesday Weld, New York City, actress, Dobie Gillis, Wild in Country
1943 Franklin D. Roosevelt becomes 1st U.S. President to visit a foreign country during wartime
1943 1st president of a black country to visit U.S. (Edwin Barclay, Liberia)
1943 Duane Allen, born in Taylortown, Texas, country singer, Oak Ridge Boys-Elvira
1943 Richard Sterban, Camden, New Jersey, country singer, Oak Ridge Boys-Elvira
1943 Bob "Bear" Hite, California, vocalist, Canned Heat-Going Up the Country
1943 1st U.S. President to visit a foreign country in wartime-FDR leaves for Casablanca, Morocco
1942 Earl Cate, Arkansas, country singers, Cate Bros-Fire on the Tracks
1942 Ernie Cate, Arkansas, country singers, Cate Bros-Fire on the Tracks
1942 Tammy Wynette, Redbay Alabama, country singer, Stand by your Man
1942 Billy Joe Royal, born in Valdosta, Georgia, country singer, Down in the Boondocks
1942 Jerry Jeff Walker, born in Oneonta, New York, country singer, Mr. Bojangles
1942 Slim Whitman, yoddler/country singer, Home on the Range
1942 Country Joe McDonald, California, rock guitarist and vocalist, & the Fish
1941 Helen Cornelius, Hannibal, Missouri, country singer, Nashville on the Road
1941 Doug Sahm, born in San Antonio, Texas, country singer, Texas Tornadoes-Dinero
1941 Guy Clark, Rockport, Texas, country singer, Heartbroke
1941 Earl Thomas Conley, Portsmouth, Ohio, country singer, Too Many Times
1941 Don Rich, Olympia Wash, guitarist/country singer, Hee Haw
1941 Bobby Hebb, born in Nashville, Tennessee, country singer and songwriter, Sunny
1941 K. T. Oslin, Crossett, country singer, 80's Ladies
1941 WPAT radio in New Jersey begins broadcasting (country music format)
1941 Franco Nones, Italy, 30K cross country skier, 1968 Olympics gold
1941 Sandy Denny, country singer, Fairport Convention-If You Gotta Go
1940 Ed Buce, Keiser Ar, country singer, Texas
1940 Lee Greenwood, country singer, God Bless the USA
1940 O. B. McClinton, [Burnett], country singer, Keep your arms around me
1940 Johnny Russell, country singer
1940 Cristy Lane, U.S., country/gospel singer
1939 Claudia Boyarskikh, U.S.S.R., 5K/10K cross country 1964 Olympic gold
1939 David Allan Coe, country musician, Mysterious Rhinestone Cowboy
1939 Don Williams, Floydada Texas, country singer, I Believe in You
1939 Billboard Magazine introduces hillbilly (country) music chart
1939 Toini Gustafson, Sweden, 5K/10K cross country skier, Oly-gold-1968
1938 Duane Eddy, born in Phoenix, Arizona, country singer, Peter Gunn, Cannonball
1938 Charley Pride, born in Sledge, Mississippi, country singer, Sweet Country
1938 Artur Seyss-Inquart replaces Kurt von Schuschnigg as Chancellor of Austria; German troops also entered the country
1938 Lew DeWitt, born in Virginia, country singer, Statler Brothers-Flowers on the Wall
1938 Narvel Felts, country singer
1937 John Hartford, born in New York City, country singer, Gentle on My Mind
1937 Bill Anderson, country singer, Still, From This Pen
1937 Wanda Jackson, Maud Oklahoma, country singer, Let's Have a Party
1937 George Thoma, German FR, cross country ski jumper 1960 Olympics gold
1937 Waylon Jennings, country singer/guitarist, Ramblin' Man
1937 Freddie Fender, born in Mexico, country singer, Feelings
1937 Merle Haggard, Bakersfield, California, country singer, Death Valley Days
1937 Billie Jo Spears, country singer
1936 Tom T. Hall, Olive Hill, Kentucky, country singer and writer, Harper Valley PTA
1936 Roger Whittaker, born in Nairobi, Kenya, country singer, Durham Town
1936 Mickey Gilley, born in Ferriday, Louisiana, country singer, Urban Cowboy
1936 Andrew Pine, Jennings, Florida, actor, V, WEB, Wide Country
1936 Dame Clara Butt, alto singer (Country of Hope and Glory), dies at 62
1936 Roger Miller, Ft. Worth, Texas, country singer, King of the Road, Dang Me
1935 Jerry Lee Lewis, born in Feriday, Louisiana, country singer, Whole Lotta Shakin'
1935 Justin Tubb, born in San Antonio, Texas, country singer, Grand Ole Opry
1935 Bobby Bare, born in Irontown, Ohio, country singer, Detroit City
1935 Johnny Bush, country singer
1935 Iceland becomes 1st country to legalize abortion
1935 William Lee Gloden, Brewton Al, country singer, Oak Ridge Boys
1934 Vern Gosdin, Woodland Al, country singer, Set 'em Up Joe
1934 Jim "Ed" Brown, born in Sparkman, Arkansas, country singer, Nashville on the Road
1934 Bobby Lord, Sanford, Florida, country singer, Ozark Jubilee
1933 Jean Shepard, Pauls Valley Oklahoma, country singer, Ozark Jubilee
1933 Barbara Carson, born in Memphis, Tennessee, actress, Comedy Tonight, Carter Country
1933 Conway Twitty, born in Mississippi, country singer, Hello Darlin'
1933 Jimmie Rodgers, country singer, dies at 35
1933 Willie Nelson, born in Abbott, Texas, country singer, On the Road Again
1933 Roy Clark, born in Meherrin, Virginia, country singer, Hee Haw
1933 Goldie Hill, Karnes County, Texas, country singer, Grand Ole Opry
1932 Dottie West, born in Nashville, Tennessee, country singer, Here Comes My Baby
1932 Dottie West, country singer
1932 Patsy Cline, born in Winchester, Virginia, country singer, Crazy
1932 Porter Wagoner, country singer, discovered Dolly Parton, Y'All Come
1932 Mel Tillis, born in Tampa, Florida, country singer, Who's Julie, M-M-Mel
1932 Johnny Cash, born in Kingsland, Arkansas, country singer, I Hear the Train Coming
1932 Faron Young, country singer and actor, Hidden Guns, Daniel Boone
1932 Rick Hall, country/R&B singer
1931 Kenny Price, Florence, Kentucky, country singer, Midwestern Hayride, Hee Haw
1930 Sonja Ruthstrom, Swed, cross country relay skier 1960 Olympics gold
1930 1st vehicular tunnel to a foreign country, Detroit - Windsor, opens
1930 Tommy Collins, [Leonard Sipes], country singer, Don't Growl
1930 Doyle Holly, comedian/country performer, Buckaroos
1930 Derek Waring, actor, Barnacle Bill, Arthur-Heart of the Country
1930 Liz Anderson, country and western singer
1929 Leroy Van Dyke, Spring Fork, Missouri, country singer, Walk on By
1929 Buck Owens, born in Sherman, Texas, country singer, Hee Haw
1929 Lee Hazelwood, born in Oklahoma, country singer and songwriter, Summer Wine, Jackson
1929 June Carter Cash, born in Maces Spring, Virginia, country singer, Johnny Cash Show
1929 Vatican City, world's smallest country, made an enclave of Rome
1929 Hallgeir Brenden, Norway, 15K/18K cross country, Oly-gold-1952, 56
1929 Billy Walker, Ralls, Texas, country singer, Ozark Jubilee
1928 Michael Blakemore, British theater director, Country Life
1927 Ferlin Husky, country singer, Born to Lose, Gone
1927 Mose Allison, Tippo Mississippi, jazz artist, Black Country Suite
1927 Charlie Louvin, Rainsville Ala, country singer, Louvin Brothers
1927 Harvey Vernon, born in Flint, Michigan, actor, Jasper-Carter Country
1927 Carl Smith, born in Maynardville, Tennessee, country singer, Grand Ole Opry
1927 Claude Laydu, actress, Diary of a Country Priest
1927 Ralph Stanley, country singer
1926 Jerry Clower, Amite County Mississippi, country comedian, Nashville on Road
1926 Webb Pierce, born in West Monroe, Louisiana, country singer, Ozark Jubilee
1926 "Alvin" Junior Samples, born in Cummings, Georgia, country singer, Hee Haw
1926 Ray Price, country singer, Good Times
1925 Jimmy Dickens, Bolt, West Virginia, country singer, Grand Ole Opry
1925 French occupation force begins evacuating country
1925 Marvin Rainwater, born in Wichita, Kansas, country singer, Ozark Jubilee
1925 Veikko Hakulinen, Finland, 30K/50K cross country skier, Oly-gold-1956
1924 Siiri Rantanen, Finland, cross country skier 1956 Olympics gold
1924 Jim Reeves, U.S. country singer and actor, Gun Fury, Kimberley Jim
1924 Lola Albright, born in Akron, Ohio, actress, Delta Country, Kid Galahad
1924 Ira Louvin, born in Rainsville, Alabama, country singer, Louvin Brothers
1924 Lionel Monckton, English composer (Country Girl), dies at 62
1923 Hank Williams, country singer, Cold, Cold Heart, Hey Good Lookin'
1923 Recording of 1st country music hit (Little Old Log Cabin in the Lane)
1923 Kenneth "Jethro" Burns, country singer, Homer and Jethro
1923 Lithuania seizes and annexes country of Memel
1922 WOI (Ames, Iowa) country's 1st licensed educational radio station
1921 Hawkshaw Hawkins, Huntington, West Virginia, country singer, Ozark Jubilee
1921 Alain Mimoun O'Kacha, Algerian/French cross country, Oly-gold-1956
1920 Lydia Wideman, Finland, 10K cross country skier 1952 Olympics gold
1920 Jethro Burnsburns, country singer, Homer and Jethro
1919 Kitty Wells, born in Nashville, Tennessee, country singer, Grand Ole Opry
1919 Tennessee Ernie Ford, Bristol, Tennessee, country vocalist/actor, pea picker
1918 Eddy Arnold, Henderson, Tennessee, country singer, Cattle Call, Anytime
1917 U.S. becomes 13th country to declare war on Austria during World War I
1917 Simon Slattvik, Norway, cross country ski jumper 1952 Olympics gold
1917 Elton Britt, Marshall, Arkansas, country singer, Sat Night Jamboree
1914 Jim Boyd, country/western performer
1914 Lord Kitchner says "Your country needs you," poster spreads over UK
1914 Hank Snow, Nova Scotia, Canada, country singer, I Went to Your Wedding
1914 Pee Wee King, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, country vocalist, Pee Wee King Song
1914 Jimmy Wakely, Mineola, Arkansas, country vocalist, 5 Star Jubilee
1914 Lester Flatt, country musician, Flatt and Scruggs
1913 President Wilson says U.S. will never attack another country
1913 Grandpa [Louis M] Jones, Niagra, Kentucky, country musician, Hee-Haw
1913 19th U.S. Golf Open: Francis Ouimet shoots a 304 at The Country Club MA
1913 New country of Albania, forms
1912 Lawrence Durrell, Indian/British writer, Private Country
1911 Bill Monroe, Rosine, Kentucky, country singer, Blue Moon of Kentucky
1910 Jacquetta Hawker, English archaeologist/author, A Country
1910 Red Foley, born in Blue Lick, Kentucky, country singer, Mr Smith Goes to Washington
1909 Maybelle Carter, Nickelsville, Virginia, country singer, Johnny Cash Show
1908 Oddbjorn Hagen, Norway, cross country jumper 1936 Olympics gold
1907 Merle Travis, Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, country singer, 16 Tons
1907 Finland is 1st European country to give women the right to vote
1906 Roosevelt becomes 1st U.S. President to visit a foreign country (Panama)
1906 Tex Ritter, Texas, country singer, 5 Star Jubilee, Wayward Wind
1905 Andre Christiaens, Flemish writer, Unfindable Country
1904 Wilf Carter, country singer
1903 Wilhelm von Polenz, German author (Country of Zukunft), dies
1903 Roy Acuff, born in Maynardville, Tennessee, country musician, Hee Haw
1903 Alan Paton, South Africa, writer, Cry, the Beloved Country
1902 Denmark is 1st country to adopt fingerprinting to identify criminals
1899 Guinn "Big Boy" Williams, Texas, actor, Hoedown, Country Fair, Blackmail
1897 Jimmie Rodgers, Mendoza Mississippi, country singer/singing brakeman
1896 London Country Councils' Muzzling Order becomes effective
1895 Lin Yu-t'ang, China, writer, My Country and My People
1893 New Zealand is 1st country to grant all its women the right to vote
1889 Uncle Art Satherly, entertainer, 1968 Acad of Country Music Award
1888 Georges Bernanos, France, novelist, Diary of a Country Priest
1886 Conrad Busken Huet, writer (Country of Rubens)
1885 Charles Carson, born in London, England, actor, Cry the Beloved Country
1873 Clara Butt, Southwick Sussex, contralto, Country of Hope and Glory
1865 George C Pearce, actor, Country Kid, British Agent, Valiant
1864 1st export of goods from Burrard Inlet, BC to a foreign country
1857 Henrik Pontoppidan, born in Denmark, writer, Promised Country, Nobel 1917
1849 Sarah Orne Jewett, born in Maine, author, Country of the Pointed Firs
1846 Oregon country divided between U.S. and Britain at 49th parallel
1845 George Abernethy becomes 1st governor of Oregon Country
1843 Committee of 9 appointed to establish civil government in Oregon Country
1843 U.S. and British settlers in Oregon Country choose government committee
1834 Provisional government forms in Oregon Country
1826 Conrad Busken Huet, Dutch vicar/literary, Country of Rubens
1824 Freed American slaves forms country of Liberia
1822 Edward Everett Hale, U.S., clergyman/author, Man without a Country
1819 Spain renounces claims to Oregon Country, Florida (Adams-Onis Treaty)
1818 U.S. and Britain agree to joint control of Oregon country
1816 France decrees Bonaparte family excluded from the country forever
1811 Venezuela, 1st South American country to gain independence from Spain
1811 George Caleb Bingham, U.S., politician/painter, Country Election
1793 France becomes 1st country to use the metric system
1784 John McLoughlin, Hudson's Bay Co pioneer in Oregon Country
1755 Nathan Hale, hanged patriot, had but one life to give for his country
1751 1st publication of Gray's "Elegy Written in a Country Church Yard"
1733 England passes Molasses Act, putting high tariffs on rum and molasses imported to the colonies from a country other than British possessions
1716 Thomas Gray, English poet, Elegy Written in a Country Church Yard
1716 William Wycherley, dramatist (The Country Wife), dies at about 75
1518 Elizabeth Talbot, countess of Shrewsbury/builder of country houses
1215 English barons serve ultimatum on king John without Country
1202 King Philip II throws out John without Country, from France
1061 Halley's Comet sparks English monk to predict country'll be destroyed
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