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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 1999 Boxcar Willie, born Lecil Travis Martin, guitarist, American hobo music singer, sang country, gospel music, dies from leukemia, in Branson, Missouri, at age 67 1998 32nd TNN Music City News Country Awards 1998 Grandpa 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 Prime Minister 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 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 Dave Bowen, born in Maesteg, Glamorgan, Wales, Welsh football player, manager, captain, led country to win 1958 World Cup finals, dies at 67 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 Roy Acuff, country musician, 'Hee Haw', 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 General 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 Prime Minister 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 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, born in Vidor, Texas, Tracy Lynn Byrd, country singer, musician, known for Number One Billboard hit single 'Holdin' Heaven', recorded nine studio albums, 30 hit singles, 11 top ten hits 1966 Martina McBride, country singer 1966 Zola Budd, born in Bloemfontein, South Africa, track and field long distance runner, trained and raced barefoot, politically controversial figure, two-time Women's 5000 meters world record holder, two-time World Cross Country Championships winner 1966 Laura McCabe, cross country skier, 1994 Olympics 1966 John David Cullum, actor in 1776, Sweet Country, Day After 1966 Jose Maria Olazabal, born in Fuenterrabia, Gipuzkoa, Basque country, Spain, professional golfer, 6 PGA Tour wins, 23 European Tour wins, 2 Japan Golf Tour wins 1966 Deana Carter, born in Nashville, Texas, Deana Kay Carter, country singer, famous for multi-platinum debut album 'Did I Shave My Legs for This?', albums include fourteen singles, three reached number one on the Billboard country charts, including 'Strawberry Wine' 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 Clinton Gregory, born in Martinsville, Virginia, singer, songwriter, recording artist, fiddler, country and bluegrass genres, recorded seven studio albums, chartered 11 Billboard Hot country Singles and Tracks, including Play, Ruby, Play, which reached no. 25 on the charts 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 K. D. Lang, 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, 3 Gold Medals 1984 Olympics, 4 Bronze Medals 1984, 1988, 1994 Olympics 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 Lucinda Williams, born in Lake Charles, Louisiana, singer, songwriter, wrote Grammy-Award-winning song, 'Passionate Kisses', recorded by Mary Chapin Carpenter, successful album, 'Car Wheels on a Gravel Road', combined country, blues, rock, Americana genres 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 East Germany, cross country, Gold Medal 1972, 1976, 1980 Olympics 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, Gold Medal 1976, 1980, 1992 Olympics 1952 Teddy Gentry, Fort Payne, Alabama, country music star, Alabama - Mountain 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, Alabama, country music star, Alabama - Mountain 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, Alabama, country guitar/vocalist, Alabama - Mountain 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 and Country Planning Association 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 Gail Davies, born in Broken Bow, Oklahoma, country singer, Blue Heartache 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 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 Michael Johnson, born in Alamosa, Colorado, pop, guitarist, country, pop music, known for song, 'Bluer Than Blue' 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 Mountain 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 Sammi Smith, born in Orange County, California, born Jewel Faye Smith, musician, songwriter, famous hit 'Help Me Make It Through the Night' written by Kris Kristofferson, part of 1970's 'outlaw country' movement 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, Gold Medal 1968 Olympics 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, born in Sweden, 5K/10K cross country skier, Gold Medal 1968 Olympics 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, born in West Germany, 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 David Houston, born in Bossier City, Louisiana, singer, country music, recorded hit 'Almost Pursuaded', and 'With One Exception', 'My Elusive Dreams' with Tammy Wynette 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 Ian Tyson, born in British Columbia, Canada, singer, songwriter, guitarist, song 'Four Strong Winds' chosen as greatest Canadian song of all time, in Canada's Country Music Hall of Fame 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 Boxcar Willie, born in Red Oak, Texas, born Lecil Travis Martin, guitarist, American hobo music singer, sang country, gospel music 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, born in Roseau, Minnesota, country music singer, songwriter, Grammy Award nominee, wrote hits for Merle Haggard 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, Gold Medal 1952, 1956 Olympics 1929 Billy Walker, born in Ralls, Texas, country singer, Ozark Jubilee 1928 Michael Blakemore, British theater director, Country Life 1928 Dave Bowen, born in Maesteg, Glamorgan, Wales, Welsh football player, manager, captain, led country to win 1958 World Cup finals 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 Cecil Bodker, born in Fredericia, Denmark, writer, won Mildred L. Batchelder Award for her book titled, The Leopard, considered the most outstanding book originally published in a foreign language in a foreign country, then published in the United States 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, Gold Medals 1952, 1956, 1960 Olympics, Silver Medals 1956, 1960 Olympics, Bronze Medal 1960 Olympics 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, Gold Medal 1956 Olympics 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, born in Tennessee, best-selling, longest-running, country music singer, helped create Nashville sound 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 1913 Mary Durack, born in Adelaide, Australia, poet, author, historian, wrote Kings in Grass Castles and Keep Him My Country 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 1893 Frank Carlson, born in Cloud Country, Kansas, Governor of Kansas 1947 - 1950, Representative and Senator-R-Kansas 1889 Uncle Art Satherly, entertainer, 1968 Academy 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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