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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

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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