- Today in 1965, Ernest Tubb was inducted to the Country Music Hall of Fame.
- Today in 1991, “The Patsy Cline Collection” album was released.
- Today in 1992, Mark Chesnutt’s second album, “Longnecks and Short Stories,” went gold.
- Today in 1992, the album, “Wynonna,” by Wynonna was certified double platinum.
- Today in 1996, Tracy Byrd released the album, “Big Love” and Mary Chapin Carpenter released the album, “A Place in the World.”
- Today in 1999, Martina McBride was #1 on “Radio & Records’” Country Top 50 chart with her single, “I Love You.”
- Today in 2002, the USA Network held the first auditions for the inaugural edition of the “Nashville Star” Ronnie Dunn and Trace Adkins were both on hand, as is Jon Brennan, who is better known as the shy, aspiring country singer from the second season of MTV’s “Real World.” Of course, Buddy Jewell went on to win the competition in May 2003.
- Today in 2005, Keith Urban’s “Better Life” began a six-week run at the top of the Billboard chart.
- Today in 2008, a wax figure of Carrie Underwood was unveiled at Madame Tussauds in New York.
- Today in 2011, Ronne Dunn sang “The Star Spangled Banner” at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington as Major League Baseball’s St. Louis Cardinals swamped the Texas Rangers in a World Series game.
- Today in 2012, Taylor Swift’s “Red” album was released.
- Today in 2016, Eric Church donated $1-million for diabetes research during a fundraiser at the Westin in Charlotte, where his parents, Ken and Rita Church, received an award.
- Today in 2017, Alan Jackson, songwriter Don Schlitz (the author of “The Gambler”) and the late Jerry Reed were inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame.
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