- Today in 1961, Gene Autry’s expansion Los Angeles Angels dropped baseball player Charley Pride during spring training in Palm Springs after a two-week tryout.
- Today in 1975, George jones and Tammy Wynette’s divorce was finalized. Wynette took custody of their only child, Tamala and kept their home on Franklin Road in Nashville.
- Today in 1981, MCA released The Oak Ridge Boys’ “Elvira.”
- Today in 1988, Randy Travis reach #1 on the Billboard country singles chart with “Too Gone Too Long.”
- Today in 1990, Mark Chestnutt began recording his first album “Too Cold At Home.”
- Today in 1997, Trace Adkins won his first gold album with his debut, “Dreamin’ Out Loud.”
- Today in 2001, Amy Grant gave birth to her daughter, Corrina Grant Gill at a Nashiville Hospital. She is the first child in Amy’s and Vince Gill’s marriage.
- Today in 2008, Taylor Swift’s “Our Song” picked up a platinum single.
- Today in 2010, Miranda Lambert’s “White Liar” earned a gold single.
- Today in 2013, as part of the Outnumber Hunger Charity program, The Band Perry began appearing on boxes of Wheaties.
- Today in 2015, Luke Bryan played his final spring break concert at Spinnaker in Panama City, Florida. The show and one staged the previous day drew a total of 400,000 fans.
- Today in 2016, Kelsea Ballerini met Australian singer/songwriter Morgan Evans. They were engaged by the end of the year and married in 2017.
- Today in 2017, Frankie Ballard married Christina Murphy at the Star Hill Ranch in Bee Cave, Texas.
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