- Today in 1978, Merle Haggard married fellow country singer, Leona Williams.
- Today in 1984, the movie, “Songwriter,” starring Kris Kristofferson and Willie Nelson premiered in Nashville.
- Today in 1986, the Judds’ album, “Rockin’ with the Rhythm,” was certified platinum.
- Today in 1986, Dolly Parton’s “Greatest Hits” collection was certified platinum.
- Today in 1994, the “City Of New Orleans” album by Willie Nelson was certified platinum.
- Today in 2000, Chris LeDoux got a new liver. After being diagnosed with primary sclerosing cholangitis two months earlier, he underwent transplant surgery at the Nebraska Health System hospital in Omaha, Nebraska.
- Today in 2002, Toby Keith made his Monday Night Football debut, but he wasn’t wearing a helmet. Toby and Ford launched the first of several truck ads featuring Toby during the game.
- Today in 2002, Mary Chapin Carpenter was named the honorary chairwoman for the Habitat For Humanity’s Women Build Project.
- Today in 2006, Big & Rich and Lynyrd Skynyrd perform a benefit concert at the HiFi Buys Amphitheatre in Atlanta to raise funds for a memorial to the 173rd Airborne, the division commemorated in “8th Of November.”
- Today in 2008, Josh Turner and John Rich are in the audience when presidential candidates John McCain and Barack Obama debate on national TV from Nashville’s Belmont University.
- Today in 2013, Florida Georgia Line’s “Stay” video debuts on CMT.
- Today in 2014, Broken Bow released Jason Aldean’s album “Old Boots, New Dirt.”
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