Country - Notable Historical Events
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Country - Historical Events
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
1066-04-24 |
Halley's Comet sparks English monk to predict country will be destroyed |
1157-10-23 |
The Battle of Grathe Heath ends the civil war in Denmark. King Sweyn III is killed and Valdemar I restores the country. |
1202-04-28 |
King Philip II throws out John without Country, from France |
1327-02-01 |
Teenaged Edward III is crowned King of England, but the country is ruled by his mother Queen Isabella and her lover Roger Mortimer. |
1733-05-17 |
England passes Molasses Act, putting high tariffs on rum & molasses imported to the colonies from a country other than British possessions |
1751-02-16 |
1st publication of Gray's "Elegy Written in a Country Church Yard" |
1776-09-09 |
Congress officially renames the country as the United States of America (Was the United Colonies) |
1786-11-30 |
Peter Leopold Joseph of Habsburg-Lorraine, Grand Duke of Tuscany, promulgates a penal reform making his country the first state to abolish the death penalty. November 30 is therefore commemorated by 300 cities around the world as Cities for Life Day. |
1791-01-02 |
Big Bottom massacre in the Ohio Country, marking the beginning of the Northwest Indian War. |
1793-08-01 |
France becomes 1st country to use the metric system |
1796-05-14 |
English country doctor Edward Jenner administered the first inoculation against smallpox, using cowpox pus, in Berkeley, Gloucestershire |
1799-12-10 |
Metric system adopted in France, first country to do so |
1811-07-05 |
Venezuela, 1st South American country to gain independence from Spain |
1814-12-22 |
Samuel Marsden of the Church Missionary Society arrives in the Bay of Islands, New Zealand to establish the country's first mission station; Sheep, cattle, horses and poultry are introduced |
1816-01-12 |
France decrees Bonaparte family excluded from the country forever |
1818-10-20 |
US & Britain agree to joint control of Oregon country |
1819-02-22 |
Spain renounces claims to Oregon Country, Florida (Adams-Onís Treaty) |
1831-07-04 |
"America (My Country 'Tis of Thee)" is 1st sung in Boston |
1834-07-05 |
Provisional government forms in Oregon Country |
1843-02-02 |
US & British settlers in Oregon Country choose government committee |
1843-07-05 |
Committee of 9 appointed to establish civil government in Oregon Country |
1845-06-12 |
George Abernethy becomes 1st governor of Oregon Country |
1864-11-09 |
1st export of goods from Burrard Inlet, BC to a foreign country |
1879-03-23 |
War of the Pacific was fought between Chile and the joints forces of Bolivia and Peru. Chile successfully took over Arica and Tarapacá which left Bolivia as a landlocked country. |
1883-11-06 |
NYAC organizes 1st American cross-country championship race |
1892-07-04 |
Western Samoa changes the International Date Line, so that year there were 367 days in this country, with two occurrences of Monday, July 4. |
1893-09-19 |
New Zealand is first country to grant all women the right to vote |
1894-08-31 |
The Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Act passed by Richard Seddon's Liberal government, making New Zealand the first country in the world to outlaw strikes in favour of compulsory arbitration |
1900-02-14 |
Russia responds to international pressure to free Finland by tightening imperial control over the country. |
1900-03-10 |
Regents for the King of Uganda and leading chiefs sign a treaty with Great Britain agreeing to the organization of the government, taxation, courts, military, and other functions of their country, which is under British protection. |
1900-08-05 |
In Russia, anti-Jewish riots spread from Odessa into other parts of the country |
1902-01-30 |
Britain and Japan sign a treaty after months of negotiating which commits each country to supporting an independent China and Korea, although it acknowledges Japan's 'special interest' in Korea |
1902-04-18 |
Denmark is 1st country to adopt fingerprinting to identify criminals |
1903-08-29 |
The Finance Minister, Count Witte, is dismissed in what is seen as a victory for those in Russia who want their country to expand into Manchuria and Korea in defiance of the Japanese |
1905-07-24 |
Tsar Nicholas II (Russia) and Kaiser Wilhelm II (Germany) sign the Björkö Treaty, whereby each country agrees to come to the other's defense if attacked by European powers |
1907-03-14 |
By Presidential order, the US excludes Japanese laborers from entering the country |
1907-03-15 |
Finland is 1st European country to give women the right to vote |
1913-05-30 |
New country of Albania, forms |
1913-09-20 |
19th US Golf Open: Francis Ouimet shoots a 304 at The Country Club MA |
1913-10-27 |
Pres Wilson says US will never attack another country |
1914-08-07 |
Lord Kitchener says "Your country needs you" poster spreads over UK |
1914-12-05 |
The Italian Parliament proclaims the neutrality of the country. |
1915-06-23 |
Zeb Turner, country-rock performer (Chew Tobacco Rag) |
1917-12-07 |
US becomes 13th country to declare war on Austria during World War I |
1921-02-21 |
Constituent Assembly of the Democratic Republic of Georgia adopts the country's first constitution. |
1921-08-14 |
Tannu Tuva, later Tuvinian People's Republic is established as a completely independent country (which is supported by Russia). |
1922-04-28 |
WOI (Ames, Iowa) country's 1st licensed educational radio station |
1923-01-10 |
Lithuania seizes & annexes country of Memel |
1923-06-14 |
Recording of 1st country music hit (Little Old Log Cabin in the Lane) |
1925-07-13 |
French occupation force begins evacuating country |
1927-06-04 |
1st Ryder Cup: US beats England, 9½-2½ at Worcester Country Club (Worcester, Massachusetts, US) |
1927-09-04 |
Charles Lindbergh visits Boise, Idaho, on his cross-country tour |
1929-02-11 |
Vatican City (world's smallest country) made an enclave of Rome |
1930-11-03 |
First vehicular tunnel to a foreign country (Detroit-Windsor) opens |
1931-06-27 |
3rd Ryder Cup: US wins, 9-3 at Scioto Country Club (Columbus, Ohio, US) |
1935-01-28 |
Iceland becomes 1st western country to legalize abortion |
1935-09-29 |
5th Ryder Cup: US wins, 9-3 at Ridgewood Country Club (Ridgewood, New Jersey, US) |
1938-03-11 |
Artur Seyss-Inquart replaces Kurt von Schuschnigg as Chancellor of Austria; German troops also entered the country |
1939-03-25 |
Billboard Magazine introduces hillbilly (country) music chart |
1939-11-19 |
Don Lash wins 6th straight AAU cross-country 10K championship |
1941-03-29 |
WPAT radio in NJ begins broadcasting (country music format) |
1942-05-13 |
Helicopter makes its 1st cross-country flight |
1943-01-10 |
1st US pres to visit a foreign country in wartime-FDR leaves for Casablanca, Morocco |
1943-05-26 |
Edwin Barclay of Liberia becomes first president of a black country to visit US |
1943-06-10 |
FDR becomes 1st US president to visit a foreign country during wartime |
1944-05-09 |
Country singer Jimmie Davis becomes governor of Louisiana |
1944-09-22 |
President Jose P. Laurel declared the country under martial law in 1944 through Proclamation No. 29 |
1948-01-13 |
1st country music TV show, Midwestern Hayride, premieres on WLW Cin |
1950-11-10 |
Clifford Odet's "Country Girl" premieres in NYC |
1952-04-25 |
German "Country" Bathe-Wurttemberg forms |
1952-06-01 |
Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Cross Country Weathervane Golf Tournament |
1952-09-19 |
The United States bars Charlie Chaplin from re-entering the country after a trip to England. |
1955-06-21 |
Johnny Cash debuts Top 10 country song "Cry! Cry! Cry!" |
1955-11-13 |
1st live telecast from non-contiguous foreign country-Havana Cuba |
1958-12-31 |
Cuban dictator Batista tells his Cabinet he is fleeing the country |
1960-05-09 |
US is 1st country to use the birth control pill legally |
1960-07-21 |
Country of Katanga forms in Africa |
1961-12-13 |
Jimmy Dean's Big Bad John album is country music 1st million $ seller |
1961-12-14 |
Jimmy Dean's "Big Bad John" is 1st country song to get a gold record |
1963-06-23 |
63rd US Golf Open: Julius Boros shoots a 293 at The Country Club Mass |
1963-10-13 |
15th Ryder Cup: US beats 23-9 at East Lake Country Club (Atlanta, Georgia, US) |
1963-12-28 |
Merle Haggard 1st appearance on country chart with "Sing a Sad Song" |
1964-05-18 |
Supreme Court rules unconstitutional to deprive naturalized citizens of citizenship if they return to home country for more than 3 years |
1967-03-06 |
2nd Academy of Country Music Awards |
1968-11-20 |
2nd Country Music Association Award: Glen Campbell & Tammy Wynette wins |
1969-01-10 |
Sweden (1st Western country) recognizes North Vietnam |
1969-10-15 |
3rd Country Music Association Award: Johnny Cash & Tammy Wynette wins |
1970-07-01 |
British Home Secretary R. Maudling visits N. Ireland and is reported as saying: "For God's sake bring me a large Scotch. What a bloody awful country!" |
1970-10-14 |
4th Country Music Association Award: Merle Haggard wins |
1971-09-18 |
19th Ryder Cup: US beats Europe, 18½-13½ at Old Warson Country Club (St. Louis, Missouri, US) |
1971-10-10 |
5th Country Music Association Award: Charlie Pride wins |
1972-03-11 |
OPEC threatens "appropriate sanctions" against companies that "fail to comply with . . . any action taken by a Member Country in accordance with [OPEC] decisions." |
1973-03-08 |
The Provisional Irish Republican Army undertakes its first operation in Great Britain, planting four car bombs in London; 10 members of PIRA are arrested at Heathrow Airport while trying to leave the country |
1973-04-01 |
John & Yoko form a new country with no laws or boundaries, called Nutopia, its national anthem is silence |
1973-10-15 |
7th Country Music Association Award: Roy Clark wins |
1974-10-14 |
8th Country Music Association Award: Charlie Rich |
1974-10-18 |
Wings (Country Hams) release "Walking in the Park with Eloise" |
1975-06-07 |
"Thank God I'm a Country Boy" by John Denver hits #1 |
1975-10-13 |
9th Country Music Association Award: John Denver wins |
1976-01-09 |
CW McCall CB song "Convoy" hit #1 on the country music charts |
1976-03-24 |
Argentine President Isabel Peron deposed by country's military |
1976-04-25 |
Elections in Vietnam for a National Assembly to reunite the country |
1976-06-20 |
River Country opens |
1976-09-09 |
New Zealand government establishes the country's first centralised electronic database through the Wanganui Computer Act, raising questions about the state's ability to gather information on its citizens |
1976-10-11 |
10th Country Music Association Award: Mel Tillis wins |
1977-10-10 |
11th Country Music Association Award: Ronnie Milsap wins |
1978-10-09 |
12th Country Music Association Award: Dolly Parton, Crystal Gayle & Don Williams wins |
1979-05-02 |
14th Academy of Country Music Awards: Kenny Rogers & Barbara Mandrell |
1979-06-02 |
John Paul II becomes 1st pope to visit a communist country (Poland) |
1979-10-08 |
13th Country Music Association Award: Willie Nelson, Kenny Rogers & Barbara Mandrell wins |
1980-05-01 |
15th Academy of Country Music Awards: Barbara Mandrell wins |
1980-06-09 |
14th Music City News Country Awards: Statler Brothers & Loretta Lynn |
1980-06-23 |
South African Prime Minister P. W. Botha warns the country that confrontation will be inevitable if his proposed President's Council fails; the Council was part of Botha's plan to effect broad ranging constitutional changes which would allow for a role for both Indian and Coloured people in parliament but which still excluded direct political representation for African people. |
1980-10-13 |
14th Country Music Association Award: Barbara Mandrell, Emmylou Harris & George Jones wins |
1981-01-01 |
Greece is 10th country to join European Economic Community |
1981-04-30 |
16th Academy of Country Music Awards: Barbara Mandrell & George Jones |
1981-06-08 |
15th Music City News Country Awards: Mandrell Sisters |
1981-10-12 |
15th Country Music Association Award: Barbara Mandrell & George Jones wins |
1981-12-04 |
According to South Africa, Ciskei gains independence Not recognized as an independent country outside South Africa |
1981-12-11 |
El Mozote massacre: Salvadoran armed forces kill an estimated 900 civilians in an anti-guerrilla campaign during the country's civil war. |
1982-04-29 |
17th Academy of Country Music Awards: Alabama, Barbara Mandrell |
1982-06-07 |
16th Music City News Country Awards: Barbara Mandrell |
1982-06-27 |
"Play Me a Country Song" opens & closes at Virginia Theater NYC |
1982-10-03 |
Record 11,763 start a 186 mile cross-country race near Stockholm |
1982-10-11 |
16th Country Music Association Award: Willie Nelson & Ricky Skagg |
1983-01-02 |
Several African National Congress(ANC) members detained in Swaziland decide to leave the country voluntarily for Mozambique. |
1983-01-21 |
President Reagan certifies El Salvador human-rights abuses have decreased making country eligible for US military aid |
1983-02-20 |
Roland Liboton becomes world champ cross-country cycling |
1983-05-09 |
18th Academy of Country Music Awards: Alabama & Willie Nelson |
1983-06-06 |
17th Music City News Country Awards: Marty Robbins & Roy Acuff |
1983-10-10 |
17th Country Music Association Award: Alabama wins |
1983-10-25 |
US invades Grenada, a country 1/2,000 its population (US Wins!) |
1984-05-14 |
19th Academy of Country Music Awards: Alabama |
1984-06-04 |
18th Music City News Country Awards: Statler Brothers |
1984-09-12 |
Country singer Barbara Mandrell is badly injured in a car accident |
1984-10-08 |
18th Country Music Association Award: Alabama wins |
1985-05-08 |
20th Academy of Country Music Awards: Alabama & Judds win |
1985-06-10 |
19th Music City News Country Awards: Statler Brothers, B Mandrell |
1985-08-07 |
A delegation of the South African Council of Churches meets with SA President P W Botha, following calls by the church for urgent discussions on the causes of unrest, forced removals and the emergency regulations in the country |
1985-08-15 |
PW Botha gives the "Rubicon" Speech in Durban, South Africa, dissapointing many by refusing to consider immediate and major reforms in the country's apartheid system |
1985-09-22 |
Rock and country musicians participate in FarmAid in Champaign, Illinois |
1985-10-14 |
19th Country Music Association Award: Ricky Skaggs wins |
1986-02-11 |
Activist Anatoly Scharansky released by USSR, leaves country |
1986-04-14 |
21st Academy of Country Music Awards: G Strait, Alabama, R McEntire |
1986-06-09 |
20th Music City News Country Awards: Statler Brothers & Loretta Lynn |
1986-10-13 |
20th Country Music Association Award: Reba McEntire wins |
1986-10-27 |
The United Kingdom government suddenly deregulates financial markets, leading to a total restructuring of the way in which they operate in the country, in an event now referred to as the Big Bang. |
1987-04-06 |
22nd Academy of Country Music Awards: Randy Travis & Hank Williams Jr |
1987-06-08 |
21st Music City News Country Awards: Randy Travis |
1987-07-01 |
WHN-AM in NY City changes call letters to WFAN (now WEVD) replacing WHN's country music, WYNY-FM adopts country music format |
1987-10-12 |
21st Country Music Association Award: Hank William Jr wins |
1988-03-21 |
23rd Academy of Country Music Awards: Randy Travis & Hank Williams Jr |
1988-06-06 |
22nd Music City News Country Awards: Randy Travis & Statler Brothers |
1988-06-19 |
88th US Golf Open: Curtis Strange shoots a 278 at Country Club Mass |
1988-09-01 |
Timberlake Westenbaker's "Our Country's Good" premieres in London |
1988-10-10 |
22nd Country Music Association Award: Highway 101, K T Oslin win |
1988-12-01 |
Benazir Bhutto named 1st female Prime Minister of a Muslim country (Pakistan) |
1989-04-10 |
24th Academy of Country Music Awards: Hank Williams Jr, Alabama |
1989-05-10 |
Gen Manuel Noriega's government nullifies country's elections, which the opposition had won by a 3-1 margin |
1989-06-05 |
23rd Music City News Country Awards: R Van Shelton & Randy Travis |
1989-10-09 |
23rd Country Music Association Award: George Strait, Kathy Mattea wins |
1990-04-25 |
25th Academy of Country Music Awards: Clint Black & Kathy Mattea win |
1990-06-04 |
24th Music City News Country Awards: R Van Shelton & Patty Loveless |
1990-07-03 |
Liberian President, Samuel Kanyon Doe offers to resign in response to rebel incursions in his country; he will later be kidnapped and executed |
1990-10-08 |
24th Country Music Association Award: George Strait wins |
1991-01-20 |
Sudan's government imposes Islamic law nationwide, worsening the civil war between the country's Muslim north and Christian south. |
1991-04-24 |
26th Academy of Country Music Awards: Garth Brooks |
1991-04-29 |
"Our Country's Good" opens at Nederlander Theater NYC for 48 perfs |
1991-06-08 |
"Our Country's Good" closes at Nederlander Theater NYC after 48 perfs |
1991-06-10 |
25th Music City News Country Awards: Ricky Van Shelton |
1991-06-17 |
Country entertainer Minnie Pearl suffers a stroke at 78 |
1991-10-03 |
25th Country Music Association Award: Garth Brooks, Tanya Tucker & Vince Gill wins |
1991-12-06 |
"Star Trek VI-Undiscovered Country" premieres |
1992-04-29 |
27th Academy of Country Music Awards: Garth Brooks |
1992-04-29 |
Country singer Doug Stone, 35, undergoes quadruple bypass surgery |
1992-05-05 |
Country singer Tammy Wynette hospitalized with bile duct infection |
1992-06-08 |
26th Music City News Country Awards: Alan Jackson & Garth Brooks |
1992-09-30 |
26th Country Music Association Award: Garth Brooks wins |
1993-05-11 |
28th Academy of Country Music Awards: Garth Brooks wins |
1993-06-07 |
27th Music City News Country Awards: Alan Jackson & Vince Gill |
1993-06-26 |
Actress Julia Roberts & country singer Lyle Lovett wed |
1993-09-29 |
27th Country Music Association Award: Vince Gill wins |
1993-10-31 |
Germany unemployment hits country record of 3.5 million |
1994-05-03 |
29th Academy of Country Music Awards: Garth Brooks wins |
1994-06-06 |
28th Music City News Country Awards: Alan Jackson & Ray Stevens |
1994-09-12 |
Country singer George Jones undergoes triple bypass surgery |
1994-10-05 |
28th Country Music Association Award: Vince Gill & Pam Tillis wins |
1994-11-05 |
Horse Racing Breeders' Cup Champs: Barathea, Cherokee Run, Concern, Flanders, One Dreamer, Tikkanen, Timber Country |
1995-04-25 |
"Month in the Country" opens at Roundabout Theater NYC for 79 perfs |
1995-05-10 |
30th Academy of Country Music Awards: Reba McEntire wins |
1995-06-05 |
29th Music City News Country Awards: Alan Jackson & Reba McEntire |
1995-06-10 |
"Month in the Country" closes at Roundabout Theater NYC after 79 perfs |
1995-07-06 |
Venezuela's Congress approves the country's first investment law allowing for foreign participation in oil exploration and production |
1995-08-28 |
Kuwaiti Oil Minister Abdul Mohsen al-Medej announces that his country will increase its oil production capacity to as much as 3.5 million barrels per day by 2005 |
1995-10-04 |
29th Country Music Association Award: Krauss Jackson win |
1996-04-21 |
Matabeleland beat Mashonaland Country Dist to win Logan Cup |
1996-04-24 |
31st Academy of Country Music Awards: Shania Twain |
1996-06-10 |
30th Music City News Country Awards: Alan Jackson |
1996-06-20 |
The Venezuelan Congress approves deals which allow foreign oil companies to explore and produce oil in Venezuela for the first time since the country's 1975 nationalization of the oil industry |
1996-10-02 |
30th Country Music Association Award: Brooks & Dunn win |
1997-03-07 |
5 sue Japanese PM Ryutaro Hashimoto, because his smoking has violated the country's constitution guaranteeing a wholesome life |
1997-04-23 |
32nd Academy of Country Music Awards: LeAnn Rines & Brooks & Dunn |
1997-06-16 |
31st Music City News Country Awards: Alan Jackson & LeAnn Rimes |
1997-09-24 |
31st Country Music Association Award: Garth Brooks, Trisha Yearwood & George Strait wins |
1998-04-22 |
33rd Academy of Country Music Awards: Garth Brooks, Trisha Yearwood & George Strait wins |
1998-06-15 |
32nd Music City News Country Awards: Neal McCoy, Lorrie Morgan & Billy Ray Cyrus wins |
1998-08-16 |
80th PGA Championship: Vijay Singh shoots a 271 at Sahalee Country Club |
1998-09-11 |
Opening ceremony for the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Malaysia is the first Asian country to host the games. |
1998-09-23 |
32nd Country Music Association Award: Garth Brooks, Trisha Yearwood & George Strait wins |
1999-03-24 |
Kosovo War: NATO commences air bombardment against Yugoslavia, marking the first time NATO has attacked a sovereign country. |
1999-05-05 |
34th Academy of Country Music Awards: Garth Brooks, Faith Hill & Tim McGraw wins |
1999-05-07 |
Pope John Paul II travels to Romania becoming the first pope to visit a predominantly Eastern Orthodox country since the Great Schism in 1054. |
1999-08-15 |
81st PGA Championship: Tiger Woods shoots a 277 at Medinah Country Club |
1999-09-22 |
33rd Country Music Association Award: Shania Twain, Martina McBride & Tim McGraw wins |
2000-05-30 |
35th Academy of Country Music Awards: Shania Twain, Faith Hill & Tim McGraw wins |
2000-06-14 |
34th Country Weekly Presents the TNN Music Awards: George Strait & Faith Hill wins |
2000-10-04 |
34th Country Music Association Award: Dixie Chicks, Faith Hill & Tim McGraw wins |
2000-11-07 |
The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration discovers one of the country's largest LSD labs inside a converted military missile silo in Wamego, Kansas. |
2001-04-01 |
Same-sex marriage becomes legal in the Netherlands - first country in the world. |
2001-05-08 |
36th Academy of Country Music Awards: Dixie Chicks, Faith Hill & Toby Keith wins |
2001-06-13 |
35th TNN & CMT Country Weekly Music Awards: George Strait, Faith Hill & Alan Jackson wins |
2001-06-27 |
Pope John Paul II beatifies 28 Ukrainian Greek Catholics, including 27 martyrs most of whom were killed by the Soviet secret police. Beatification takes place at the service in Lviv, western Ukraine during his first visit to this country. |
2001-11-07 |
35th Country Music Association Award: Tim McGraw, Lee Ann Womack & Toby Keith wins |
2002-03-03 |
Citizens of Switzerland narrowly vote in favor of their country becoming a member of the United Nations. |
2002-04-14 |
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez returns to office two days after being ousted and arrested by the country's military. |
2002-05-22 |
37th Academy of Country Music Awards: Brooks & Dunn, Martina McBride & Alan Jackson wins |
2002-09-10 |
Switzerland, traditionally a neutral country, joins the United Nations. |
2002-11-06 |
36th Country Music Association Award: Alan Jackson & Martina McBride wins |
2003-05-21 |
38th Academy of Country Music Awards: Toby Keith, Martina McBride & Kenny Chesney wins |
2003-08-17 |
85th PGA Championship: Shaun Micheel shoots a 276 at Oak Hill Country Club |
2003-09-12 |
The United Nations lifts sanctions against Libya after that country agreed to accept responsibility and recompense the families of victims in the 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103. |
2003-09-20 |
A referendum is held in Latvia to decide the country's accession to the European Union. |
2003-11-05 |
37th Country Music Association Award: Alan Jackson & Martina McBride wins |
2004-03-19 |
Taiwanese president Chen Shui-bian is shot just before the country's presidential election on March 20. |
2004-03-29 |
The Republic of Ireland becomes the first country in the world to ban smoking in all work places, including bars and restaurants. |
2004-05-26 |
39th Academy of Country Music Awards: Toby Keith & Martina McBride wins |
2004-07-21 |
The United Kingdom government publishes Delivering Security in a Changing World, a paper detailing wide-ranging reform of the country's armed forces. |
2004-08-17 |
The National Assembly of Serbia unanimously adopts new state symbols for Serbia: Boze Pravde becomes the new anthem and the coat of arms is adopted for the whole country. |
2004-11-09 |
38th Country Music Association Award: Kenny Chesney, Martina McBride & Keith Urban wins |
2005-02-01 |
Canada introduces the Civil Marriage Act, making Canada the fourth country to sanction same-sex marriage. |
2005-02-14 |
Lebanon's former Prime Minister, Rafik Hariri, is assassinated, prompting the country to fall into chaos. |
2005-02-20 |
Spain becomes the first country to vote in a referendum on ratification of the proposed Constitution of the European Union, passing it by a substantial margin, but on a low turnout. |
2005-04-26 |
Under international pressure, Syria withdraws the last of its 14,000 troop military garrison in Lebanon, ending its 29-year military domination of that country. |
2005-05-17 |
40th Academy of Country Music Awards: Kenny Chesney, Gretchen Wilson & Keith Urban wins |
2005-07-20 |
Canada becomes the fourth country in the world to legalize same-sex marriage, after the bill C-38 receives its Royal Assent. |
2005-11-15 |
39th Country Music Association Award: Keith Urban & Gretchen Wilson wins |
2005-11-23 |
Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, elected president of Liberia, is the first woman to lead an African country. |
2006-01-08 |
A magnitude 6.9 earthquake with its epicenter just off the Greek island of Kythira hits much of the country and is felt throughout the entire eastern Mediterranean Sea. |
2006-01-22 |
Evo Morales is inaugurated as President of Bolivia, becoming the country's first indigenous president. |
2006-02-24 |
President of the Philippines Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo declares Proclamation 1017 placing the country in a state of emergency in attempt to subdue possible military coup. |
2006-03-20 |
Cyclone Larry makes landfall in eastern Australia, destroying most of the country's banana crop. |
2006-05-18 |
The post Loktantra Andolan government passes a landmark bill curtailing the power of the monarchy and making Nepal a secular country. |
2006-05-23 |
41st Academy of Country Music Awards: Kenny Chesney, Sara Evans & Keith Urban wins |
2006-08-20 |
88th PGA Championship: Tiger Woods shoots a 270 at Medinah Country Club |
2006-09-01 |
Luxembourg became the first country to complete the move to all digital television broadcasting. |
2006-11-06 |
40th Country Music Association Award: Kenny Chesney, Carrie Underwood & Keith Urban wins |
2007-01-01 |
Slovenia officially adopts the Euro currency and becomes the thirteenth Eurozone country. |
2007-05-15 |
42nd Academy of Country Music Awards: Kenny Chesney, Carrie Underwood & Brad Paisley wins |
2007-08-12 |
89th PGA Championship: Tiger Woods shoots a 272 at Southern Hills Country Club |
2007-10-15 |
17 Activists in Aotearoa New Zealand arrested in the country's first post 9/11 anti-terrorism raids across the country. |
2007-11-07 |
41st Country Music Association Award: Kenny Chesney, Carrie Underwood & Brad Paisley wins |
2007-12-19 |
The Lakotah people, a Native American tribe, proclaim independence and withdraw all their treaties with the United States. They then proceed to establish the Republic of Lakotah, with an ongoing process of international recognition as a separate country. |
2008-02-24 |
80th Academy Awards - "No Country for Old Men," Daniel Day-Lewis & Marion Cotillard win |
2008-08-10 |
90th PGA Championship: Pádraig Harrington shoots a 277 at Oakland Hills Country Club |
2008-10-10 |
Singapore becomes the first Asian country to slip into a recession since the credit crisis began: growth has faltered as a result of less demand for exports, a reduction in tourism, and the end of the real-estate boom |
2008-10-24 |
Iceland receives a £1.3 billion bailout package from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) as the first European country to require an emergency loan with the aim of stabilising the collapsed currency and strengthening the tax system as well as the nationalised banks |
2008-11-12 |
42nd Country Music Association Award: Kenny Chesney, Carrie Underwood & Brad Paisley wins |
2008-11-28 |
Canada remains the only OECD country out of the recession at this time |
2009-01-01 |
Slovakia officially adopts the Euro currency and becomes the sixteenth Eurozone country. |
2009-02-18 |
The Directorate General of Budget, Accounting and Statistics announced that the Taiwanese economy has contracted an unprecedented 8.36% in the fourth quarter of 2008; thus placing the country in a technical recession |
2009-04-05 |
44th Academy of Country Music Awards: Carrie Underwood & Brad Paisley wins |
2009-05-20 |
Mexico is the first Latin American country to officially enter recession |
2009-06-05 |
Chileo officially enters recession; it is the first South American country to enter the global recession |
2009-06-11 |
Bulgarian authorities declare the country is officially in recession after dropping 1.6% in the last quarter of 2008 |
2009-06-30 |
Turkey records its fastest contraction of 13.8% in the first quarter of 2009 compared to 2008, leading the country into recession; this is Turkey's biggest economic slump since 1945 |
2009-07-14 |
Singapore experiences a seasonally adjusted and annualised growth of 20.4% in the second quarter as a result of increased pharmaceuticals production and construction, bringing the country out of the recession |
2009-08-04 |
Kim Jong-il meets former president Bill Clinton. He pardons and releases captured American journalists Euna Lee and Laura Ling who were found guilty of entering the country illegally. |
2009-11-11 |
43rd Country Music Association Award: Taylor Swift & Brad Paisley wins |
2009-11-13 |
The Netherlands officially exits the recession after experiencing 0.4% growth in the third quarter, but recovery for the Netherlands still remains fragile as the country is highly dependent on exports to maintain the recovery |
2009-11-14 |
The National Statistical Service of Greece states that the country has been in recession since the beginning of the year |
2010-11-10 |
44th Country Music Association Award: Brad Paisley, Miranda Lambert & Blake Shelton wins |
2011-01-14 |
Ben Ali, former Tunisian president, fled the country to Saudi Arabia after popular protests (dubbed as Jasmine Revolution) requesting his departure. |
2011-05-25 |
46th Academy of Country Music Awards: Taylor Swift, Miranda Lambert & Brad Paisley wins |
2011-11-09 |
45th Country Music Association Award: Taylor Swift, Miranda Lambert & Blake Shelton wins |
2012-05-05 |
Japan shuts down its nuclear reactors leaving the country without nuclear power for the first time since 1970 |
2012-11-01 |
46th Country Music Association Award: Blake Shelton & Miranda Lambert wins |
2013-02-20 |
Estonia becomes the first country to establish a national system of fast chargers for electric cars |
2013-04-06 |
48th Academy of Country Music Awards: Luke Bryan, Miranda Lambert & Jason Aldean wins |
2013-04-16 |
37 people are killed by a 7.8 magnitude earthquake in Khash country, Iran |
2013-05-14 |
Brazil becomes the 15th country to legalize same-sex marriage |
2013-06-05 |
47th Country Music Association Award: George Strait, Miranda Lambert & Blake Shelton wins |
2013-08-11 |
95th PGA Championship: Jason Dufner shoots a 270 at Oak Hill Country Club |
2013-10-18 |
Saudi Arabia becomes the first country to turn down a seat on the UN Security Council in protest over Syria |
2013-12-10 |
Uruguay becomes the first country to legalize the growth, sale, and use of marijuana |
2014-11-23 |
An adviser to the Kenyan president says the slaughter of 28 people on a bus by the Somali militant Islamist group al-Shabab is intended to create a religious war in the country |
2016-03-08 |
North Korea's Kim says country has miniaturised nuclear warhead |
2016-04-04 |
Chris Stapleton scores big at Country Music awards |
2017-03-07 |
North Korea bans Malaysians from leaving country over Kim Jong Nam's death |
2017-10-08 |
Nigeria first African country to qualify for 2018 soccer World Cup |
2017-10-10 |
At least 10 killed by wildfires in California wine country |
2018-05-20 |
Cuba confirms 110 killed in country's deadliest plane crash since 1989 |
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Country - Notable Birthdays
Country - Birthdays
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
1518-07-27 |
Elizabeth Talbot, countess of Shrewsbury/builder of country houses |
1641-03-28 |
William Wycherley, The Country Wife |
1716-12-26 |
Thomas Gray, English poet (Elegy Written in a Country Church Yard) |
1738-03-11 |
Benjamin Tupper, Continental Army officer, and pioneer to the Ohio Country (d. 1792) |
1755-06-06 |
Nathan Hale, hanged patriot, had but one life to give for his country |
1784-10-19 |
John McLoughlin, Hudson's Bay Co pioneer in Oregon Country |
1811-03-20 |
George Caleb Bingham, US, politician/painter (Country Election) |
1822-04-03 |
Edward Everett Hale, US, clergyman/author (Man without a Country) |
1822-04-03 |
Edward Everett Hale, The Man Without a Country |
1826-12-28 |
Conrad Busken Huet, Dutch vicar/literary (Country of Rubens) |
1837-07-19 |
Will S. Hayes, Thunder in God's Country |
1849-09-03 |
Sarah Orne Jewett, Maine, author (Country of the Pointed Firs) |
1857-07-24 |
Henrik Pontoppidan, Denmark, writer (Promised Country, Nobel 1917) |
1860-02-22 |
Louise Dunlap, Tess of the Storm Country |
1860-08-17 |
Axel Ringvall, Life in the Country |
1861-05-19 |
Nellie Melba, Country Life |
1864-11-05 |
Edwin Denison, The Secret of the Storm Country |
1865-06-26 |
George C Pearce, actor (Country Kid, British Agent, Valiant) |
1873-01-11 |
David Hartford, Back to God's Country |
1873-02-01 |
Clara Butt, Southwick Sussex, contralto (Country of Hope & Glory) |
1873-02-04 |
Radoje Domanovic, The Bizarre Country |
1873-02-15 |
Madame De Bodamere, Tess of the Storm Country |
1873-03-05 |
Olav Bjaaland, Norwegian explorer and cross-country skier (d. 1961) |
1873-04-16 |
Gabrielle Fontan, A Day in the Country |
1873-04-29 |
Léon Arvel, Diary of a Country Priest |
1875-02-17 |
Donald Brian, The Man Without a Country |
1875-06-15 |
Herman Smith-Johannsen, cross-country skier (d. 1987) |
1878-08-27 |
John Costello, My Country |
1879-08-04 |
Gaston Séverin, Diary of a Country Priest |
1879-11-03 |
Felix Graff, Back to God's Country |
1880-08-22 |
Charles Arling, Back to God's Country |
1880-10-17 |
Jack Clifford, A Wife from the Country |
1882-05-07 |
Virgilio Ranzato, The Country of the Campanelli |
1884-02-11 |
Alfonso Leng, Days in the Country |
1884-08-24 |
Fred C. Jones, God's Country and the Law |
1885-08-16 |
Charles Carson, London England, actor (Cry the Beloved Country) |
1885-10-04 |
Dal Clawson, Back to God's Country |
1885-10-19 |
H.R. Macy, Tess of the Storm Country |
1887-04-12 |
Harold Lockwood, Tess of the Storm Country |
1888-02-20 |
Georges Bernanos, France, novelist (Diary of a Country Priest) |
1888-11-11 |
Dick Hatton, He-Man's Country |
1889-10-19 |
Uncle Art Satherly, entertainer (1968 Acad of Country Music Award) |
1892-08-03 |
Marguerite Nichols, Jess of the Hill Country |
1892-10-25 |
Nell Shipman, The Girl from God's Country |
1893-03-05 |
Dorothy Sands, Country Full of Swedes |
1893-05-04 |
Rachel Bérendt, Diary of a Country Priest |
1897-09-08 |
[James Charles] Jimmie Rodgers, Mendoza Miss, country singer/singing brakeman |
1899-04-26 |
Guinn "Big Boy" Williams, TX, actor (Hoedown, Country Fair, Blackmail) |
1903-01-11 |
Alan Paton, South Africa, writer (Cry, the Beloved Country) |
1903-01-11 |
Alan Paton, Cry, the Beloved Country |
1903-09-15 |
Roy Acuff, Maynardville Tenn, country musician (Hee Haw) |
1904-12-18 |
Wilf Carter, country singer |
1905-03-24 |
Andre Christiaens, Flemish writer (Unfindable Country) |
1906-01-12 |
Tex Ritter, Texas, country singer (5 Star Jubilee, Wayward Wind) |
1906-9-16 |
Jacques B. Brunius, A Day in the Country |
1907-02-07 |
Connie Van, The Far Country |
1907-02-14 |
Bernard Venables, The Country we are Making |
1907-07-11 |
Tom Lea, The Wonderful Country |
1907-11-29 |
Merle Travis, Muhlenberg County KY, country singer (16 Tons) |
1908-02-03 |
Oddbjorn Hagen, Norway, cross country jumper (Olympic-gold-1936) |
1908-04-15 |
Levon Isahakyan, Native Country |
1908-11-01 |
Sylvia Bataille, A Day in the Country |
1908-12-03 |
Robert Kent, The Country Girl |
1909-02-23 |
Anthony Ross, The Country Girl |
1909-03-12 |
Stella Lamond, Country Town |
1909-05-09 |
Don Messer, Canadian country musician (d. 1973) |
1909-05-10 |
Maybelle Carter, Nickelsville Va, country singer (Johnny Cash Show) |
1910-06-17 |
Red Foley, Blue Lick Ky, country singer (Mr Smith Goes to Washington) |
1910-06-28 |
Ingrid Luterkort, The New Country |
1910-08-05 |
Jacquetta Hawkes, English archaeologist/author (A Country), (d. 1996) |
1910-10-18 |
Eric Sandström, The New Country |
1910-11-22 |
Robert Belcher, The Big Country |
1911-02-02 |
Jean-Jacques Grünenwald, Diary of a Country Priest |
1911-05-14 |
Daniel M. Angel, King & Country |
1911-06-17 |
James Cameron, Cameron Country |
1911-09-13 |
Bill Monroe, Rosine Ky, country singer (Blue Moon of Kentucky) |
1911-10-20 |
N.B. Stone Jr., Ride the High Country |
1911-9-22 |
Louis Ducreux, A Sunday in the Country |
1912-01-27 |
Lawrence Durrell, Darjeeling, Indian/British writer (Private Country, Alexandria Quartet) |
1912-10-08 |
Frank Santillo, Ride the High Country |
1913-07-15 |
Cowboy Copas, American country singer (d. 1963) |
1913-08-25 |
Ralph Allen, Peace River Country |
1913-10-20 |
Grandpa [Louis M] Jones, Niagra KY, country musician (Hee-Haw) |
1914-02-16 |
Jimmy Wakely, Mineola Ark, country vocalist (5 Star Jubilee) |
1914-02-18 |
Pee Wee King, Milwaukee Wisc, country vocalist (Pee Wee King Song) |
1914-05-09 |
Hank Snow, Nova Scotia Canada, country singer (I Went to Your Wedding) |
1914-06-21 |
Elihu Winer, The Man Without a Country |
1914-06-23 |
Brandon Acton-Bond, Nuneham Country |
1914-09-28 |
Jim Boyd, country/western performer |
1914-9-27 |
Yvonne Wood, The Big Country |
1915-05-07 |
Leroy Coleman, Ride the High Country |
1915-05-20 |
Peter Copley, actor (Victim, King & Country) |
1915-12-14 |
John Faure, The Big Country |
1916-03-24 |
Donald Hamilton, The Big Country |
1916-07-04 |
Al Fisher, Country Music Holiday |
1916-10-30 |
Gilbert Moreau, The Country I Come From |
1916-11-14 |
Bob Morgan, The Big Country |
1917-03-17 |
Brian Boydell, Yeats Country |
1917-06-22 |
Jean Hubeau, A Sunday in the Country |
1917-07-07 |
Elton Britt, Marshall Ark, country singer (Sat Night Jamboree) |
1917-07-17 |
Red Sovine, American country music singer (d. 1980) |
1917-07-24 |
Simon Slattvik, Norway, cross country ski jumper (Olympic-gold-1952) |
1918-05-15 |
Eddy Arnold, Henderson TN, country singer (Cattle Call, Anytime) |
1918-08-15 |
Raymond Gallois-Montbrun, Cry, the Beloved Country |
1918-10-16 |
Stoney Cooper, Country Music on Broadway |
1919-02-13 |
Tennessee Ernie Ford, Bristol Tn, country vocalist/actor (pea picker) |
1919-05-10 |
Chuck Roberson, The Big Country |
1919-07-19 |
Rollin Sullivan, Country Music Caravan |
1919-08-30 |
Kitty Wells, Nashville Tn, country singer (Grand Ole Opry), (d. 2012) |
1919-10-11 |
Des Bettany, Country and Western Hour |
1919-11-23 |
Mario Montilles, Days in the Country |
1919-12-17 |
Ivan Bondar, The Country Bride |
1920-03-10 |
Kenneth "Jethro" Burns, US country singer (Homer & Jethro) |
1920-05-17 |
Lydia Wideman, Finland, 10K cross country skier (Olympic-gold-1952) |
1920-12-19 |
Little Jimmy Dickens, American country singer |
1921-01-01 |
Alain Mimoun O'Kacha, Algerian/French cross country (Oly-gold-1956), (d. 2013) |
1921-03-20 |
Richard E. Lyons, Ride the High Country |
1921-04-28 |
William Beaudine Jr., Country |
1921-05-12 |
Joe (born Otis W.) Maphis, Suffolk, Virginia, American country music guitarist |
1921-11-27 |
Jenie Jackson, Ride the High Country |
1921-12-22 |
Hawkshaw Hawkins, Huntington WV, country singer (Ozark Jubilee) |
1922-02-17 |
Sergei Medynsky, Great Is My Country |
1922-07-24 |
Harry Boykoff, Town & Country |
1923-01-25 |
Rusty Draper, American country and pop singer (d. 2003) |
1923-07-02 |
Janette Carter, America's Music: The Roots of Country |
1923-09-17 |
Hank Williams, country singer (Cold, Cold Heart, Hey Good Lookin') |
1923-9-27 |
Lou Marks, Country Music Holiday |
1924-01-14 |
Jean Danet, Diary of a Country Priest |
1924-03-08 |
Alan Dell, Yeats Country |
1924-03-21 |
Gillian Webb, In Another Country |
1924-04-21 |
Ira Louvin, Rainsville Ala, country singer, Louvin Brothers) |
1924-07-11 |
Herbert Kastle, Cross Country |
1924-07-20 |
Lola Albright, Akron Ohio, actress (Delta Country, Kid Galahad) |
1924-08-02 |
James Baldwin, New York, author (Go Tell it on Mountain, Another Country), (d. 1987) |
1924-08-20 |
Jim Reeves, US country singer/actor (Gun Fury, Kimberley Jim) |
1924-12-14 |
Siiri Rantanen, Finland, cross country skier (Olympic-gold-1956) |
1924-9-02 |
Billy Lechner, The Case of the Two Little Country Girls |
1925-01-04 |
Veikko Hakulinen, Finland, 30K/50K cross country skier (Oly-gold-1956) |
1925-04-09 |
Ginger Willis, Town & Country |
1925-06-08 |
Barbara Bush, 25th Annual Country Music Association Awards |
1925-07-02 |
Marvin Rainwater, Wichita Ks, country singer (Ozark Jubilee), (d. 2013) |
1925-07-19 |
Sue Thompson, American pop and country music singer |
1925-08-15 |
Rose Maddox, The Hi-Lo Country |
1925-08-28 |
Billy Grammer, American country music singer and guitarist |
1925-08-29 |
Max Evans, The Hi-Lo Country |
1925-10-20 |
Carolina Cotton, Apache Country |
1925-12-03 |
Ferlin Husky, American country singer (Born to Lose, Gone) |
1925-12-19 |
Jimmy Dickens, Bolt WV, country singer (Grand Ole Opry) |
1926-01-02 |
Harold Bradley, 40th Annual Country Music Association Awards |
1926-01-12 |
Ray Price, country singer (Good Times), (d. 2013) |
1926-02-14 |
Bob Alden, The Country Girl |
1926-04-10 |
"Alvin" Junior Samples, Cummings Ga, country singer (Hee Haw) |
1926-05-15 |
Anthony Lappas, It's a Big Country: An American Anthology |
1926-08-08 |
Webb Pierce, West Monroe La, country singer (Ozark Jubilee) |
1926-09-28 |
Jerry Clower, Amite County Miss, country comedian (Nashville on Road) |
1927-02-25 |
Ralph Stanley, country singer |
1927-03-10 |
Claude Laydu, actress (Diary of a Country Priest) |
1927-03-10 |
Claude Laydu, Diary of a Country Priest |
1927-03-15 |
Carl Smith, Maynardville Tn, country singer (Grand Ole Opry) |
1927-04-04 |
Monique Chaumette, A Sunday in the Country |
1927-06-30 |
Harvey Vernon, Flint Mich, actor (Jasper-Carter Country) |
1927-07-07 |
Charlie Louvin, Rainsville Ala, country singer (Louvin Brothers) |
1927-08-12 |
Porter Wagoner, country singer, discovered Dolly Parton (Y'All Come), (d. 2007) |
1927-08-29 |
Jimmy C. Newman, Jimmy C. Newman and Cajun Country |
1927-09-08 |
Harlan Howard, American country music songwriter (d. 2002) |
1927-10-02 |
Leon Rausch, The Hi-Lo Country |
1927-11-11 |
Mose Allison, Tippo Mississippi, jazz artist (Black Country Suite) |
1927-12-19 |
Nikolay Shutko, They Fought for Their Country |
1928-04-02 |
Dolly Rathebe, Cry, the Beloved Country |
1928-04-03 |
Don Gibson, American country musician (d. 2003) |
1928-04-21 |
Hillous Butrum, Country Boy |
1928-06-18 |
Michael Blakemore, British theater director (Country Life) |
1928-06-18 |
Michael Blakemore, Country Life |
1928-07-17 |
Lionel Ngakane, Cry, the Beloved Country |
1928-08-25 |
Don Hulett, Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country |
1928-11-20 |
Chuck Doughty, Country Boy |
1928-12-15 |
Martha Crawford, The Big Country |
1929-01-14 |
Billy Walker, Ralls Tx, country singer (Ozark Jubilee) |
1929-02-10 |
Hallgeir Brenden, Norway, 15K/18K cross country (Oly-gold-1952, 56) |
1929-03-07 |
Lola Beltrán, No Country for Old Men |
1929-06-23 |
June Carter Cash, Maces Spring Va, country singer (Johnny Cash Show) |
1929-07-09 |
Lee Hazelwood, Ok, country singer/songwriter (Summer Wine, Jackson) |
1929-08-12 |
Buck Owens, [Alvis Edgar], Sherman Texas, country singer (Hee Haw) |
1929-08-17 |
Rex Heading, Country and Western Hour |
1929-10-04 |
Leroy Van Dyke, Spring Fork Mo, country singer (Walk on By) |
1930-01-16 |
Nicole Ladmiral, Diary of a Country Priest |
1930-04-26 |
Derek Waring, actor (Barnacle Bill, Arthur-Heart of the Country) |
1930-06-30 |
Doyle Holly, comedian/country performer (Buckaroos) |
1930-09-28 |
Tommy Collins, [Leonard Sipes], country singer (Don't Growl) |
1931-01-08 |
Chris Essay, Country Girl |
1931-01-09 |
Ion Cojar, Ambassadors Seek Country |
1931-05-27 |
Kenny Price, Florence Ky, country singer (Midwestern Hayride, Hee Haw) |
1931-06-14 |
Ross Higgins, Kingswood Country |
1931-12-05 |
Bob Furniss, Country Gold |
1932-01-30 |
Jacqueline Kenley, It's a Big Country: An American Anthology |
1932-01-31 |
Rick Hall, country/R&B singer |
1932-02-25 |
Faron Young, country singer/actor (Hidden Guns, Daniel Boone) |
1932-02-26 |
Johnny Cash, Kingsland Arkansas, American country singer (I Hear the Train Coming) |
1932-04-07 |
Cal Smith, 8th Annual Country Music Association Awards |
1932-08-08 |
Mel Tillis, Pahokee Fl, country singer (Who's Julie, M-M-Mel) |
1932-09-08 |
Patsy Cline, Winchester Va, country singer (Crazy) |
1932-10-04 |
Dottie West, country singer |
1932-10-11 |
Dottie West, Nashville Tenn, country singer (Here Comes My Baby) |
1933-01-11 |
Goldie Hill, Karnes County Tx, country singer (Grand Ole Opry) |
1933-04-15 |
Roy Clark, Meherrin, Virginia, American country singer (Hee Haw, The Tonight Show) |
1933-04-29 |
Willie Nelson, Abbott Texas, American country singer (On the Road Again) |
1933-07-20 |
Cormac McCarthy, No Country for Old Men |
1933-09-01 |
Conway Twitty, [Harold Jenkins], Miss, country singer (Hello Darlin') |
1933-11-15 |
Barbara Carson, Memphis Tn, actress (Comedy Tonight, Carter Country) |
1933-11-21 |
Jean Shepard, Pauls Valley Oklahoma, country singer (Ozark Jubilee) |
1933-11-28 |
Dorothy Schwieder, Country School: One Room - One Nation |
1934-01-06 |
Bobby Lord, Sanford Fla, country singer (Ozark Jubilee) |
1934-01-15 |
Diane de Nancrede Marra, The Far Country |
1934-02-20 |
Lorraine Wakefield, Country and Western Hour |
1934-03-01 |
Jim "Ed" Brown, Sparkman Ark, country singer (Nashville on the Road) |
1934-08-05 |
Vern Gosdin, Woodland Al, country singer (Set 'em Up Joe) |
1934-08-20 |
Sneaky Pete Kleinow, South Blend, IN, country-rock musician (Flying Burrito Brothers), (d. 2007) |
1935-01-12 |
William Lee Gloden, Brewton Al, country singer (Oak Ridge Boys) |
1935-02-17 |
Johnny Bush, country singer |
1935-04-07 |
Bobby Bare, Irontown Oh, country singer (Detroit City) |
1935-05-01 |
Julian Mitchell, Another Country |
1935-05-31 |
Evert Lindkvist, The New Country |
1935-08-20 |
Justin Tubb, San Antonio Tx, country singer (Grand Ole Opry) |
1935-09-29 |
Jerry Lee Lewis, Feriday La, country singer (Whole Lotta Shakin') |
1935-11-11 |
Kathleen Shannon, Dream of a Free Country: A Message from Nicaraguan Women |
1936-01-02 |
Roger Miller, Fort Worth Tx, country singer (King of the Road, Dang Me) |
1936-02-09 |
Stompin' Tom Connors, Canadian country singer, (d. 2013) |
1936-02-14 |
Andrew Pine, Jennings Fla, actor (V, WEB, Wide Country) |
1936-03-09 |
Mickey Gilley, Ferriday La, country singer (Urban Cowboy) |
1936-03-22 |
Roger Whittaker, Nairobi Kenya, country singer (Durham Town) |
1936-05-25 |
Tom T Hall, Olive Hill Ky, country singer/writer (Harper Valley PTA) |
1936-10-15 |
Michel Aumont, A Sunday in the Country |
1937-01-14 |
Billie Jo Spears, country singer |
1937-02-05 |
Gaston Roelants, Belgium, world cross-country champion |
1937-03-16 |
Jim Taylor, Country Strong |
1937-04-06 |
Merle Haggard, Bakersfield California, country singer (Death Valley Days) |
1937-06-04 |
Freddie Fender, Mexico, country singer (Feelings) |
1937-06-15 |
Waylon Jennings, country singer/guitarist (Ramblin' Man) |
1937-08-20 |
George Thoma, German FR, cross country ski jumper (Olympic-gold-1960) |
1937-10-20 |
Wanda Jackson, Maud Oklahoma, country singer (Let's Have a Party) |
1937-11-01 |
Bill Anderson, country singer (Still, From This Pen) |
1937-12-30 |
John Hartford, NYC, country singer (Gentle on My Mind) |
1938-03-08 |
Lew DeWitt, Va, country singer (Statler Brothers-Flowers on the Wall) |
1938-03-12 |
Lew De Witt, American country singer and composer (Statler Brothers-Flowers on the Wall) |
1938-03-18 |
Charley Pride, Sledge Miss, country singer (Sweet Country) |
1938-03-18 |
Charley Pride, 9th Annual Country Music Association Awards |
1938-04-26 |
Duane Eddy, Phoenix, Az, country singer (Peter Gunn, Cannonball) |
1938-07-26 |
Bobby Hebb, Nashville Tn, country singer/songwriter (Sunny) |
1938-11-11 |
Narvel Felts, country singer |
1938-9-11 |
Jim Boeke, Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country |
1939-01-17 |
Toini Gustafson, Sweden, 5K/10K cross country skier (Oly-gold-1968) |
1939-05-27 |
Don Williams, Floydada Texas, country singer (I Believe in You) |
1939-06-11 |
Wilma Burgess, country-pop singer |
1939-06-18 |
C.B. Anderson, Country Boy |
1939-09-06 |
David Allan Coe, country musician (Mysterious Rhinestone Cowboy) |
1939-11-11 |
Claudia Boyarskikh, USSR, 5K/10K cross country (Olympic-gold-1964) |
1939-12-29 |
Ed Bruce, Keiser Arkansas, country singer |
1940-01-08 |
Cristy Lane, US, country/gospel singer |
1940-01-23 |
Johnny Russell, country singer |
1940-04-25 |
O B McClinton, [Burnett], country singer (Keep your arms around me) |
1940-05-01 |
Bobbie Ann Mason, In Country |
1940-08-18 |
Barry Justice, King & Country |
1940-10-16 |
Barry Corbin, No Country for Old Men |
1941-02-01 |
Franco Nones, Italy, 30K cross country skier (Olympic-gold-1968) |
1941-04-09 |
Kaye Adams, American country singer |
1941-05-15 |
K T Oslin, Crossett Ar, country singer (80's Ladies) |
1941-08-15 |
Don Rich, Olympia Wash, guitarist/country singer (Hee Haw) |
1941-10-17 |
Earl Thomas Conley, Portsmouth Oh, country singer (Too Many Times) |
1941-11-06 |
Doug Sahm, San Antonio Texas, country singer (Texas Tornadoes-Dinero) |
1941-11-06 |
Guy Clark, Rockport Tx, country singer (Heartbroke) |
1941-12-06 |
Helen Cornelius, Hannibal Mo, country singer (Nashville on the Road) |
1942-01-01 |
Country Joe McDonald, California, rock guitarist/vocalist (& the Fish) |
1942-01-01 |
Country Joe McDonald, Woodstock |
1942-01-20 |
Slim Whitman, yoddler/country singer (Home on the Range) |
1942-01-21 |
Mac Davis, Lubbock, Texas, American country music singer-songwriter, actor (Mac Davis Show, North Dallas 40) |
1942-03-10 |
Ron Starr, Ride the High Country |
1942-03-16 |
Jerry Jeff Walker, Oneonta NY, country singer (Mr Bojangles) |
1942-04-03 |
Billy Joe Royal, Valdosta Ga, country singer (Down in the Boondocks) |
1942-05-05 |
Tammy Wynette [Virginia Pugh], Redbay Alabama, country singer (Stand by your Man), (d. 1998) |
1942-05-15 |
Lois Johnson, Country Boy |
1942-10-27 |
Lee Greenwood, Los Angeles, California, American country singer (God Bless the USA) |
1942-12-26 |
Earl Cate, Ark, country singers (Cate Bros-Fire on the Tracks) |
1942-12-26 |
Ernie Cate, Ark, country singers (Cate Bros-Fire on the Tracks) |
1943-02-26 |
Bob "Bear" Hite, California, vocalist (Canned Heat-Going Up the Country) |
1943-04-24 |
Richard Sterban, Camden NJ, country singer (Oak Ridge Boys-Elvira) |
1943-04-29 |
Duane Allen, Taylortown Texas, country singer (Oak Ridge Boys-Elvira) |
1943-07-25 |
Roy Acuff Jr, American country musician |
1943-08-16 |
James Hunter, King & Country |
1943-08-27 |
[Susan] Tuesday Weld, NYC, actress (Dobie Gillis, Wild in Country) |
1943-10-11 |
Gene Watson, Palestine Tx, country singer (Heartaches, Love & Stuff) |
1943-12-31 |
John Denver, NM, American country singer (Rocky Mt High), thank God he's a country boy |
1944-01-16 |
Ronnie Milsap, Robbinsville NC, country singer (Legend in My Time) |
1944-02-12 |
Moe Bandy, Meridian Ms, country vocalist (Just Good Ol' Boys) |
1944-02-19 |
John Bloom, Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country |
1944-07-20 |
Jonathan Peck, The Big Country |
1944-07-22 |
Guich Koock, Austin Tx, actor (Harley Puckett-Carter Country) |
1944-08-19 |
Eddy Raven, Lafayette La, country singer (Right Hand Man) |
1944-10-31 |
Kinky Friedman, Palestine Tx, country rocker (Ride 'em Jewboy) |
1944-11-01 |
Jaja Mihardja, How Funny (This Country Is) |
1944-11-27 |
Eddie Rabbitt, Brooklyn, country singer (I Love a Rainy Night) |
1944-12-01 |
Kamal Kharazi, The Information War/Annika Sorenstam/The Country Next Door |
1945-03-14 |
Michael Martin Murphey, Dallas Tx, country singer (Wildfire) |
1945-04-05 |
Tommy Smith, For Club and Country |
1945-04-09 |
Gus Hardin, [Carol Ann Blankenship], Tulsa Oklahoma, country singer |
1945-04-16 |
Stefan Grossman, NYC, country blues singer (Yazoo Basin Boogie) |
1945-05-23 |
Misty Morgan, country keyboardist (duo with Jack Blanchard) |
1945-05-28 |
Gary Stewart, Latcher County Ky, country singer (She's Actin' Single) |
1945-06-05 |
Don Reid, Va, country singer (Statler Bros-Flowers on the Wall) |
1945-10-17 |
Thomas Kopache, No Country for Old Men |
1945-11-10 |
Donna Fargo, NC, country singer (Happiest Girl in Whole USA) |
1945-12-24 |
Nicholas Meyer, Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country |
1946-01-19 |
Dolly Parton, Sevierville Tn, country singer (Dolly, 9 to 5) |
1946-02-02 |
Howard Bellamy, Country Gold |
1946-08-11 |
John Conlee, Versailles Ky, country singer (Common Man) |
1946-10-02 |
Jo-el Sonnier, Rayne La, country singer (Louisiana) |
1946-10-10 |
John Prine, Maywood Ill, country singer (Hello in There) |
1946-12-16 |
Adriaan van Dis, Dutch TV host/writer (Promised Country) |
1946-12-20 |
Sonny Perdue, Governor Sonny Perdue: God & Country Day |
1946-9-15 |
Tommy Lee Jones, No Country for Old Men |
1947-01-04 |
Rick Stein, Rick Stein in du Maurier Country |
1947-01-06 |
Sandy Denny, London UK, country singer (Fairport Convention-If You Gotta Go) |
1947-01-21 |
Jimmy Ibbotson, Penn, country singer (Nitty Gritty Dirt Band) |
1947-02-09 |
Joe Ely, Amarillo Tx, country vocalist (Honky Tonk Masquerade) |
1947-02-13 |
Tony Butler, rock bassist (Big Country-It's a Big Country, Wonderland) |
1947-04-02 |
Emmylou Harris, Birmingham Alabama, country singer (Together Again) |
1947-05-16 |
Ray Zone, Dark Country |
1947-05-24 |
Mike Reid, Altoona Penn, country singer (Walk on Faith) |
1947-05-25 |
Jessi Colter, [Miriam Johnson], Phoenix, country singer (I'm Not Lisa) |
1947-06-14 |
Barry Melton, American guitarist (Country Joe and the Fish) |
1947-07-11 |
Jeff Hanna, Detroit, country singer (Nitty Gritty Dirt Band) |
1947-08-23 |
Rex Allen Jr, Chicago, country singer (Nashville on the Road) |
1947-09-23 |
Mary Kay Place, Tulsa Oklahoma, actress/country singer (Mary Hartman!) |
1947-09-26 |
Lynn Anderson, ND, country singer (I Never Promised you a Rose Garden) |
1947-12-21 |
Denny Martin Flinn, Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country |
1948-02-08 |
Dan Seals, McCamey Texas, country singer (England Dan & John Ford Coley-You Still Move Me) |
1948-02-12 |
Kurt Peterson, North Country |
1948-04-21 |
Paul Davis, Meridian Mi, country/rock vocalist (I Go Crazy) |
1948-05-02 |
Larry Gatlin, Seminole Tx, country singer (Gatlin Bros-Broken Lady) |
1948-05-18 |
Joe Bonsall, Phila, country singer (Oak Ridge Boys-Elvira) |
1948-06-05 |
Gail Davies, Broken Bow Ok, country singer (Blue Heartache) |
1948-06-05 |
Gail Davies, The Women of Country |
1948-10-02 |
Chris LeDoux, Biloxi Miss, country singer (Ridin' for a Fall) |
1948-10-13 |
Lacy J Dalton, Bloomsburg Pa, country singer (Crazy Blue Eyes) |
1948-10-28 |
Ricki Lee Reynolds, country singer (Black Oak Arkansas) |
1948-12-07 |
Gary Morris, Fort Worth Tx, country singer/actor (Colbys) |
1949-01-07 |
Marshall Chapman, Spartanburg SC, country singer |
1949-02-12 |
Stanley Knight, country artist (Black Oak Arkansas-High on the Hog) |
1949-03-04 |
Carroll Baker, Canadian country singer and songwriter |
1949-05-17 |
Timothy Cordy, British director (Town/Country Planning Association) |
1949-05-26 |
Hank Williams Jr, Shreveport La, country singer (Honky Tonk) |
1949-06-11 |
Frank Beard, Frankston Texas, US country rock drummer (ZZ Top) |
1949-06-25 |
Kene Holliday, NYC, actor (Tyler-Matlock, Carter Country) |
1949-08-27 |
Jeff Cook, Fort Payne Ala, country guitar/vocalist (Alabama-Mt Music) |
1949-09-26 |
Martin Delray, Texarkana Ar, country singer (Get Rhythm)) |
1949-10-27 |
Jack Daniels, Choctaw Oklahoma, country singer (Highway 101-Cry Cry Cry) |
1949-11-08 |
Bonnie Raitt, Burbank CA, country singer (Green Light, The Glow) |
1949-11-20 |
Ulf Lundell, The New Country |
1949-12-13 |
Randy Owen, Fort Payne Ala, country music star (Alabama-Mt Music) |
1949-9-18 |
Beth Grant, No Country for Old Men |
1950-01-15 |
David Lynn Jones, Bexar Ark, country singer (Bonnie Jean) |
1950-03-13 |
Steve Hill, country vocalist (A Winning Hand) |
1950-03-26 |
Ronnie McDowell, Fountain Head Tn, country singer (King is Gone) |
1950-07-18 |
Larry Pierce, Dirty Country |
1950-08-07 |
Rodney Crowell, Houston Texas, country singer (She's Crazy for Leavin') |
1950-08-15 |
Thomas Aldrich, country drummer (Black Oak Arkansas) |
1950-08-15 |
Tess Harper, No Country for Old Men |
1950-08-31 |
Mark Sawyer-Dailey, In Country |
1950-10-11 |
Rene Bond, Country Cuzzins |
1950-10-12 |
Michael Bofshever, Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country |
1950-11-03 |
Jacek Blawut, Your Native Country |
1950-9-16 |
David Bellamy, North Country |
1951-01-09 |
Crystal Gayle, Ky, country singer (Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue) |
1951-01-24 |
Yakov Smirnoff, Russia, comedian (It's a wonderful country) |
1951-02-20 |
Kathy Baillie, Morristown NJ, country vocalist (Baille Boys-Oh Heart) |
1951-03-16 |
Ray Benson, Phila Pa, country singer (House of Blue Lights) |
1951-04-04 |
Steve Gatlin, Olney Tx, country singer (Gatlin Bros-Broken Lady) |
1951-04-07 |
John Dittrich, Union NJ, country singer (Restless Heart-Wheels) |
1951-05-06 |
Teri Foster Brooks, Hard Country |
1951-05-23 |
Judy Rodman, Riverside California, country singer (Girls Ride Horses Too) |
1951-06-06 |
Dwight Twilley, Tulsa Oklahoma, country singer (Twilley Don't Mind) |
1951-06-24 |
Ivar Formo, Norway, 50K cross country skier (Olympic-gold-1976) |
1951-08-20 |
Lars Väringer, The New Country |
1951-11-22 |
Rex McGee, Pure Country |
1952-01-02 |
Ricky Van Shelton, Grit Va, country singer (Wild-Eyed Dream) |
1952-01-06 |
Larry Booker, Wrestling's Country Boys |
1952-01-12 |
Ricky Van Shelton, country musician |
1952-01-22 |
Teddy Gentry, Fort Payne Ala, country music star (Alabama-Mt Music) |
1952-02-29 |
Raisa Smetanina, USSR, cross country skier (Olympic-gold-1976, 80, 92) |
1952-04-18 |
Jim Scholten, Midland Mich, country singer (Betty's Bein' Bad) |
1952-05-18 |
George Strait, Pearsall Tx, country singer (All My Exes Live in Texas) |
1952-07-08 |
Ulrich Wehling, German DR, cross country (Olympic-gold-1972, 76, 80) |
1952-08-13 |
Brandon Smith, No Country for Old Men |
1952-08-20 |
Rudy Gatlin, Olney Tx, country singer (Gatlin Bros-Broken Lady) |
1952-09-17 |
Steve Sanders, Richland Ga, country singer (Oak Ridge Boys-Elvira) |
1952-10-13 |
John Misto, A Country Practice |
1952-10-15 |
Manuel Jiménez, Town & Country |
1952-11-10 |
Pat Severs, Camden SC, country singer (Pirates of Miss-Fred Jake) |
1953-03-26 |
Michael Bonagura, Newark NJ, country singer (Baille & Boys-Oh Heart) |
1953-04-09 |
Hal Ketchum, Greenwich NY, country singer (Small Town Saturday Night) |
1953-06-01 |
Ronnie Dunn, 40th Annual Country Music Association Awards |
1953-08-13 |
Kit Gwin, No Country for Old Men |
1953-09-30 |
Deborah Allen, Memphis Tn, country singer (Jim Stafford Show) |
1953-10-11 |
Robin Bextor, Crown and Country |
1953-11-13 |
Andrew Ranken, The Pogues: Live at the Town and Country |
1954-03-14 |
Jann Browne, country singer (Mexican Wind) |
1954-04-25 |
Rob Crosby, Sumter SC, country singer (She's a Natural) |
1954-05-08 |
Cyril Drozda, The Country Teacher |
1954-05-20 |
James Henderson, country singer (Black Oak Arkansas) |
1954-06-28 |
Ava Barber, Knoxville Tn, country singer (Lawrence Welk Show) |
1954-07-13 |
Louise Mandrell, Corpus Christi Tx, country singer (Mandrell Sisters) |
1954-07-18 |
Ricky Skaggs, Cordell Ky, country singer (Heartbroke, Toy Hearts) |
1954-10-02 |
Greg Jennings, Oklahoma City Oklahoma, country singer (Restless Heart-Wheels) |
1954-10-09 |
James Fearnley, The Pogues: Live at the Town and Country |
1954-10-30 |
T Graham Brown, Arabi Ga, country singer (Come as you Were) |
1954-11-13 |
Kevin Sheard, My Own Country |
1954-11-29 |
Joel Coen, No Country for Old Men |
1954-12-02 |
Danielle Alexander, Fort Worth Tx, country music pianist |
1954-12-03 |
Paul Gregg, country singer (Restless Heart-Wheels) |
1954-12-13 |
John Anderson, Apopka Fla, country singer/actor (Lone Wolf McQuade) |
1954-12-25 |
Steve Wariner, Noblesville Indiana, country singer (Small Town Girl) |
1955-01-04 |
Kathy Forester, Lookout Mt Ga, country singer (Forester Sister-Men) |
1955-01-17 |
Steve Earle, San Antonio Tx, country singer (Guitar Town) |
1955-01-27 |
Richard Jackson, No Country for Old Men |
1955-02-15 |
Clive Aslet, British editor (Country Life) |
1955-03-17 |
Paul Overstreet, Van Cleave Miss, country singer (Daddy's Come Around) |
1955-03-26 |
Dean Dillon, Lake City TN, country singer (Chair) |
1955-03-28 |
Reba McEntire, McAlester Ok, country singer (Can't Even Get the Blues) |
1955-05-11 |
Mark Herndon, Springfield Mass, country drummer (Alabama-Take Me Down) |
1955-05-12 |
Kix Brooks, 40th Annual Country Music Association Awards |
1955-05-24 |
Rosanne Cash, Memphis Tn, country singer (Seven Year Ache, I Wonder) |
1955-07-01 |
Keith Whitley, Sandy Hook Ky, country singer (Don't Close Your Eyes) |
1955-07-29 |
"Country" Jem Finer, English banjo player (Pogues-Straight to Hell) |
1955-08-02 |
Jimmy Lowe, Nashville Tenn, country singer (Pirates of Ms-Fred Jake) |
1955-08-10 |
Marja-Liisa Hamalainen, Finnish cross country skier (Oly-gold-1984) |
1955-08-17 |
Kevin Welch, California, country songwriter/actor (Thing Called Love) |
1955-09-26 |
Carlene Carter, Nashville Tn, country singer (I Fell in Love) |
1955-12-06 |
Tish Hinojosa, San Antonia Tx, country singer (Something in the Rain) |
1956-01-18 |
Mark Collie, Waynesboro Tn, country singer (Another Old Soldier) |
1956-03-26 |
Charly McClain, Jackson Tn, country singer (Radio Heart) |
1956-03-27 |
Thomas Wassberg, Sweden, 15K/50K cross country skier (Oly-gold-1980) |
1956-08-20 |
Joan Allen, Ill, actress (Peggy Sue Got Married, Tucker, In Country) |
1956-09-23 |
June Forester, Chattanooga Tn, country singer (Forester Sister-Men) |
1956-10-23 |
Dwight Yoakam, Pikeville Ky, country singer (Honky Tonk Man) |
1956-11-11 |
Billy Smith, Reidsville NC, country singer (Billy & Terry Smith) |
1956-11-30 |
Dave Childers, No Country for Old Men |
1956-12-09 |
Sylvia, Kokomo Indiana, country singer (Nobody) |
1956-12-21 |
Lee Roy Parnell, Abilene Texas, country singer (Oughta be a Law) |
1957-01-29 |
Irlene Mandrell, Corpus Christi Tx, country singer (Mandrell Sisters) |
1957-04-05 |
Vince Gill, Norman Oklahoma, country singer (When I Call Your Name) |
1957-05-03 |
Cactus Moser, Montrose Co, country singer (Highway 101-Cry Cry Cry) |
1957-06-17 |
Tracy Gershon, Hairdos and Heartache: The Women of Country Music |
1957-06-17 |
Philip Chevron, The Pogues: Live at the Town and Country |
1957-06-21 |
Mark Brzezicki, rock drummer (Big Country-Wonderland) |
1957-07-24 |
Pam Tillis, Plant City Fla, country singer (Melancholy Child) |
1957-08-22 |
Holly Dunn, San Antonio Tx, country singer (Daddy's Hands) |
1957-09-06 |
"Curley" Joe Smyth, Westbrook Me, country singer (Betty's Bein' Bad) |
1957-11-01 |
Lyle Lovett, Klein Tx, country singer (God Will, Joshua Judges Ruth) |
1957-11-08 |
Susie McEntire, Reba McEntire: Country Diva |
1957-9-21 |
Ethan Coen, No Country for Old Men |
1957-9-28 |
Holly Haber, Hard Country |
1958-02-21 |
Mary-Chapin Carpenter, Princeton NJ, country vocalist (This Shirt) |
1958-02-24 |
Sammy Kershaw, Kaplan LA, country vocalist (Cadillac Style) |
1958-04-11 |
Stuart Adamson, rock vocalist/guitarist (Big Country-Wonderland) |
1958-05-23 |
Shelly West, Cleve OH, country singer (Red Hot, West by West) |
1958-07-04 |
Tim Grundy, Two's Country Cooking |
1958-07-14 |
Scott Rudin, No Country for Old Men |
1958-07-24 |
Pam Tills, Country music artist |
1958-07-31 |
Matthew Posey, No Country for Old Men |
1958-08-01 |
Tor Håkon Holte, Norwegian cross country skier |
1958-09-30 |
Marty Stuart, Phila Miss, country singer (Hillbilly Rock) |
1958-10-10 |
Tanya Tucker, Seminole Tx, country singer/actress (Follow that Car) |
1958-10-17 |
Alan Jackson, Newnan Ga, country singer (Here in the Real World) |
1958-12-28 |
Joe Diffie, Tulsa Ok, country singer/guitarist (Home) |
1959-02-14 |
Matthias Hues, Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country |
1959-02-16 |
Suzana Petricevic, My Beautiful Country |
1959-03-02 |
Larry Stewart, Paducah KY, country singer (Restless Heart-Wheels) |
1959-04-09 |
Dave Innis, Bartlesville Oklahoma, country singer (Restless Heart-Wheels) |
1959-05-04 |
Randy Travis, Marshville NC, country singer (Diggin' Up Bones) |
1959-05-29 |
Rupert Everett, British actor (Princess Daisy, Another Country) |
1959-06-21 |
Kathy Mattea, country singer (Love at the Five & Dime) |
1959-06-27 |
Lorrie Morgan, Nashville Tn, country singer (Out of Your Shoes) |
1959-09-28 |
Billy Montana, Country/Western performer (No Yesterday, Angelia) |
1959-9-25 |
Jim Henry, No Country for Old Men |
1960-02-10 |
Lionel Cartwright, Ohio, country vocalist (I Watched it on the Radio) |
1960-04-17 |
Jeff Bornstein, Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country |
1960-10-04 |
Gregg "Hobie" Hubbard, Apopka Fla, country singer (Betty's Bein' Bad) |
1960-10-14 |
John Aalberg, Orland Norway, US cross country skier (Olympics-1994) |
1960-10-25 |
Sang-soo Hong, In Another Country |
1960-11-04 |
Kim Forester, Lookout Mt Ga, country singer (Forester Sister-Men) |
1961-01-15 |
Iris DeMent, Paragould Ar, country singer (Our Town) |
1961-01-24 |
Mary Jo Fernandez, Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country |
1961-03-01 |
Davis Daniel, Arlington Heights Ill, country singer |
1961-03-11 |
Bruce Watson, Ontario Canada, rock guitarist (Big Country-Wonderland) |
1961-05-04 |
Jay Aston, Eurovision Song Contest: Your Country Needs Blue |
1961-05-29 |
Todd Boonstra, Minneapolis Minn, cross country skier (Olympics-1994) |
1961-07-23 |
Woody Harrelson, No Country for Old Men |
1961-07-30 |
Víctor Trujillo, For Love or Country: The Arturo Sandoval Story |
1961-08-13 |
Ricardo Fernández Blanco, Small Country |
1961-08-25 |
Billy Ray Cyrus, Flatwoods Ky, country singer (Achy Breaky Heart) |
1961-10-10 |
Zuzana Bydzovská, The Country Teacher |
1961-11-02 |
K.D. Lang [Kathy Dawn], Consort Alberta, Canadian country singer |
1962-01-03 |
Tanner Reeves, Idol Country |
1962-01-13 |
Trace Adkins, The 2011 American Country Awards |
1962-01-23 |
Frederick Alexander, Another Country |
1962-02-04 |
Clint Black, Long Branch NJ, country vocalist (A Better Man) |
1962-02-07 |
Garth Brooks, Tulsa Oklahoma, country vocalist (No Fences, Double Live) |
1962-04-02 |
Billy Dean, Quincy Fla, country singer (Billy the Kid) |
1962-06-18 |
Craig Berkey, No Country for Old Men |
1962-07-15 |
Jess Gonchor, No Country for Old Men |
1962-12-21 |
Christy Forester, Lookout Mt Ga, country singer (Forester Sister-Men) |
1963-02-09 |
Travis Tritt, Marietta Ga, country vocalist (Country Club) |
1963-07-30 |
Ingrid Butts, Denver Colorado, cross country skier (Olympics-1994) |
1963-09-06 |
Mark Chesnutt, Beaumont Tx, country singer (Too Cold at Home) |
1963-09-09 |
Leslie Thompson, Burlington Vt, cross country skier (Olympics-1994) |
1964-02-06 |
Skip Ewing, Redlands California, country vocalist (Coast of Colorado) |
1964-03-01 |
Clinton Gregory, Martinsville, Virginia, American country and bluegrass singer-songwriter (Play, Ruby, Play) |
1964-03-10 |
Edward Wessex, Crown and Country |
1964-03-18 |
Robert Graf, No Country for Old Men |
1964-04-09 |
Roger Basquette, No Country for Old Men |
1964-04-16 |
Esbjorn Svensson, The New Country |
1964-05-15 |
Scott Caldwell, Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country |
1964-05-28 |
Phil Vassar, American country music singer |
1964-08-10 |
Ryan Idol, Idol Country |
1964-09-19 |
Trisha Yearwood, Monticello GA, country singer (Sweetest Gift) |
1964-10-31 |
Darryl Worley, American country singer |
1964-11-24 |
Garret Dillahunt, No Country for Old Men |
1964-12-08 |
James Blundell, Australian country singer |
1965-01-14 |
Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, Treats from the Edwardian Country House |
1965-02-03 |
Dorcas Wonsavage, Madison Wis, cross country skier (Olympics-1994) |
1965-04-01 |
Trent Reed, Idol Country |
1965-05-13 |
Lari White, American country music singer |
1965-07-25 |
Marty Brown, Owensboro Ky, country singer (Wildest Dreams) |
1965-11-06 |
Hae-hyo Kwon, In Another Country |
1965-12-04 |
Ulf Kirsten, Far Away Country Pa-Isch |
1965-12-26 |
Ben Husaby, Eden Prairie Minn, cross country skier (Olympics-1994) |
1966-01-04 |
Deana Carter, country singer |
1966-03-01 |
John David Cullum, actor (1776, Sweet Country, Day After) |
1966-03-08 |
Laura McCabe, cross country skier (Olympics-1994) |
1966-04-05 |
Levi L. Knebel, Country |
1966-04-06 |
Lia Boysen, The New Country |
1966-07-29 |
Martina McBride, country singer |
1966-08-03 |
Dean Sams, Goin' Country |
1966-08-12 |
Esta Spalding, In God's Country |
1966-08-19 |
Lee Ann Womack, Race to the Red Carpet: 2006 Country Music Awards |
1966-12-16 |
Darren Thomas, For My Country |
1966-12-18 |
Tracy Byrd, country singer |
1967-06-11 |
Anders Eriksson, The New Country |
1967-11-01 |
Michael Seitzman, North Country |
1967-12-05 |
Gary Allan, American country musician |
1968-01-25 |
Jennifer Brill, Whisper Country |
1968-01-27 |
Tracy Lawrence, Atlanta Tx, country singer (Sticks & Stones) |
1968-02-18 |
Geir Hansteen Jorgensen, The New Country |
1968-07-06 |
Wolff, Idol Country |
1968-08-05 |
Terri Clark, Canadian country singer |
1968-08-06 |
Lisa Stewart, Country Strong |
1968-08-13 |
J.D. Walters, Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country |
1968-08-19 |
Mark McGuinn, country music singer |
1968-10-22 |
Shelby Lynne, Quantico Va, country singer (If I Could Bottle This Up) |
1968-11-02 |
Neal Casal, Country Strong |
1968-12-03 |
Sue Smith, No Country for Old Men |
1968-9-05 |
Ellora Patnaik, My Own Country |
1968-9-20 |
Nicola Siri, My Country |
1969-01-03 |
Nikki Nelson, Topaz Lake Nev, country singer (Highway 101-Cry Cry Cry) |
1969-03-01 |
Javier Bardem, No Country for Old Men |
1969-03-13 |
Robbie Friedmann, No Country for Old Men |
1969-03-28 |
Rodney Atkins, American country music singer-songwriter |
1969-06-01 |
Masayasu Nakanishi, Town & Country |
1969-09-27 |
Laura Wilson, Utica NY, cross country skier (Olympics-1994) |
1969-10-13 |
Rhett Akins, Country Strong |
1969-11-28 |
Joon-sang Yoo, In Another Country |
1969-12-04 |
John Rich, Queens of Country |
1969-12-20 |
Toby Holguin, No Country for Old Men |
1970-01-06 |
Kerrin Petty, Townshend Vt, cross country skier (Olympics-1994) |
1970-04-29 |
David Diliberto, No Country for Old Men |
1970-05-05 |
Kyan Douglas, He's a Little Bit Country: John B |
1970-05-16 |
Octavio Scopelliti, My Country |
1970-05-22 |
John Ward, Heart of the Country |
1970-08-07 |
Chris Warner, No Country for Old Men |
1970-08-25 |
Jo Dee Messina, American country music singer |
1970-09-29 |
Emily Lloyd, London England, actress (Wish You Were Here, In Country) |
1970-09-29 |
Luke Bodensteiner, Iowa City Iowa, cross country skier (Olympics-1994) |
1970-10-14 |
Nina Kemppel, Anchorage Alaska, cross country skier (Olympics-1994) |
1970-10-16 |
Marco Rossi, Idol Country |
1970-12-01 |
Cole Gittinger, No Country for Old Men |
1970-12-01 |
Rod Majors, Idol Country |
1971-01-30 |
Myk Watford, No Country for Old Men |
1971-04-30 |
Chuck Holaday, A Country Christmas |
1971-06-25 |
John Atterberry, God's Country |
1971-07-23 |
Alison Krauss, Decatur Ill, country singer (2 Highways) |
1971-07-25 |
Roger Creager, American country music singer-songwriter |
1971-07-29 |
Lisa Ekdahl, Town & Country |
1971-09-15 |
Ben Wallers, English musician and songwriter (Country Teasers) |
1971-10-20 |
Jimi Westbrook, CMA Country Christmas |
1971-11-02 |
Pete Vordenberg, Rota Spain, US cross country skier (Olympics-1994) |
1972-01-06 |
Catherine Campion, North Country |
1972-02-23 |
Steve Holy, American country singer |
1972-06-08 |
Jason Yanofsky, No Country for Old Men |
1972-08-16 |
Emily Robison, American country singer, instrumentalist and songwriter (Dixie Chicks) |
1972-11-18 |
Jessi Alexander, American country music singer/songwriter |
1973-02-25 |
Julio Iglesias Jr., Finale: Who Has Gone Country |
1973-06-04 |
Wibecke Rønseth, The Beautiful Country |
1973-9-22 |
Rachael Lin Gallaghan, No Country for Old Men |
1974-01-12 |
Tor Arne Hetland, Norwegian cross-country skier |
1974-03-18 |
Phillip Sweet, CMA Country Christmas |
1974-08-01 |
Beckie Scott, Canadian cross-country skiing athlete |
1974-08-02 |
Jeremy Castle, Oklahoma country singer and songwriter |
1974-09-12 |
Jennifer Nettles, American country singer, part of Sugarland |
1974-9-12 |
Jennifer Nettles, CMA Country Christmas |
1975-04-04 |
Thobias Fredriksson, Swedish cross-country skier |
1975-04-23 |
Zach Selwyn, Y'all Speak Country |
1975-04-24 |
Johnnie Hector, No Country for Old Men |
1975-06-03 |
Chris Ailes, Living Country |
1975-07-19 |
Ben Trebilcook, Deader Country |
1975-09-28 |
Mandy Barnett, country singer (Maybe, Rainy Days) |
1975-11-18 |
Shawn Camp, 40th Annual Country Music Association Awards |
1975-11-30 |
Mindy McCready, country/western singer, (d. 2013) |
1976-02-22 |
Zach Hopkins, No Country for Old Men |
1976-04-10 |
Sara Renner, Canadian cross country skier |
1976-05-25 |
John P. Holstein, 46th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards |
1976-06-18 |
Blake Shelton, American Country Singer |
1976-11-29 |
Liza Bambenek, No Country for Old Men |
1977-01-09 |
Andrew Hewlett, Liquid Country |
1977-02-23 |
Kristina Šmigun, Estonian cross-country skier |
1977-02-28 |
Jason Aldean, American country singer |
1977-02-28 |
Jason Aldean, CMA Music Festival: Country's Night to Rock |
1977-04-29 |
Tim Seyfert, Dark Country |
1977-06-16 |
Kelly Jerusha DeBoer, It Happened in Country Music |
1978-09-14 |
Danielle Peck, country music singer |
1978-11-09 |
Per Christian Grimsgaard, The Beautiful Country |
1978-11-14 |
Mersing Le Guen, The Beautiful Country |
1978-12-31 |
Chance Romero, North Country |
1979-04-25 |
Josh Meyer, No Country for Old Men |
1979-07-14 |
Axel Teichmann, German cross-country skier |
1980-03-21 |
Marit Bjørgen, Norwegian cross-country skier |
1980-08-27 |
Stephanie Michelle Steele, Abilene TX, country singer |
1980-10-11 |
George Greene, No Country for Old Men |
1980-11-21 |
Holly Kenyon, Dark Country |
1981-06-23 |
Antony Costa, Eurovision Song Contest: Your Country Needs Blue |
1981-07-28 |
Cole Williams, North Country |
1981-08-30 |
Justin R. Smith, A Country Wedding |
1981-12-02 |
Eric Jimenez, The Beautiful Country |
1982-04-15 |
Emily Muse, A Country Christmas Story |
1982-06-11 |
Eldar Rønning, Norwegian cross-country skier |
1982-08-27 |
Fabio Ghidoni, Our Country |
1982-08-28 |
Le Ann Rimes, country singer (Blue, Holiday in Your Heart) |
1982-12-28 |
Adam William Wilson, Cottage Country |
1982-12-31 |
E.L. Gramling, The Country Fog |
1983-03-10 |
Carrie Underwood, American country singer |
1983-05-10 |
Mike Almayehu, The New Country |
1983-08-06 |
Autumn Bailey, Sweet, Sweet Country |
1983-10-19 |
Cody Perkins, Country Boys |
1983-11-19 |
Chandra Crawford, Canadian cross-country skier |
1983-12-29 |
Jessica Andrews, American country/pop singer |
1983-9-07 |
Catie Laffoon, No Country for Old Men |
1984-04-28 |
Marko Gjokovik, People Without a Country |
1984-05-02 |
Rose Falcon, Country Strong |
1984-07-17 |
Asami Kimura, Japanese singer (Country Musume) |
1984-08-07 |
Meghan Farrell, Skyscraper Country |
1984-08-12 |
Alexandra Hussey, The Country Fog |
1985-05-31 |
Alexander C. Iwachiw, The Country Mouse & the City Mouse: A Christmas Tale |
1985-06-15 |
Laura Buckingham, Mind Field: One Country One Culture |
1986-02-16 |
Stephanie Barnes, God's Country |
1986-03-23 |
Brett Eldredge, Country Strong |
1986-03-24 |
Danny Langa, Sweet, Sweet Country |
1986-06-14 |
Michael Lawrence Morgan, The Country Bears |
1986-10-09 |
Kevin Quinn, Wild Country |
1987-01-22 |
Astrid Jacobsen, Norwegian cross-country skier |
1987-04-09 |
Bryan Williams, Dark Country |
1987-05-27 |
Dale Jordan Johnson, A Faraway Country About Which We Know Nothing |
1989-9-29 |
Tereza Vorísková, The Country Teacher |
1990-03-29 |
Josh Blaylock, No Country for Old Men |
1991-04-20 |
Thomas Curtis, North Country |
1991-05-21 |
Stephanie Attanasio, Country Strong |
1991-07-21 |
Justin Creasy, In My Country |
1991-10-02 |
Beau Grayson, son of country singer Tanya Tucker |
1992-07-08 |
Taylor Maine Pearl Brooks, daughter of country singer Garth Brooks |
1994-07-03 |
Stefan Burzan, A Country Wedding |
1999-04-07 |
Elle Peterson, North Country |
2002-01-01 |
Gabe Sipos, Country Strong |
Country - Notable Weddings
Country - Weddings
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
1917-05-01 |
Country singer Jimmie Rodgers (19) weds Stella Kelley |
1920-04-07 |
Country singer Jimmie Rodgers (22) weds Carrie Williamson |
1926-03-13 |
Country singer Maybelle Carter (17) weds Ezra Carter |
1944-12-15 |
Country music star Hank Williams (21) weds Audrey Sheppard. It was her second marriage and his first. |
1952-07-09 |
Country singer June Carter Cash (23) weds singer Carl Smith (25) |
1952-10-17 |
Country music legend Hank Williams (29) weds Billie Jean Jones in Minden, Louisiana |
1953-10-26 |
Tennis champion Tony Trabert (23) weds beauty queen Shauna Wood at the Salt Lake Country Club in Salt Lake City, Utah |
1957-09-15 |
Country music legend Patsy Cline (25) weds linotype operator Charles Dick (23) in Winchester, England |
1957-11-11 |
Country singer June Carter Cash (28) weds former football player Edwin Nix |
1963-01-12 |
Country singer Willie Nelson (29) weds singer Shirley Collie (31) in Las Vegas |
1965-06-28 |
Country singer Merle Haggard (28) weds singer Bonnie Owens (35) |
1966-05-30 |
Country singer Dolly Parton (20) weds Carl Dean (23) in Ringgold, Georgia |
1967-06-06 |
Country singer John Denver (23) weds psychotherapist Annie Martell at the Christ Chapel in St. Peter, Minnesota |
1968-03-01 |
Country singer June Carter Cash (38) weds music icon Johnny Cash (36) in Franklin, Kentucky |
1969-02-16 |
Country singer Tammy Wynette (26) weds musician George Jones (37) |
1976-06-21 |
Country singer Reba McEntire (21) weds national steer wrestling champion Charlie Battles |
1976-07-18 |
Country singer Tammy Wynette (34) weds real-estate mogul Michael Tomlin |
1978-02-14 |
Country singer Roger Miller (42) weds Mary Arnold |
1978-07-06 |
Country singer Tammy Wynette (36) weds record producer George Richey (42) in Florida |
1978-10-07 |
Country singer Merle Haggard (41) weds his backup singer Leona Williams (35) |
1979-04-07 |
Country singer Rosanne Cash (23) weds singer-songwriter Rodney Crowell (28) |
1985-06-01 |
Country singer Merle Haggard (48) weds fourth wife Debbie Parret |
1986-05-24 |
Country Singer Garth Brooks marries Sandy |
1988-08-12 |
Country singer John Denver (44) weds actress Cassandra Delaney |
1989-06-03 |
Country singer Rebe McEntire weds her manager Narvel Blackstone at Emerald Bay in Lake Tahoe, Nevada |
1990-07-01 |
Country singer-songwriter Hank Williams Jr (41) weds model Mary Jane Thomas at a Congregational church near his ranch in Missoula, Montana |
1991-09-16 |
Country singer Willie Nelson (58) weds Annie D'Angelo in Nashville, Tennessee |
1991-10-20 |
Actress Lisa Hartman weds country singer Clint Black |
1992-04-11 |
Country singer Lee Greenwood weds Miss Tennessee 1989 (Kimberly Payne) |
1993-06-27 |
Actress Julia Roberts (25) weds country singer Lyle Lovett (36) at St. James Lutheran Church in Marion, Indiana |
1993-09-11 |
Country singer Merle Haggard (56) weds fifth wife Theresa Ann Lane at his ranch near Redding, California |
1994-05-21 |
Country singer Trisha Yearwood (29) weds Robert Reynolds (32) |
1995-04-30 |
Country singer Rosanne Cash (39) weds record producer John Leventhal (42) |
1996-10-06 |
American country singer Faith Hill (44) weds singer and actor Tim McGraw (45) in Rayville, Louisiana |
1996-11-16 |
"What Part of No" country singer Lorrie Morgan (37) weds singer Jon Randall (29) in Nashville |
2000-03-10 |
Country singer Vince Gill (42) weds christian/pop singer Amy Grant (39) in Nashville, Tennessee |
2002-02-23 |
"Blue" country and pop singer LeAnn Rimes (19) weds backup dancer Dean Sheremet (21) at Perkins Chapel in Dallas, Texas |
2004-06-20 |
Former Dallas Cowboys running back Eddie George (30) weds R&B group "SWV" member Tamara Johnson (33) at the Rockleigh Country Club in Rockleigh, New Jersey |
2005-05-07 |
Country music singer Billy Dean (43) weds Stephanie Paisley at Cheekwood Botanical Gardens in Nashville, Tennessee |
2005-05-09 |
Oscar-winning actress Renee Zellweger (36) weds country-music heartthrob singer Kenny Chesney (37) on the island of St. John in the U.S. Virgin Islands |
2005-09-17 |
Country music singer Terri Clark (37) weds her tour manager Greg Kaczor at a resort on Lake Louise in Calgary, Canada |
2005-09-26 |
Country music singer-songwriter Billy Joe Shaver (66) weds Wanda Lynn Canady in Corsicana, Texas |
2005-12-10 |
Country music artist Garth Brooks (43) weds singer Trisha Yearwood (41) in Claremore, Oklahoma |
2005-12-12 |
Oscar-winning actress Renee Zellweger (36) weds country-music heartthrob singer Kenny Chesney (37) for the reason of fraud after 4 months of marriage |
2005-12-17 |
"Modern Day Drifter" country singer Dierks Bentley (30) weds Cassidy Black in Mexico |
2005-12-17 |
Australian country singer Kasey Chambers (29) weds singer-songwriter Shane Nicholson in Avoca, New South Wales |
2006-02-04 |
Daughter of June Carter country singer Carlene Carter (50) weds Joe Brown began at Cinnamon Hill in Jamaica |
2006-06-25 |
Actress Nicole Kidman (45) weds country music singer-songwriter Keith Urban (44) at Cardinal Ceretti Memorial Chapel in Manly, Australia |
2006-09-02 |
Former "EastEnders" actress Hannah Waterman (31) weds actor Ricky Groves (38) at a country church in Inwardleigh, England |
2006-12-02 |
"Emmerdale" actor Nick Miles (44) weds Stephanie Lumb at the Roundthorn Country House Hotel in Penrith, England |
2007-09-09 |
Country music artist Joe Nichols (30) weds Heather Singleton (30) at Whitfield Chapel in Savannah, Georgia |
2008-06-14 |
Country singer Sara Evans (37) weds former University of Alabama quarterback Jay Barker (35) in Franklin, Tennessee |
2009-03-11 |
Actress and singer Mandy Moore (28) weds alt-country/rock singer-songwriter Ryan Adams (37) Savannah, Georgia |
2010-04-03 |
"Love and Theft" country trio Eric Gunderson weds Emily Hagar (24) at sunset on the front porch of the historic Hazel Path mansion in Hendersonville, Tennessee |
2010-08-07 |
"Dancing in the Dark" host Rossi Morreale (33) weds one half of identical twin country duo "Kate and Kacey" Kacey Coppola at the Grande Antigua Resort and Spa in Antigua |
2011-01-01 |
Singer-songwriter Kellie Pickler (25) weds country music songwriter Kyle Jacobs (34) at the Jumby Bay Resort in Antigua |
2011-04-22 |
American actor Eddie Cibrian (37) weds American country and pop singer LeAnn Rimes (28) at a private home in California |
2011-05-14 |
Country singer Blake Shelton (34) weds singer Miranda Lambert (27) at Don Strange Ranch in Boerne, Texas |
2011-05-20 |
Actor Doug Hutchison (51) weds country singer Courtney Stodden (16) in Las Vegas, Nevada |
2012-06-10 |
Country music singer Wynonna Judd (48) weds "Highway 101" drummer Cactus Moser in Leiper's Fork, Tennessee |
2013-10-24 |
Country music singer-songwriter Ashley Monroe (27) weds MLB pitcher John Danks (28) at Blackberry Farm in Walland, Tennessee |
Country - Notable Divorces
Country - Divorces
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
1952-05-29 |
Country music legend Hank Williams and Audrey Sheppard granted divorce for the second and final time after seven years of marriage. Their first divorce was in 1948. |
2010-10-29 |
Country singer Randy Travis (51) divorces manager Lib Hatcher due to state of incompatibility exists between the two parties after 19 long years of marriage. One of country music's longest-lasting couples |
Country - Notable Deaths
Country - Deaths
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
1715-12-31 |
William Wycherley, The Country Wife |
1716-01-01 |
William Wycherley, dramatist (The Country Wife), dies at about 75 |
1792-06-16 |
Benjamin Tupper, Continental Army officer, and pioneer to the Ohio Country (b. 1738) |
1886-05-01 |
Conrad Busken Huet, writer (Country of Rubens) |
1903-11-13 |
Wilhelm von Polenz, German author (Country of Zukunft), dies |
1907-07-23 |
Will S. Hayes, Thunder in God's Country |
1908-08-04 |
Radoje Domanovic, The Bizarre Country |
1909-06-10 |
Edward Everett Hale, The Man Without a Country |
1918-10-19 |
Harold Lockwood, Tess of the Storm Country |
1922-04-21 |
Charles Arling, Back to God's Country |
1924-02-15 |
Lionel Monckton, English composer (Country Girl), dies at 62 |
1927-12-21 |
Axel Ringvall, Life in the Country |
1928-01-26 |
Edwin Denison, The Secret of the Storm Country |
1931-02-23 |
Nellie Melba, Country Life |
1931-07-09 |
Dick Hatton, He-Man's Country |
1932-10-30 |
David Hartford, Back to God's Country |
1933-05-26 |
Jimmie Rodgers, country singer, dies at 35 |
1936-01-23 |
Dame Clara Butt, alto singer (Country of Hope & Glory), dies at 62 |
1937-04-20 |
Virgilio Ranzato, The Country of the Campanelli |
1937-07-18 |
Dal Clawson, Back to God's Country |
1940-03-31 |
Louise Dunlap, Tess of the Storm Country |
1941-03-17 |
Marguerite Nichols, Jess of the Hill Country |
1945-11-05 |
Madame De Bodamere, Tess of the Storm Country |
1946-01-29 |
John Costello, My Country |
1946-11-27 |
Benjamin Liss, The Man Without a Country |
1948-12-22 |
Donald Brian, The Man Without a Country |
1953-01-01 |
Hank Williams, country singer (Cold Cold Heart), dies at 29 |
1955-05-04 |
Robert Kent, The Country Girl |
1955-10-26 |
Anthony Ross, The Country Girl |
1956-06-26 |
Léon Arvel, Diary of a Country Priest |
1956-11-10 |
Jack Clifford, A Wife from the Country |
1957-01-19 |
Rachel Bérendt, Diary of a Country Priest |
1958-04-12 |
Nicole Ladmiral, Diary of a Country Priest |
1959-09-08 |
Gabrielle Fontan, A Day in the Country |
1960-11-05 |
Johnny Horton, country singer, dies at 33 |
1961-07-16 |
Connie Van, The Far Country |
1962-12-22 |
Gaston Séverin, Diary of a Country Priest |
1963-03-05 |
Hawkshaw Hawkins, country singer (Ozark Jubilee), dies at 41 |
1963-03-05 |
Patsy Cline, country singer (Crazy), dies in a plane crash at 30 |
1963-03-28 |
Antoine Balpêtré, Diary of a Country Priest |
1964-07-31 |
Jim Reeves, US country singer, dies in air crash at 39 |
1965-01-04 |
T. S. Eliot, poet and Nobel laureate (Washed Country), dies in London at 76 |
1965-06-20 |
Ira Louvin, country singer (Louvin Brothers), dies at 41 |
1966-12-02 |
Ralph Allen, Peace River Country |
1968-01-14 |
Dorothea Mackellar, Australian poet (My Country) (b. 1885) |
1968-09-19 |
Red Foley, country singer (Mr Smith Goes to Washington), dies at 58 |
1972-06-23 |
Elton Britt, country singer (Sat Night Jamboree), dies at 54 |
1973-11-10 |
Stringbean, country singer/comedian/banjoist (Hee Haw), dies at 58 |
1974-01-02 |
Tex Ritter, country singer (5 Star Jubilee), dies at 67 |
1975-07-19 |
Lefty Frizzell, American country music singer and songwriter (b. 1928) |
1976-10-29 |
Gloria Hope, Tess of the Storm Country |
1977-08-05 |
Charles Carson, actor (Cry the Beloved Country), dies at 87 |
1977-10-08 |
Giorgos Papasideris, Greek country singer, composer, lyricist (b. 1902 ) |
1977-12-01 |
Paul Hardy, Belgian designer (Italian Country, dies at 69 |
1978-01-10 |
Zeb Turner, country-rock performer (Chew Tobacco Rag), dies at 62 |
1978-04-21 |
Sandy Denny, country singer, dies at 37 |
1978-10-23 |
Maybelle Carter, country singer (Johnny Cash Show), dies at 69 |
1980-04-04 |
Red Sovine, American country music singer (b. 1917) |
1980-08-06 |
Barry Justice, King & Country |
1980-08-31 |
Bob Alden, The Country Girl |
1980-09-11 |
Dorothy Sands, Country Full of Swedes |
1982-09-23 |
Jimmy Wakely, country western singer, dies of heart failure at 68 |
1982-12-08 |
Marty Robbins, country singer, dies at 57 |
1982-12-09 |
Marty Robbins, country singer, dies |
1982-12-19 |
Jean-Jacques Grünenwald, Diary of a Country Priest |
1983-10-20 |
Merle Travis, country singer, dies at 75 |
1983-11-13 |
"Alvin" Junior Samples, country singer (Hee Haw), dies at 56 |
1984-02-22 |
Jessamyn West, The Big Country |
1984-06-02 |
Frederick Alexander, Another Country |
1985-01-26 |
James Cameron, Cameron Country |
1985-10-11 |
Tex Williams, country-western singer, dies at 68 of cancer |
1986-05-11 |
Wallace Chewning, The Big Country |
1986-06-27 |
Joe Maphis, American country music guitarist dies aged 65 |
1986-07-16 |
Al Fisher, Country Music Holiday |
1986-12-05 |
Carmol Taylor, country songwriter, dies at 53 of cancer |
1987-01-05 |
Herman Smith-Johannsen, Norwegian-born Canadian cross-country skier (b. 1875) |
1987-03-02 |
Randolph Scott, Ride the High Country |
1987-08-29 |
Archie Campbell, American country music comedian (b. 1914) |
1987-09-23 |
O B McClinton, US country singer (Man needs a woman), dies at 47 |
1987-10-19 |
Herbert Kastle, Cross Country |
1987-12-01 |
James Arthur Baldwin, writer (Another Country), dies at 63 |
1988-04-12 |
Alan Paton, Cry, the Beloved Country |
1988-04-28 |
B. W. Stevenson, American country singer (b. 1949) |
1988-06-08 |
Chuck Roberson, The Big Country |
1989-02-04 |
Kenneth "Jethro" Burns, country singer (Homer & Jethro), dies at 69 |
1989-03-18 |
Richard E. Lyons, Ride the High Country |
1989-05-09 |
Keith Whitley, country singer (Don't Close Your Eyes), dies at 33 |
1990-10-25 |
Henry Webb, A Quiet Place in the Country |
1991-02-24 |
Webb Pierce, US country singer (Bye Bye Love), dies of cancer at 64 |
1991-09-04 |
Dottie West, country singer (Here Comes my Baby), dies at 58 in a car |
1991-10-16 |
Tennessee Ernie Ford, country singer (16 Tons), dies at 72 |
1991-10-17 |
Tennessee Ernie Ford, country singer, dies of liver disease at 72 |
1992-03-17 |
Eric Sandström, The New Country |
1992-04-17 |
Hank Penny, country music singer, dies at 73 of heart failure |
1992-08-19 |
Jean Hubeau, A Sunday in the Country |
1992-10-25 |
Roger Miller, country singer (King of the Road), dies at 56 |
1992-11-23 |
Ray Acuff, country singer (Wahbash Cannonball), dies |
1992-12-19 |
Louis Ducreux, A Sunday in the Country |
1993-02-25 |
Toy Caldwell, country musician (Marshall Tucker Band), dies at 45 |
1993-06-05 |
Conway Twitty, country star (Linda on My Mind), dies in surgery at 59 |
1993-12-22 |
Sylvia Bataille, A Day in the Country |
1994-04-14 |
Elihu Winer, The Man Without a Country |
1994-08-13 |
Raymond Gallois-Montbrun, Cry, the Beloved Country |
1994-10-15 |
Billy Lechner, The Case of the Two Little Country Girls |
1994-12-17 |
Jan Wiegel, director/producer (Uninhabitable Country), dies at 64 |
1995-06-23 |
Emile Santiago, The Big Country |
1995-07-25 |
Charlie Rich, country singer (Lonely Weekends), dies at 62 |
1995-08-18 |
Alan Dell, Yeats Country |
1995-09-30 |
Alexander Clark, The Man Without a Country |
1995-11-08 |
Country Dan Dick Montana McLain, singer, dies at 40 |
1996-03-04 |
Minnie Pearl, country comedienne (Grand Ole Opry), dies at 84 |
1996-03-24 |
Lola Beltrán, No Country for Old Men |
1996-06-02 |
Rene Bond, Country Cuzzins |
1996-10-09 |
Harvey Vernon, actor (Jasper-Carter Country), dies at 69 |
1996-12-05 |
Wilf Carter, country singer, dies at 91 |
1996-12-09 |
Faron Young, country singer, commits suicide at 64 |
1996-12-10 |
Faron Young, country singer/actor (Hidden Guns), commits suicide at 34 |
1997-06-10 |
Carolina Cotton, Apache Country |
1997-10-12 |
John Denver, American country music star (Country Boy), dies in a plane crash at 53 |
1998-01-14 |
Kathleen Shannon, Dream of a Free Country: A Message from Nicaraguan Women |
1998-02-19 |
Grandpa Jones, country comic/banjo wizard (Hee Haw), dies at 84 |
1998-02-22 |
Grandpa [Louis Marshall] Jones, country singer (Hee Haw), dies at 84 |
1998-04-06 |
Tammy Wynette, American country singer, dies at 55 |
1998-04-15 |
Rose Maddox, The Hi-Lo Country |
1999-01-14 |
Yvonne Wood, The Big Country |
1999-01-15 |
John Bloom, Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country |
1999-02-22 |
Bob Morgan, The Big Country |
1999-08-16 |
Pee Wee King, American country musician and songwriter (b. 1914) |
1999-10-26 |
Hoyt Axton, American actor and country music singer-songwriter (b. 1938) |
1999-12-13 |
Daniel M. Angel, King & Country |
2000-03-07 |
Pee Wee King, American country music songwriter and musician (b. 1914) |
2000-06-11 |
Robert Belcher, The Big Country |
2000-11-07 |
Brian Boydell, Yeats Country |
2000-12-14 |
Des Bettany, Country and Western Hour |
2001-01-29 |
Tom Lea, The Wonderful Country |
2001-02-20 |
Harry Boykoff, Town & Country |
2001-04-22 |
Bernard Venables, The Country we are Making |
2001-06-30 |
Chet Atkins, American country guitar player and producer (b. 1924) |
2001-07-03 |
Johnny Russell, American country singer and songwriter (b. 1940) |
2001-10-15 |
Jean Danet, Diary of a Country Priest |
2001-12-16 |
Stuart Adamson, English-born Scottish musician (The Skids, Big Country) (b. 1958) |
2002-04-27 |
Hillous Butrum, Country Boy |
2002-12-27 |
Diane de Nancrede Marra, The Far Country |
2003-02-19 |
Johnny PayCheck, American country singer/songwriter (b. 1938) |
2003-03-28 |
Rusty Draper, American country and pop singer (b. 1923) |
2003-10-26 |
Ginger Willis, Town & Country |
2003-11-15 |
Speedy West, Country Music Hall of Fame Steel Guitarist (b. 1924) |
2003-11-26 |
Lionel Ngakane, Cry, the Beloved Country |
2003-11-29 |
Larry Booker, Wrestling's Country Boys |
2004-09-16 |
Dolly Rathebe, Cry, the Beloved Country |
2005-01-10 |
Kalevi Hämäläinen, Finnish cross country skier (b. 1932) |
2005-02-12 |
Sammi Smith, American country music singer (b. 1943) |
2005-03-09 |
Chris LeDoux, American country singer (b. 1948) |
2006-01-22 |
Janette Carter, America's Music: The Roots of Country |
2006-11-20 |
Donald Hamilton, The Big Country |
2007-01-01 |
Del Reeves, American country singer (b. 1932) |
2007-06-02 |
Leroy Coleman, Ride the High Country |
2007-08-04 |
Lee Hazlewood, American country singer, songwriter and producer (b. 1929) |
2007-08-24 |
Denny Martin Flinn, Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country |
2007-09-08 |
Lou Marks, Country Music Holiday |
2007-10-28 |
Porter Wagoner, American country singer (b. 1927) |
2008-05-08 |
Eddy Arnold, Country music star (b. 1918) |
2008-06-14 |
Esbjorn Svensson, The New Country |
2008-08-05 |
Reg Lindsay, Australian country and western singer/songwriter (b. 1929) |
2008-08-31 |
Jerry Reed, American country music singer and actor (b. 1937) |
2009-02-01 |
Tim Grundy, Two's Country Cooking |
2009-03-15 |
Cole Gittinger, No Country for Old Men |
2009-10-18 |
Ion Cojar, Ambassadors Seek Country |
2010-02-02 |
Kevin Sheard, My Own Country |
2010-03-03 |
Levon Isahakyan, Native Country |
2010-09-07 |
Amar Garibović, Serbian Cross Country Skier (b. 1991) |
2010-10-21 |
Rex Heading, Country and Western Hour |
2011-07-29 |
Claude Laydu, Diary of a Country Priest |
2011-08-03 |
Ingrid Luterkort, The New Country |
2011-08-30 |
Gillian Webb, In Another Country |
2011-09-27 |
Johnny "Country" Mathis, American country singer (b. 1933) |
2011-12-12 |
John Atterberry, God's Country |
2012-05-30 |
Mario Montilles, Days in the Country |
2012-07-16 |
Kitty Wells, American country singer, dies from complications after a stroke at 92 |
2012-09-07 |
Rollin Sullivan, Country Music Caravan |
2012-11-13 |
Ray Zone, Dark Country |
2013-01-04 |
Sammy Johns, American country artist, dies at 66 |
2013-02-05 |
Don Hulett, Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country |
2013-02-17 |
Mindy McCready, American country singer, commits suicide by gunshot at 37 |
2013-03-06 |
Stompin' Tom Connors, Canadian country artist, dies from natural causes at 77 |
2013-03-14 |
Jack Greene, American country artist, dies from complications from Alzheimer's disease at 83 |
2013-04-26 |
George Jones, American country musician, dies from hypoxic respiratory failure at 81 |
2013-06-19 |
Slim Whitman, American country singer, dies from heart failure at 90 |
2013-08-13 |
Tompall Glaser, American country singer, dies at 79 |
2013-09-17 |
Marvin Rainwater, American country and rockabilly singer, dies from heart failure at 88 |
2013-10-08 |
Philip Chevron, The Pogues: Live at the Town and Country |
2013-10-10 |
Cal Smith, 8th Annual Country Music Association Awards |
2014-06-21 |
Jimmy C. Newman, Jimmy C. Newman and Cajun Country |
2014-07-07 |
Lois Johnson, Country Boy |
2014-08-13 |
Dorothy Schwieder, Country School: One Room - One Nation |
2014-08-14 |
Sergei Medynsky, Great Is My Country |
2014-09-26 |
Jim Boeke, Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country |
2015-12-08 |
Bonnie Lou, Pioneering Country and Rock Singer Dies at 91 |
2016-03-05 |
Joey Feek: Country music star dies of cancer aged 40 |
2016-04-07 |
Country music star Merle Haggard dies on his birthday aged 79 |
2016-05-18 |
Guy Clark, legendary country singer-songwriter, dies aged 74 |
2016-07-17 |
Country music's Bonnie Brown dies aged 78 |
2017-09-09 |
Don Williams, country music legend, dies aged 78 |
2017-09-09 |
Troy Gentry dead: Country star dies in helicopter accident at age 50 |
2018-03-20 |
Country music journalist Hazel Smith dies at age 83 |
