1942 - K.T. Oslin is born in Crossett, Arkansas. Songs such as "80's Ladies," "Hold Me" and "Come Next Monday" make her a voice for serious women's issues in the 20th century's final two decades.

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2007 - Carrie Underwood wins three times in the CBS telecast of the 42nd annual Academy of Country Music awards at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. She takes Top Female Vocalist; Album of the Year, for "Some Hearts"; and Video, for "Before He Cheats".

 

2004 - Rascal Flatts' Jay DeMarcus marries Allison Alderson in Nashville. His groomsmen include fellow band members Gary LeVox and Joe Don Rooney, plus comedian Cledus T. Judd. Vince Gill sings "When Love Finds You" during the ceremony.

 

1999 - Keifer Thompson marries Shawna McIlwain in Nashville. The couple ultimately becomes country duo Thompson Square.

 

1999 - Tim McGraw's "Please Remember Me," written by Rodney Crowell, begins a five-week stay at #1 in Billboard.

 

1997 - Bill Monroe is inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame during a ceremony in Cleveland, alongside The Bee Gees, Joni Mitchell, The Young Rascals, The Jackson 5, King Records founder Syd Nathan, Buffalo Springfield and Crosby, Stills & Nash.

 

1993 - John Michael Montgomery earns the first #1 single of his career with "I Love The Way You Love Me".

 

1988 - With her marriage to John McBride in Wichita, Kansas, Martina Schiff becomes Martina McBride.

 

1982 - Ricky Skaggs joins the Grand Ole Opry.

 

1918 - Eddy Arnold is born in Henderson, Tennessee. Originally touted as the Tennessee Plowboy in his solid country recordings, he shifts into string-laden recordings in the 1960s on his way to membership in the Country Music Hall of Fame.

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