2010
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Miranda Lambert winds up with a total of nine Country Music Association Awards nominations--the most
ever for a female artist--as the CMA wraps two days of finalist announcements for its 44th annual awards
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2006
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Taylor Swift performs "Tim McGraw" in her first appearance on the Grand Ole Opry
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2005
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Little Big Town's "Boondocks" video debuts on CMT
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2004
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Sara Evans performs "Born To Fly" on the third night of the Republican National Convention
at New York's Madison Square Garden. Brooks & Dunn sing "Only In America" after a speech by incumbent vice president
Dick Cheney
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1985
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Charlie Worsham is born in Jackson, Mississippi. A singer, songwriter and guitarist, he earns his
first hit in 2013 with "Could It Be." He also plays on Dierks Bentley's "I Hold On" and Eric Church's
"Like Jesus Does"
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1983
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The Soviet Union downs Korean Air Lines flight 007, killing 269 people, including a U.S. congressman.
The event inspires Lee Greenwood to write "God Bless The U.S.A." Johnny Cash also cancels a Soviet tour in protest
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1979
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Willie Nelson & Leon Russell share the top spot on the Billboard country chart with their remake
of "Heartbreak Hotel"
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1964
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Singer/songwriter Charlie Robison is born in Bandera, Texas. A noted alternative country act, he
first finds an audience in the late-1990s. He will also marry--and later divorce--Dixie Chick Emily Erwin
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1950
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Drummer Steve Goetzman is born in Louisville, Kentucky. He joins Exile, whose mix of country, rock
and gospel nets hook-filled 1980s hits such as "Woke Up In Love," "She's A Miracle" and "Crazy For
Your Love"
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1933
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Harold Jenkins is born in Friars Point, Mississippi. As Conway Twitty, he leaves a pop/rock career
in 1965 to pursue country music, racking up hits consistently for more than 20 years. He joins the Country Music Hall of Fame
posthumously in 1999
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