2010 Sugarland's Jennifer Nettles hosts the ABC special "CMA Country Christmas" with Brad Paisley, Rascal Flatts, Sheryl Crow, Martina McBride, LeAnn Rimes, Reba McEntire, Darius Rucker and Little Big Town
2007 Gary Allan earns a gold album for his "Greatest Hits"
2006 Trick Pony performs at the Fremont Street Experience in Las Vegas. The show marks Heidi Newfield's final tour stop as a member of the trio
2001 Lee Ann Womack kicks off a unique Christmas tour in Sewell, New Jersey, performing with the Duke Ellington Orchestra
1997 Little Jimmy Dickens retires from touring, performing on the road for what he says will be the last time in Lexington, South Carolina
1994 "The Tractors" becomes the first album to go platinum for a country act that's never gone on tour
1994 Brooks & Dunn's "Brand New Man" becomes the first album by a country duo certified quadruple-platinum, while their "Hard Workin' Man" album goes triple-platinum
1961 The Grand Ole Opry comes to Carnegie Hall, with Patsy Cline, Grandpa Jones, Bill Monroe, Minnie Pearl, Marty Robbins, Jim Reeves, Faron Young and The Jordanaires. The show benefits the Musicians' Aid Society. In the crowd: Jimmy Dean and comic Jack Benny
1959 "The Battle Of New Orleans" wins Song of the Year for composer Jimmy Driftwood and Best Country & Western Performance for Johnny Horton at the second annual Grammy Awards
1917 Merle Travis born in Rosewood, Kentucky. He becomes an influential guitarist, records several late-1940s hits, and writes "Sixteen Tons" and "Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! (That Cigarette)" on his way to membership in the Country Music Hall of Fame
2007 Gary Allan earns a gold album for his "Greatest Hits"
2006 Trick Pony performs at the Fremont Street Experience in Las Vegas. The show marks Heidi Newfield's final tour stop as a member of the trio
2001 Lee Ann Womack kicks off a unique Christmas tour in Sewell, New Jersey, performing with the Duke Ellington Orchestra
1997 Little Jimmy Dickens retires from touring, performing on the road for what he says will be the last time in Lexington, South Carolina
1994 "The Tractors" becomes the first album to go platinum for a country act that's never gone on tour
1994 Brooks & Dunn's "Brand New Man" becomes the first album by a country duo certified quadruple-platinum, while their "Hard Workin' Man" album goes triple-platinum
1961 The Grand Ole Opry comes to Carnegie Hall, with Patsy Cline, Grandpa Jones, Bill Monroe, Minnie Pearl, Marty Robbins, Jim Reeves, Faron Young and The Jordanaires. The show benefits the Musicians' Aid Society. In the crowd: Jimmy Dean and comic Jack Benny
1959 "The Battle Of New Orleans" wins Song of the Year for composer Jimmy Driftwood and Best Country & Western Performance for Johnny Horton at the second annual Grammy Awards
1917 Merle Travis born in Rosewood, Kentucky. He becomes an influential guitarist, records several late-1940s hits, and writes "Sixteen Tons" and "Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! (That Cigarette)" on his way to membership in the Country Music Hall of Fame
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