Today in country music history:

2007 - Trace Adkins went to number one with "Ladies Love Country Boys."

2006 - Little Big Town got their first gold album for The Road to Here.

2003 - Natalie Maines of the Dixie Chicks made the statement, "We're ashamed the President of the United States is from Texas," during a concert in London as the U.S. prepared for war in Iraq. Many radio stations stopped playing the Chicks music as a result.

2000 - Vince Gill and Amy Grant got married in Nashville.

1981 - Eddie Rabbitt's single "I Love a Rainy Night" was certified gold.

Birthday:

Carrie Underwood - singer, American Idol winner

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