On this Country Day in History

2005 - Blake Shelton's Barn & Grill is certified gold.

2005 - Keith Urban's "Making Memories of Us" tops Billboard's country chart.

2002 - Sara Evans' husband, Craig Schelske, loses a bid for his party's congressional nomination in an Oregon primary election.

2000 - FOX's King of the Hill goes country, airing an episode in which the Hill family visits Nashville for Fan Fair. The show features cartoon versions of Clint Black, Lisa Hartman Black, Brooks and Dunn, Terri Clark, Charlie Daniels, Vince Gill, Martina McBride, Randy Travis and Wynonna, who lent their voices to the project.

1999 - Tim McGraw's "Please Remember Me" tops Radio & Records' country chart.

1998 - Randy Travis' mother, Bobbie Traywick, dies.

1996 - Garth Brooks is honored at a Nashville party celebrating the sales of more than 60-million albums in the course of his career.

1994 - John Berry scores his first number-one hit as "Your Love Amazes Me" tops the Billboard country chart.

1994 - Nashville's Ryman Auditorium reopens for business after extensive renovation. The first event there is Trisha Yearwood's wedding to Robert Reynolds of The Mavericks.

1991 - Tracy Lawrence signs his first recording contract with Atlantic Records.

1988 - Kathy Mattea hits the top of the Billboard country chart with "Eighteen Wheels and a Dozen Roses."

1977 - Waylon Jennings begins a six-week run at the top of Billboard's country chart with "Luckenbach, Texas."