Lady Antebellum at The Ryman courtesy GettyImages

Mar 18, 2009: [lastfm link_type="artist_info"]Vince Gill[/lastfm] is in attendance when the Belmont Bruins mens’ basketball team defeats the University of Evansville Aces, 92-76, at Roberts Stadium in Indiana

Mar 18, 2008: The [lastfm link_type="artist_info"]Def Leppard[/lastfm] album “Songs From The Sparkle Lounge” is released. It includes a vocal appearance by [lastfm link_type="artist_info"]Tim McGraw[/lastfm] on “Nine Lives,” a song he cowrote with the band

Mar 18, 2006: [lastfm link_type="artist_info"]Hank Williams Jr[/lastfm]. has drinks in the Peabody Hotel bar in Memphis. After what he claims is just a hug of appreciation for a fan, waitress Holly Hornbeak will file charges for sexual harassment

Mar 18, 2004: As soldiers with the 101st Airborne Division return to Fort Campbell, Kentucky, from Iraq, they’re treated to performances by [lastfm link_type="artist_info"]Darryl Worley[/lastfm], [lastfm link_type="artist_info"]Mark Wills[/lastfm] and Christian singer [lastfm link_type="artist_info"]Jaci Velasquez[/lastfm]. Also on hand: president George W. Bush

Mar 18, 2000: The U.S. Post Office issues a stamped postcard, bearing the likeness of the Ryman Auditorium, the former home of the Grand Ole Opry. The price on the card: 20 cents

Mar 18, 1911: Actor Smiley Burnette born in Sumter, Illinois. He becomes [lastfm link_type="artist_info"]Gene Autry[/lastfm]‘s sidekick in a series of western movies during the 1930s and ’40s

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