July 21st: On this day

1898
Born on this day in Copper Creek, Virginia, was Country music musician, singer and songwriter Sara Carter, lead singer on most of the recordings of the historic Carter Family act in the 1920s and 1930s. Carter was inducted as part of the Carter Family in the Country Music Hall of Famein 1970 along with Bill Monroe. In 1993, her image appeared on a US postage stamp honoring the Carter Family. Carter died on Jan 8th 1979 aged 80.

1951
Lefty Frizzell was inducted into the Grand Ole Opry. Frizzell has been cited as influencing prominent country singers like George Jones, Merle Haggard, Roy Orbison, and Willie Nelson. He was the first artist to achieve four songs in the top ten on the Country Music Billboard charts at one time.

1965
Born on this day, was Sidney Cox, banjo, dobro, guitar, vocals with The Cox Family, who were featuted on the soundtrack to the 2000 film O Brother, Where Art Thou?

1972
Born on this day in Calgary, Alberta, was Canadian country music artist Paul Brandt who made his mark on the country music charts with the single "My Heart Has a History," propelling him to international success and making him the first male Canadian country singer to reach to the Top 10 of the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart in the US since Hank Snow.

1973
Jeanne Pruett was at #1 on the country album chart with Satin Sheets, the singer's second studio album. The album contained Pruett's first major hit and signature song of the same name as the album. The single reached #1 on the Billboard Country Chart.

1999
American singer, guitarist, (and professional baseball player) Charley Pride received a star of the Hollywood Walk of Fame. His greatest musical success came in the late-1960s and early to mid-1970s, when he was the best-selling performer for RCA Records. During the peak years of his recording career (1966–1987), he had 52 top-10 hits on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart, 30 of which made it to #1.

2003
The Rascal Flatts video, "I Melt," came under fire by conservative groups because it contained brief scenes of nudity, (guitarist Joe Don Rooney's bare buttocks, and model Christina Auria taking a shower in the nude). Groups called for the video to be banned from airplay on CMT and Great American Country. Eventually, Rascal Flatts released an edited version of the video, which aired during daytime hours on the two country music-oriented networks.

2006
Dixie Chicks The Accidents & Accusations World Tour kicked off at the Joe Louis Arena, Detroit. It was their first tour where tickets were sold after the scandal which ensued in 2003 when lead singer Natalie Maines publicly criticized President George W. Bush at Shepherd's Bush Empire in London leading to intense criticism of the group. Initial ticket sales were far below expectations with dates in Memphis, Oklahoma City, Fresno, and Indianapolis dropped from the tour schedule. In Houston, tickets never went on sale, with the concert promoter noting that local radio stations "wouldn't even accept our advertising money."

2007
Mindy McCready was arrested for misdemeanor battery and resisting arrest after getting into a drunken, violent fight with her mother. The singer was also charged with violating her probation.

2008
Carrie Underwood released "Just a Dream" the fourth single from her second studio album, Carnival Ride. The song became Underwood's sixth straight #1 country single, as well as her seventh #1 single overall. The song was nominated for 2010 Grammy Award for Best Female Country Vocal Performance.

2009
Brad Paisley performed at the White House in celebration of country music. "Country Music at the White House " was streamed live on the White House web-site as well as a special on Great American Country.

2010
Wynonna Judd, along with her daughter and tour manager were involved in a head-on collision in Salt Lake City, Utah, on their way to a sushi restaurant. The three of them were taken to a hospital where their injuries were treated, and all three were released at midnight that evening.

2015
Pedal steel guitarist, Buddy Emmons died of a heart attack in Nashville, Tennessee. He was widely regarded as the world's foremost pedal steel guitarist of his day and was inducted into the Steel Guitar Hall of Fame in 1980. He recorded with artists including Linda Ronstadt, The Everly Brothers, Ernest Tubb, John Hartford, Ray Price, Judy Collins, and Ray Charles.

2017
Australian country singer, songwriter Geoff Mack died age 94. He wrote the song "I've Been Everywhere" which became popular in North America when adapted for Hank Snow. More than 130 cover versions of the song have since been recorded.