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  • Mar 20, 1984
    The Judds make their first large-venue appearance, opening for The Statler Brothers at the Ak-Sar-Ben Coliseum in Omaha
    Jan 24, 1986
    Movie and Broadway star Gordon MacRae dies of cancer at Bryan Memorial Hospital in Lincoln, Nebraska. Associated with the film version of "Oklahoma!," he earned a 1949 pop hit with Jo Stafford by recording "Need You," remade for the country charts in 1967 by Sonny James
    Sep 19, 1987
    Willie Nelson sponsors Farm Aid III at the University of Nebraska's Memorial Stadium in Lincoln. Participants include: Kris Kristofferson, Vince Gill, John Denver, Emmylou Harris, Dick Clark, Gary Morris, David Lynn Jones, Exile, Steve Earle and Lynn Anderson, among others
    Jun 27, 1990

    KRVN in Lexington, Nebraska, becomes the first radio station to ban k.d. lang's music from the airwaves after she shot an ad that proclaims "Meat Stinks" for People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals

    Jul 10, 1992
    Tammy Wynette performs in McCook, Nebraska. The show represents her return to the road following 14 hours of surgery two months prior
    May 29, 1996
    Chip and Trisha Davis have a son, Evan Fisher Davis, in Omaha, Nebraska. Dad is the creator of the New Age act Mannheim Steamroller and the co-writer of the 1976 C.W. McCall hit "Convoy"
    Apr 26, 1997
    Sawyer Brown performs for the Nebraska Cornhuskers football team's Red-White Spring Game in Lincoln
    Aug 26, 1997
    Sawyer Brown plays a benefit concert at the Nebraska State Fair in Lincoln with proceeds funding scholarships in the name of Brook Berringer, a Cornhusker quarterback who died in a 1996 plane crash
    Sep 26, 1997
    Garth Brooks honors Chad and Amy McClintock during a show in Lincoln, Nebraska. The Iowa couple are the 3 millionth fans to see his global tour. They receive a bevy of gifts, including a $9,000 shopping spree, a Chevy pickup and a BMW convertible
    Nov 27, 1998
    R&B vocalist Barbara Acklin dies of pneumonia in Omaha, Nebraska. She was the former wife of The Chi-Lites' lead singer, Eugene Record, who wrote Con Hunley's 1982 country hit "Oh Girl"

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