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    • Oct 17, 1995
    Twelve-year-old Adriane Nicole Dickerson is shot to death in a supermarket parking lot in Nashville. The tragedy inspires Vince Gill to write "Pretty Little Adriana"
    Mar 26, 1997
    The bodies of 39 members of the cult Heaven's Gate are found in Rancho Santa Fe, California, after a mass suicide. Part of their legacy: They designed the website for the San Diego Polo Club, managed by Juice Newton's husband, Tom Goodspeed
    Aug 14, 1999
    At the invitation of presidential candidate George W. Bush, Tracy Byrd performs at the Republican straw poll at the Hilton Coliseum in Ames, Iowa. Bush wins decisively
    Mar 15, 2000
    Ed Gregory receives a controversial pardon from president Bill Clinton for a 1982 fraud conviction. Gregory's carnival company, United Shows, had purchased the rights to much of Jim Reeves' estate in 1996
    Jan 20, 2001
    George W. Bush is sworn in as president in Washington, D.C., with Travis Tritt in attendance. The president and first lady dance to "Waltz Across Texas" in several inaugural balls. Sara Evans performs at Oregon's ball 
    Jan 27, 2001
    Ten people associated with the Oklahoma State basketball team are killed in a plane crash near Boulder, Colorado. Oklahoma City station KXXY uses Diamond Rio's "One More Day" to create a tribute mixing TV soundbytes with the song
    Feb 7, 2001
    The Space Shuttle Atlantis lifts off from the Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral on a 10-day mission with a load of Ricochet T-shirts in tow. The band watches the take-off from 3.5 miles away
    Feb 18, 2001
    NASCAR driver Dale Earnhardt dies from a crash on the final lap of the Daytona 500. He appeared in the video to Brooks & Dunn's "Honky Tonk Truth" and is referenced as "#3" in the 2009 Tim McGraw hit "Southern Voice"
    Apr 19, 2001
    The U.S. Commission of Fine Arts recommends that a commemorative quarter honoring Tennessee feature a guitar, fiddle and horn, recognizing the state's heritage in country music and the blues
    May 4, 2001
    Bonny Lee Bakley, the wife of "Baretta" star Robert Blake, is shot and killed at Vitello's in Los Angeles. She had claimed in 1993 that Jerry Lee Lewis fathered her child. Lewis denied the claim, though he reportedly had reached an out-of-court settlement



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