In History – Alan Jackson wins multiple CMT Music Awards

TODAY IN HISTORY - June 5th:

1937 - Henry Ford initiates 32 hour work week
1988 - 1st Children's Miracle Network Telethon raises $590,000
1989 - 23rd Music City News Country Awards: Ricky Van Shelton & Randy Travis

1995 - 29th Music City News Country Awards: Alan Jackson wins "Entertainer of Year" "Male Vocalist of Year", "Album of Year" & "Single Of Year"; Reba McEntire wins "Female Vocalist of Year"; Brooks & Dunn win "Duo of Year" & rising stars Tim McGraw & Faith Hill win Male & Female "Star Of Tomorrow" awards!
2013 - 47th CMT Music Awards: Carrie Underwood, Miranda Lambert & Blake Shelton wins

HAPPY BIRTHDAY / ANNIVERSARY TO:

1971 - Mark Wahlberg, actor (Boogie Nights, The Departed), born in Boston, Massachusetts
1999 - Actress Reese Witherspoon (23) weds actor Ryan Phillippe (24) at the Old Wide Awake Plantation along the Sono River in Charleston, South Carolina
2004 - Actress Jennifer Lopez (43) weds salsa artist Marc Anthony (42) in Beverly Hills, California

GOODBYE TO:

1993 - Conway Twitty, country star (Linda on My Mind), dies in surgery at 59
2004 - Ronald Reagan, 40th US President, Governor of California and radio and film actor, dies aged 93
2012 - Ray Bradbury, American author, dies at 91
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