UPI Almanac for Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2008.

UPI almanac for Tuesday, Jan. 2, 2007.

Today is Monday, Jan. 2, the second day of 2006, with 363 to follow.

Today is Sunday, Jan. 2, the second day of 2005, with 363 to follow.

NASHVILLE, Aug. 31 (UPI) -- Singer/songwriter Kris Kristofferson has been tapped as the newest inductee into the Country Music Hall of Fame.

Today is Friday, Jan. 2, the second day of 2004, with 364 to follow.

NASHVILLE, Aug. 11 (UPI) -- Five years ago, West Virginia native Brad Paisley was a new artist, unknown to country music fans, hoping his first single, "Who Needs Pictures," would make a b

NEW YORK, Aug. 5 (UPI) -- "Big River" has returned to Broadway as a Deaf West Theater production using sign language as well as the spoken and sung word to give the 1985 Tony Award-winni

Today's birthdays include 1950s singer and disc jockey Jim Lowe, who was born in 1927 (age 76); bass player Mitch Jayne of the electric bluegrass band the Dillards in 1930 (age 73); Teresa Brewer in 1931 (age 72)...