American singer-songwriter and actor

Trace Adkins

Tracy Darrell Adkins known professionally as Trace Adkins, is an American country music singer and actor. Adkins made his debut in 1996 with the album Dreamin' Out Loud, released on Capitol Records Nashville. Since then, he has released 10 more studio albums and two greatest hits compilations. In addition, Adkins has charted more than 20 singles on the Billboard country music charts, including the number-one hits "(This Ain't) No Thinkin' Thing", "Ladies Love Country Boys", and "You're Gonna Miss This", which peaked in 1997, 2007, and 2008, respectively.

Born

1962

January 13

Died

Living

Era

1960s

Country

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1962 Born

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What else happened on this day, through history

-27 Octavian transfers the state to the free disposal of the Roman Senate and the people. He receives Spain, Gaul, and Syria as his province for ten years.
532 The Nika riots break out, during the racing season at the Hippodrome in Constantinople, as a result of discontent with the rule of the Emperor Justinian I.
1435 Sicut Dudum, forbidding the enslavement by the Spanish of the Guanche natives in Canary Islands who had converted, or were converting to, Christianity, is promulgated by Pope Eugene IV.
1547 Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey, is sentenced to death for treason, on the grounds of having quartered his arms to make them similar to those of the King, Henry VIII of England.

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The world in 1962

When Trace arrived

april 21 The Seattle World's Fair (Century 21 Exposition) opens. It is the first World's Fair in the United States since World War II.
april 26 NASA's Ranger 4 spacecraft crashes into the Moon.
april 26 The British space programme launches its first satellite, the Ariel 1.
august 11 Vostok 3 launches from the Baikonur Cosmodrome and cosmonaut Andrian Nikolayev becomes the first person to float in microgravity.

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Art Ross 1886–1964 Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach (born 1886) Edmund White 1940–2025 American novelist, memoirist, and essayist (died 2025) Marc Staal 1987– Canadian ice hockey player Marco Pantani 1970–2004 Italian cyclist (born 1970) Michael Peña 1976– American actor Orlando Bloom 1977– English actor Paul Feyerabend 1924–1994 Austrian-Swiss philosopher and academic (born 1924) Penelope Ann Miller 1964– American actress Robert Stack 1919–2003 American actor (died 2003)

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Art Alexakis 1962– American singer-songwriter and musician Billy Beane 1962– American baseball player and manager Brian Azzarello 1962– American author Chris Sanders 1962– American illustrator and voice actor Clint Black 1962– American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer David Arnold 1962– English composer Dee Bradley Baker 1962– American voice actor Denis O'Hare 1962– American actor and singer Evander Holyfield 1962– American boxer and actor

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