Country Timeline:George Strait and Patsy Cline Play Final Shows

March 3rd, not quite the Ides of March yet...still kind of the Tres of March?  Today in country music history George Strait plays the final Houston Livestock & Rodeo Show concert held at Houston's Astrodome, and Patsy Cline plays her last show ever...

• In 1885 American Telephone and Telegraph (AT&T) is incorporated.
• In 1931 The "Star Spangled Banner" officially becomes the national anthem of the United States.
• 1963 Patsy Cline gives her final show, along with Hawkshaw Hawkins, Cowboy Copas, Dottie West, Billy Walker, George Jones and Wilma Lee and Stoney Cooper. Tickets are $1.50, and the money benefits the widow of late Kansas City deejay "Cactus Jack" Call
• 1971  Happy Birthday to Brett Warren from the Warren Brothers
• 1990 Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, Johnny Cash and Kris Kristofferson perform at the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo at the Astrodome, kicking off their first concert tour as the Highwaymen
• 1991 In a case that sparked a national outcry, motorist Rodney King is severely beaten by Los Angeles police officers after a high-speed
  chase in a scene captured on home video.
• 2001 Toby Keith warms up the top spot on the Billboard country singles chart with "You Shouldn't Kiss Me Like This"
• 2002  George Strait plays the final Houston Livestock & Rodeo Show concert held at Houston's Astrodome, with more than 68,000 in attendance. He dedicates "Love Without End, Amen" to George and Barbara Bush, who are part of the crowd
• 2005  Tim McGraw snags six nominations to the lead the field when the Academy of Country Music unveils its finalists in Nashville. Kenny Chesney, Alison Krauss and Gretchen Wilson each secure five nominations
• 2005  Blake Shelton's "Goodbye Time" video and Dierks Bentley's "Lot Of Leavin' Left To Do" debut on CMT