TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY
August 29, 1820, Governor John Adair took the oath of office to become Kentucky’s 8th governor. He is the only Kentucky governor born in South… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY
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August 29, 1999
Louis Coleman, “We Are Not Going to Do Things the Louisville Way” Kentucky Has $55 Million Left Over From D.C. Welfare Programs
August 29, 1974
Ford Supports Compassion For Nixon UofL Campus Dorms and Apartments All Filled Up
August 29, 1924
Louisville Day Brings 12,000 To Shelby County Fair Youth Is Slain By Sister At Lothair; Perry County
TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY
Localtonians wish a Happy Birthday to Union County native Ormsby MacKnight, born in 1810. An astronomer and Union soldier; he published the 1st magazine in… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY
August 28, 1999
Federal Agents Disrupt UofL Ceremony; Take Student Out For Arrest; They Got Wrong Man Pee Wee Reese To Get Statue In Louisville Slugger Field
August 28, 1974
Last Free Tuesday At Zoo; Louisville Soaring Crimes Rate May Mean the Creation of a National Police
August 28, 1924
Governor Fields Appoints Two on State Charity Board Cumberland Telephone and Telegraph Company Merge for New Phone Company
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August 27, 1774, Richard Henderson organized the Louisa Company to purchase a large territory or tract of land on the western waters from Native Americans… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY
August 27, 1999
Janet Reno Says Waco Findings Hurt Her Governor Patton Fires State Police Commissioner; He Wants a Civilian To Lead