August 22, 1999
AG Ben Chandler Speeds Up Executions For Death Row Oak Ridge Boys Free In Cardinal Stadium
AG Ben Chandler Speeds Up Executions For Death Row Oak Ridge Boys Free In Cardinal Stadium
August 22, 1786, George Adams held a meeting to organize the county of Madison. A group of local men met and elected the 1st justices,… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY
Plutonium Found In Scrap Metal; Paducah Lumberjacks Thrill Fair Crowd
Governor N. Rockefeller Chosen To Be V.P. State Watching Owners of 2 Kentucky Race Tracks; Jacobs Family
Judge Bingham Weds Ms. Hilliard in London By The Archbishop of Canterbury Multimillion Dollar Oil Lawsuit Heard in Louisville; Old Dominion and Superior Oil
August 21, 1836, in the evening, Lexington’s Grand Masonic Hall caught fire. Local fire engines Kentuckian, Resolution, and Lyon responded to the call, but the… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY
State Sells 214 Seized Weapons; 1st Auction From New Law Legal Fight Prompts Kentucky Farmers To Sue Migrant Workers 1st Before They Get Sued
President Ford Tells VFW He Wants Amnesty For 50,000 Deserters American Ambassador Sniped In Embassy During Take Over in Nicosia
Dry Agents Burn Man’s Home During Raid; Louisville Owsley County (Booneville) Steps Out Despite Isolation
August 20, 1792, Danville established the 1st Post Office with Thomas Barbeeas as Postmaster, nearly two years before Harrodsburg, Washington, Lexington, Bairdstown (later Bardstown), Bourbontown… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY