August 21, 1999
Plutonium Found In Scrap Metal; Paducah Lumberjacks Thrill Fair Crowd
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August 21, 1974
Governor N. Rockefeller Chosen To Be V.P. State Watching Owners of 2 Kentucky Race Tracks; Jacobs Family
August 21, 1924
Judge Bingham Weds Ms. Hilliard in London By The Archbishop of Canterbury Multimillion Dollar Oil Lawsuit Heard in Louisville; Old Dominion and Superior Oil
TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY
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
August 20, 1999
State Sells 214 Seized Weapons; 1st Auction From New Law Legal Fight Prompts Kentucky Farmers To Sue Migrant Workers 1st Before They Get Sued
August 20, 1974
President Ford Tells VFW He Wants Amnesty For 50,000 Deserters American Ambassador Sniped In Embassy During Take Over in Nicosia
August 20, 1924
Dry Agents Burn Man’s Home During Raid; Louisville Owsley County (Booneville) Steps Out Despite Isolation
TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY
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
August 19, 1999
The Captain Is Mourned; Pee Wee Funeral Draws Celebrity’s and Fans From Afar
August 19, 1974
Tobacco See 1st Automated Auction; Many Not Happy Except Corporate Rep. Dan Snyder Said Busing Was a Scheme to Change America