TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY
May 17, 1825, Marquis de Lafayette sat for Mercer County native Mathew Harris Jouett in his Lexington Short Street studio. The state legislature approved the… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY
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May 16, 2000
IU Coach Knight Gets Last Chance After Embarrassing Behavior Hearn Couple Only get Nine Months For Stealing $322,000 from Jefferson County Schools
Friday, May 16, 1975
Governor Carroll Raised More Than Competitors To Stay Governor Foolish Pleasure 6-5 Odds For Preakness
May 16, 1925
Nelson County Bandits Keep Robbing Distilleries Lexington Looks Into Mounted Police Force
TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY
May 16, 1799, John Bradford, the Kentucky Gazette proprietor, announced that he would take payment for subscriptions: “corn, wheat, country made linen, linsey, sugar, whiskey,… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY
TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY
On May 15, 1780, 672 inhabitants presented the Continental Congress a signed memorial of the “Counties of Kaintuckey and Illinois” for each to be a… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY
May 15, 2000
Mothers March Against Guns in D.C. Larry Lubbers Pitched 1st No-Hitter In Louisville River Bats Franchise
May 15, 1975
Marines Take Ships Back From Cambodians UofL Recycling Center Moved; Taking Cardboard, Magazines, Glass, Aluminum, and Other Metals
Saturday, May 15, 1925
DERBY CROWD MARCHES ON CITY New Churchill Downs Attendance Record Expected To Be Broken
Sunday, May 14, 2000
More Counties Will Become Smog Zones Three Races Will Decide Frankfort Senate