Kentucky Trivia ● Kentucky Tweets
January 29, 1801, Judge John Rowan and Dr. James Chambers attended the same card game in Bardstown at Duncan McLean’s Tavern. Drunk and rowdy, after several spirited games of 21, Rowan said something that offended Chambers. The card game started of one of the most famous duels fought in the Commonwealth. Famous Kentucky Tragedies and Trials by Lewis Franklin Johnson
January 29, 1829, the Maysville and Washington Turnpike Company came into existence. In the same year, the road between the two cities was paved, based on the principles espoused by John McAdam, the 1st macadamized road in the West. The Encyclopedia of Northern Kentucky edited by Paul A. Tenkotte, James C. Claypool; pg: 598
January 29, 1951, Army PVT Donald L. Hurst from Boyd County died in the Korean War.
January 21, 2021, as the vaccine continued in its early stages, Kentucky reported the 3rd highest number of deaths for one day, 57, with individuals who tested positive for the coronavirus. Meanwhile, in President Trump’s 2nd impeachment, Mitch backed off his earlier attitude of impeaching the man he said put an ankle weight around the Republican party.