Kentucky Trivia ● Kentucky Tweets
February 16, 1865, Theophilus Steel dueled James Blackburn near Moreland’s Tavern in Bourbon County. Blackburn received a bullet to the thigh on the first fire, making a slight wound; the parties shook hands and returned to the city. Both were Transylvania students; one studied law, the other medicine.
Famous Kentucky Duels by J. Winston Coleman, Jr.; pg: 145

February 16, 1879, Owensboro native Albert Smith Marks became the 21st governor of Tennessee.

February 16, 1951, Army CPL Thomas E. Bolling from Floyd County died in the Korean War.
February 16, 1971, Army SP4 James M. Simon from Daviess County died in the Vietnam War.


February 16, 1978, actor Leonard Nimoy spoke at Eastern Kentucky University.
February 16, 2003, Owensboro native Michael Waltrip wins the 45th Daytona 500.