Kentucky Trivia ● Kentucky Tweets
March 14, 1804, Thomas Reed and John Carr, both Lexingtonians, met on the Field of Honor for an unknown reason. Reed received a wound in the foot and Carr in the thigh after three rounds; however, none of their injuries caused alarm. The Squire’ Sketches of Lexington by J. Winston Coleman, Jr.; pg: 26
March 14, 1890, locals incorporated Middlesboro.
March 14, 1946, Kentucky declared Old State House a public park. It Happened Today in Kentucky History by Probert A. Powell pg: 30
March 14, 1948, the legislature declared Jefferson Davis Day and Confederate Memorial Day a holiday to be observed on June 3. It Happened Today in Kentucky History by Robert A. Powell, pg: 30
March 14, 1965, Governor Ned Breathitt and 3,000 people marched in Louisville. The gathering was one of many held throughout America to protest the murder of a white Unitarian minister in Selma, Alabama, a week earlier. The day would later be known as Bloody Sunday.
March 14, 1967, Army CPL William F. Hogan, Jr. from Lexington died in the Vietnam War.
March 14, 1968, Army SP4 Donald E. Kidd from Louisville died in the Vietnam War.
March 14, 1969, Navy PO1 Alvin T. Stahl from Louisville died in the Vietnam War.
March 14, 1976, Jockey Bill Shoemaker won his 7,000th race.
March 14, 2015, the GII $750,000 Rebel Stakes ran at Oaklawn Park.