Kentucky Trivia ● Kentucky Tweets

The March 19, 1911, Courier-Journal edition explained the duel between two Louisville magistrates in 1792. It took place in a small opening in the woods, at the back of present day Broadway. They chose rifles used at sixty yards. The 12 ½ cent fee for issuing a warrant caused the conflict. As the duel began, the seconds decided not to shoot at each other for a trivial sum and then proposed the winner receive a gallon of whiskey. Famous Kentucky Duels by J. Winston Coleman, Jr.; pg: 135
March 19, 1953, legislatures approved blue & white auto license plates to honor UK football coach Paul “Bear” Bryant. The main and background color would switch every year from blue to white. The gesture wasn’t enough to keep the “Bear,” he resigned at the end of the year. It Happened Today in Kentucky History by Robert A. Powell, pg: 32.
Kentucky Trivia: In 1974, the state began to reuse plates for multiple years when they introduced the decal sticker. The state then initiated the Alpha System in 1975. The 1st actual graphic change came in 1989 when the plates showed a mare with foal under the Churchill Downs twin spires.
March 19, 1968, Army SP5 Harold S. Wood, Jr. from Lewisburg in Logan County died in the Vietnam War.
March 19, 1969, Marine Corps PFC John F. Allen from Bowling Green died in the Vietnam War.

March 19, 2003 President George W. Bush announced Operation Iraqi Freedom had begun.
March 19, 2005, Army SPC Jonathan A. Hughes, 21, of Lebanon, died in Iraq Operation Iraqi Freedom.
