Kentucky Trivia ● Kentucky Tweets
March 24, 1894, Harper & Brothers published A Kentucky Cardinal by James Lane Allen. His 3rd novel gave him instant fame and ushered him into the upper fortress of American literature. Described as Kentucky’s 1st novelist, he graduated from Transylvania in 1872. It Happened Today in Kentucky History by Robert A. Powell pg: 34.
March 24, 1907, an electric street railway system made its 1st run in Somerset, operated by the Somerset Water, Light & Traction Company. It Happened Today in Kentucky History by Robert A. Powell pg: 34

March 24, 1968, Army SP4 John B. Weill from Owensboro died in the Vietnam War.
Localtonians wish a Happy Birthday to Bowling Green native Jon Corey Hart, born in 1982.
March 24, 2018, the GI $1,000,000 Louisiana Derby is a Keeneland graduate trifecta.