Kentucky Trivia ● Kentucky Tweets
March 27, 1827, Calvin Smith and Robert Brank, both of Tennessee, fought a duel in Simpson County with pistols at ten paces. On the first fire, Mr. Brank received a bullet through the body and expired on the spot. The difference arose from a trial in a county courtroom where both men were lawyers.
Famous Kentucky Duels by J. Winston Coleman, Jr.; pg: 140
1 P.M., Monday, March 27, 1950, WHAS-TV signed on as a CBS affiliate.
March 27, 1958, the General Assembly created the State Archives and Records Commission.
March 27, 1969, Army PFC William P. Thompson, Jr. from Shelbyville died in the Vietnam War.
SEC Trivia: The SEC did not hold a conference tournament from 1953 to 1978.
March 27, 2009, UK fired Billy Gillispie.
March 7, 2021, a Kentucky bred won the GI $770,000 Florida Derby at Gulfstream Park.