Kentucky Trivia ● Kentucky Tweets
April 9, 1865, 1:00 p.m., General Robert E. Lee surrendered to General Ulysses S. Grant.
April 9, 1951, Army PVT Charles Vickers from Daviess County died in the Korean War.
April 9, 1968, Army SSG Kenneth A. Hardin from Morehead in Rowan County died in the Vietnam War.
April 9, 1989, the Harlem Globetrotters played or 4,000 fans in Rupp Arena.
April 9, 2000, Lexington native Scott Downs made his MLB debut with the Chicago Cubs.
Kentucky Trivia: No public money was involved in the Legends franchise. Alan Stein brought together a group of 22 investors under the name Lexington Professional Baseball Co, LLC. The company has 28 total employees across all of its locations and generates $4.81 million in sales (USD).
April 9, 2017, a Keeneland graduate trifecta comes in for Keeneland’s GIII $150,000 Beaumont Stakes.