Kentucky Trivia ● Kentucky Tweets
April 16, 1779, the party from Harrodsburg arrived on the Middle Fork of the Elkhorn Creek after dark.
Lexington, 1779 Pioneer Kentucky As Described by Early Settlers by Bettye Lee Martin
On April 16, 1910, Falmouth native Frank Browning, 27, made his MLB debut with the Detroit Tigers.
April 16, 1951, Army PFC, Jonas B. Webb from Henderson died in the Korean War.
April 16, 1953, Army PVT Elbert R. Lunce from Perry County died in the Korean War.
April 16, 1967, Army SP4 Benjamin L. Barrick from Shelbyville died in the Vietnam War.
April 16, 1998, Investigator Brandon Heath Thacker, Kentucky Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control, died by gunfire as he was driving to an undercover assignment with three other agents on the Western Kentucky Parkway near Eddyville.
April 16, 2003, Police Officer Eddie Mundo, Jr., LaGrange Police Department, died when his patrol car was struck head-on by a vehicle he was searching for.