Kentucky Trivia ● Kentucky Tweets
April 21, 1943, Ocean Wave wins the Blue Grass Stakes held at Churchill Downs.
April 21, 1951, Army PVT Clarence R. Grogan from Calloway County died in the Korean War.
April 21, 1953, Air Force A2C James A. Elliott from Louisville died in the Korean War.
April 21, 1956, Elvis Presley had his first #1 hit with Heartbreak Hotel.
April 21, 1970, Army SGT Gary A. Schoborg from Covington in Kenton County died in the Vietnam War.
Localtonians wish a Happy Birthday to Louisville native Robert Allen Riggle Jr., born in 1970.
April 21, 1978, Betty Ford told the world she was an alcoholic.

April 21, 1991, Thunder Over Louisville kicked-off the Kentucky Derby Festival.

April 21, 2016, Prince died at age 57.