Kentucky Trivia ● Kentucky Tweets
May 31, 1797, the Kentucky Gazette ran an announcement for public amusement in Central Kentucky. “A room for exhibition purposes has been erected for tumbling, balancing on slack wire, slack rope walking, and dancing. Admission to pit, 2 shillings; to gallery, 2 shillings and 2 pence. Doors open at sunset, performance begins at dark.” The Squire’ Sketches of Lexington by J. Winston Coleman, Jr.; pg: 23
May 31, 1892, Adair County lynched Wick Willis, a black male, for an attempted rape.
May 31, 1967, Army SGT Dennie Neace from Bonnyman in Perry County died in the Vietnam War.
May 31, 1969, Army SP5 Billy J. Martin from Owensboro died in the Vietnam War.
May 31, 2013, Morgantown native Keith Butler made his MLB debut with the St. Louis Cardinals.