Kentucky Trivia ● Kentucky Tweets
Localtonians wish a Happy Birthday to Kentucky’s 25th governor, John White Stevenson, born in 1812.
Kentucky Derby Trivia: Willie Simms, who won the 1896 Derby on Ben Brush, is the only African-American jockey to win each Triple Crown race. He was also the 1st American jockey to win a race in England on an American horse, introducing the short stirrup riding style in Britain.
March 4, 1966, Marine Corps PFC Jerry L. Onan from Lexington died in the Vietnam War.
May 4, 1968, Army SP4 Arthur T. Kramer from Burlington in Boone County died in the Vietnam War.