Kentucky Trivia ● Kentucky Tweets
May 17, 1875, Lexington native, U.S. Senator and 14th U.S. V.P. John Cabell Breckinridge died.
Localtonians wish a Happy Birthday to Louisville native John Patrick Goggin, born in 1905. Soon after his birth, his parents abandoned him. The John Patrick Collection, including the playwright’s books, letters, and manuscripts, stays at the Rare Book Department of Boston University. John won a Pulitzer Prize for Drama.
May 17, 1970, Army SP4 William W. Colyer from Louisville died in the Vietnam War.