Kentucky Trivia
July 9, 1953, Marine Corps 2nd LT Solomon L. Van Meter III from Lexington died in the Korean War.
July 9, 1958 Kincaid Lake State Park joined the Kentucky State Parks System.
July 9, 1969, Army SGT Thomas J. Barnes Jr. from Elizabethtown died in the Vietnam War.
July 9, 2006, a 5-year-old won the GI $750,000 Hollywood Gold Cup at Hollywood Park by a nose.