Kentucky Trivia ● Kentucky Tweets
June 2, 1865, Civil War officially ended.
June 2, 1945, Darby Dieppe won the Blue Grass Stakes held at Churchill Downs.
Localtonians wish a Happy Birthday to Louisville native Wes Unseld, born in 1946.
June 2, 1951, Army CPL Virgil Grant from Madison County died in the Korean War.
June 2, 1968, Army SP4 Robert G. Galloway from Berea died in the Vietnam War.
June 2, 1969, Army SGT Francis R. McGowan from Columbia in Adair County died in the Vietnam War.
June 2, 1970, Marine Corps LCPL Thomas J. Berning from Newport died in the Vietnam War.
June 2, 1989, Rick Pitino became UK’s head basketball coach.