Kentucky Trivia ● Kentucky Tweets
June 16, 1953, Army PVT Ray C. Alley from Pike County died in the Korean War.
Localtonians wish a Happy Birthday to Louisville native Darrell Griffith, born in 1958.
June 16, 1966, Army PFC Norman Spencer from Frenchburg in Menifee County died in the Vietnam War.
June 16, 1967, Army CPL Eugene Sester from Fall Rock in Clay County died in the Vietnam War.
June 16, 1968, Army PFC Alfred E. Whitehead from Harlan died in the Vietnam War.
June 16, 1970, Army SP4 Bobby W. Powell from Robards in Henderson County died in the Vietnam War.
June 16, 1984, Officer Donald Ray Williams, West Point Police Department, died by a drunk driver.
June 16, 2000, Kentucky Speedway, a 1.5-mile (2.4 km) tri-oval speedway in Sparta, opened.