Kentucky Trivia ● Kentucky Tweets
August 1, 1790, the first recorded duel in Kentucky took place, two years before Kentucky became a state. Capt. James Strong and Henry Craig met at sunrise in Danville. The two lined up facing each other armed with clumsy flintlock pistols of large caliber. According to the Kentucky Gazette, “Captain Strong was mortally wounded; the ball entered his right groin and passed just below his left hip. Mr. Craig suffered a right thigh wound.” The cause of the duel was unknown.
Famous Kentucky Duels by J. Winston Coleman, Jr.; pg: 3
August 1, 1893, Ohio County lynched Felix Poole, a white male, for rape.
August 1, 1950, Army PFC Billie E. McFall from Letcher County died in the Korean War.
August 1, 1952, Army PFC Willie M. Smith from Jessamine County died in the Korean War.
August 1, 1967, Army SP4 Ernst Riley from Kuttawa in Lyon County died in the Vietnam War.
August 1, 2011, instant racing debuted at Kentucky Downs.
August 1, 2015, a nose decided the GI $350,000 Alfred G. Vanderbilt Handicap at Saratoga.