Kentucky Trivia ● Kentucky Tweets

December 6, 1910, Lexington received 9.5 inches of snow.
December 6, 1911, Lexington laid the cornerstone for Abraham Lincoln School. A progressive model for elementary education, the facilities and programs were ahead of their time. The children benefited from a playground, swimming pool, carpenter shop, kitchen, sewing room, rooftop garden, neighborhood laundry, circulating library, and domestic science department. Unfortunately, the Lincoln School also exemplified the era of school segregation in Lexington. Black students were not allowed to attend throughout its 55 years of service. The school closed in 1967. The Kentucky Encyclopedia edited by John E. Kleber; pg: 118
December 6, 1926, Covington native Harry Bartow Hawes became a U.S. Senator from Missouri.
December 6, 1965, Army SSG Daymon D. Horn from Lexington died fighting in the Vietnam War.
December 6, 1967, Marine Corps SGT Montague Lyons from Walton died fighting in the Vietnam War.
December 6, 1968, Army PFC Ronald L. Million from Danville died fighting in the Vietnam War.
December 6, 1970, Army SSG Walter V. Marcum from Louisville died fighting in the Vietnam War.
December 6, 1980, Kentucky defeated Isiah Thomas and the Indiana Hoosiers 68-66 in Bloomington.
