Kentucky Trivia ● Kentucky Tweets
December 12, 1794, the Kentucky legislature chartered the Kentucky Academy under the Transylvania Presbytery. The Squire’ Sketches of Lexington by J. Winston Coleman, Jr.; pg: 22


December 12, 1864, General Hylan P. Lyon, with 800 Confederate soldiers, invaded Kentucky and burned the Hopkinsville Courthouse in Christian County to enforce CSA draft laws. In 23 days, Gen. Lyon burned seven Kentucky courthouses used by Union forces; Hopkinsville was the first. Roadside History: A Guide to Kentucky Highway Markers edited by Melba Porter Hay, Dianne Wells, Thomas H. Appleton, Jr., Thomas H. Appleton; pg: 29



December 12, 1987, Kentucky retired Dan Issel’s jersey.
December 12, 1995, Fallsburg native Governor Paul Edward Patton became Kentucky’s 59th governor.
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