Kentucky Trivia ● Kentucky Tweets
March 7, 1882, the Howard-Turner Feud began in Harlan County when Bob Turner, son of Democratic county chairman George B. Turner, was shot and killed by Wix Howard a day or so after a poker pot dispute where they accused each other of cheating.
They Say in Harlan County: An Oral History by Alessandro Portelli; pg: 59
March 7, 1951, Army CPL James N. Ramey from Lyon County died in the Korean War.
March 7, 1952, Army PFC Herbert King from Perry County died in the Korean War.
March 7, 1953, Army CPL Raymond L. Hatfield from Harlan County died in the Korean War.
March 7, 1992, after the last home game against Tennessee, Kentucky paid tribute to Cawood Ledford.
March 7, 2000, Pee Wee King died in Louisville.
March 7, 2011, $3.46 per gallon, was the average price of Kentucky gasoline.
March 7, 2020, a Kentucky bred, Keeneland graduate won the GIII $300,000 Gotham Stakes for three-year-olds.