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fifteenth state
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wilderness road opened to wagans
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the great church camp meetting at cane ridge in bourbon
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kentucky derby
the first kentucky derby was won by colt named aristides -
cheeseburger
cheesbugers were first servued in kaelin's in louisville -
first state given control of certain nuclear energy materials
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voters approve the establishment of a state lottery
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governer william gobel was shot by an assassin
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the kentucky education reform act is passed
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dog as a mayor
in 1998 the town of Rabbit Hash, kentucky, elected a dog nameed goofy as thier mayor. the tiny town charged $1 per vote ans proceeds went to restore a local church