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Before 1750, Kentucky was populated nearly exclusively by Cherokee, Chickasaw, Shawnee and several other tribes of Native Americans [1] See also Pre-Columbian; April 13, 1750 • While leading an expedition for the Loyal Land Company in what is now southeastern Kentucky, Dr. Thomas Walker was the first recorded American of European descent to discover and use coal in Kentucky; [2]
1978 – Kentucky State Data Center headquartered in Louisville [20] 1981 – Sewer explosions occur in the center of the city. 1982 – Democrat Harvey I. Sloane was elected mayor for the second time. 1986 – Democrat Jerry Abramson was elected mayor for the first time. 1987 Kentucky Kingdom amusement park opened at the Kentucky Exposition ...
The Harlan County War, or Bloody Harlan, was a series of coal industry skirmishes, executions, bombings and strikes (both attempted and realized) that took place in Harlan County, Kentucky, during the 1930s.
1930 – The Great Depression in the United States continues to worsen, reaching a nadir in early 1933. 1930 – The Motion Picture Production Code becomes set of industry censorship guidelines governing production of the vast majority of United States motion pictures released by major studios; is effective for 38 years
Free weekly produced by Kentucky New Era [26] Edmonson News: Brownsville: 1927 Weekly Jobe Publishing, Inc. Edmonton Herald-News: Edmonton: 1882 Weekly Jobe Publishing, Inc. Elliott County News: Sandy Hook: 1940s [27] Weekly Courier Life Publications Flemingsburg Gazette: Flemingsburg: 1880 Weekly Kentucky News Group [28] Floyd County Chronicle ...
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1960 – Population: 62,810. 1961 – Central Kentucky Philharmonic Society formed. [36] 1969 – Cliff Hagan Stadium opens. 1970 – Population: 108,137. 1972 Blackburn Correctional Complex built. Lexington Council of the Arts organized. [37] Transit Authority of the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government established.
From a 1939 flood that killed 79 people, to a 1997 flood that affected 50,000 homes in just one city, here are some of the past major flooding events in Kentucky.