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Louisville Municipal (later G.R. Clark Memorial) Bridge construction progress diagram, Ohio River mile 604, Louisville, Kentucky, USA, 1928 and 1929 Towboat "Craig E. Philip" upbound at George Rogers Clark Memorial Bridge, Ohio River mile 604, Louisville, Kentucky , USA, September 2004, file a4i018
The Waverly Hills Sanatorium is a former sanatorium located in the Waverly Hills neighborhood of Louisville, Kentucky.. In the early 1900s, Jefferson County was ravaged by an outbreak of tuberculosis – known as the "White Plague" – which prompted the construction of a new hospital.
The area for Naval Ordnance was chosen due to being so far inland, that it would be difficult for enemies to strike it. Construction began on January 29, 1941, ten months prior to the Attack on Pearl Harbor and America's official entry into World War II. It was officially commissioned on October 1, 1941.
Miller was hired by the National Broadcasting Company sometime in 1927, as the assistant chief press agent, working in the publicity department at the network. [9] By 1930, he had been promoted, as NBC created a new department, special events programming; his job was to supervise all current events broadcasts, and also help with special news programs. [9]
1 p.m. — The Knott County Coroner’s Office confirmed to the Herald-Leader that there are now 14 deaths in the county relating to the eastern Kentucky floods, raising the state’s death toll ...
Shively, Kentucky/Jeffersonville, Indiana: 115 deaths; Kevil–West Louisville, Kentucky: 21+ deaths; 187 1996 North American blizzard of 1996: Winter storm, flood Eastern United States: Including 33 deaths due to flooding 186 2011 Tornado outbreak sequence of May 21–26, 2011: Tornado outbreak sequence Midwestern United States, Southern ...
The Standard Gravure shooting occurred on September 14, 1989, in Louisville, Kentucky, United States, when Joseph T. Wesbecker, a 47-year-old pressman, killed eight people and injured twelve at his former workplace, Standard Gravure, before committing suicide. The shooting is the deadliest workplace shooting in Kentucky's history. [1]
Anne Northup, U.S. Representative from Louisville, 1997–2007; member of the Consumer Products Safety Commission; sister of Mary T. Meagher; Zach Payne, member of the Indiana House of Representatives; Clarence M. Pendleton, Jr., Chairman of the United States Commission on Civil Rights, from 1981 until his death in 1988; born in Louisville in ...