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2. Timeline of Kentucky history - Wikipedia

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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]

3. Timeline of Louisville, Kentucky - Wikipedia

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   1989 – A mass shooting at Standard Gravure occurs; it was the deadliest of such in Kentucky's history. 1990 Thunder Over Louisville has its first annual event and becomes the first event of the annual Kentucky Derby Festival. Population: 269,063. [3] 1993 – AEGON Center is completed and becomes the tallest building in Kentucky.

4. Timeline of the history of the United States (1930–1949)

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   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

5. How Kentucky’s deadliest flood in decades compares to past ...

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   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.

6. List of newspapers in Kentucky - Wikipedia

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   The News–Democrat: Carrollton: 1930 Weekly Paxton Media Group: Created from merger of Carrollton Democrat (1868) and Carrollton News (1892) [74] The News–Democrat & Leader: Russellville: 1992 Weekly Paxton Media Group: Created from merger of The Logan Leader (1968) and The News–Democrat (1912) [75] The News–Enterprise: Elizabethtown ...

7. ‘So familiar.’ Poet unearths personal Kentucky history that ...

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   Kentucky, birthplace of both Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson Davis, has such a complicated history around the Civil War it’s not wonder so few of us really understand it.

8. History of Kentucky - Wikipedia

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   The etymology of "Kentucky" or "Kentucke" is uncertain. One suggestion is that it is derived from an Iroquois name meaning "land of tomorrow". [1] According to Native America: A State-by-State Historical Encyclopedia, "Various authors have offered a number of opinions concerning the word's meaning: the Iroquois word kentake meaning 'meadow land', the Wyandotte (or perhaps Cherokee or Iroquois ...

9. Kentucky has a long history of coal mining disasters. These ...

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   Here’s a look at some of the worst coal disasters in Kentucky history. 1917: No. 7 mine explosion in Webster County kills 62 men. ... In Other News. Entertainment. Entertainment. People.