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GNC Holdings, LLC (an initialism of General Nutrition Centers) is an American multinational retail and nutritional manufacturing company based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. [5] [6] It specializes in health and nutrition related products, including vitamins, supplements, minerals, herbs, sports nutrition, diet, and energy products.
The first map of Kentucky, presented in 1784 by author John Filson to the United States Congress [2]. Author, historian, founder and surveyor John Filson worked as a schoolteacher in Lexington, Kentucky and wrote The Discovery, Settlement and Present State of Kentucke in 1784.
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]
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 ...
This is a list of properties and historic districts in Kentucky that are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. There are listings in all of Kentucky's 120 counties . The locations of National Register properties and districts (at least for all showing latitude and longitude coordinates below), may be seen in an online map by ...
An enlargeable map of the Commonwealth of Kentucky. Kentucky is: a U.S. state, a federal state of the United States of America; Names Common name: Kentucky. Pronunciation: / k ɪ n ˈ t ʌ k i / ⓘ Official name: Commonwealth of Kentucky; Abbreviations and name codes Postal symbol: KY; ISO 3166-2 code: US-KY; Internet second-level domain: .ky ...
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.
May 20, 1861 • Kentucky, trying to remain neutral in the American Civil War, issues a proclamation asking both sides to stay off Kentucky soil. May 29–31, 1861 • Delegates from 5 Jackson Purchase counties meet in Mayfield along with delegates of 12 Tennessee counties to discuss secession, but the plan is abandoned following Tennessee's ...