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[edit] January
- January 1
- (1779) Bullitt County was created.
- (1890) The Columbia Building, the second skyscraper in Louisville, opens
- (1991) Louisville Cardinals football team defeats the Alabama Crimson Tide in the Sunkist Fiesta Bowl.
- January 2
- (1948) Indiana State Police raided casinos in Jeffersonville, Indiana
- (2007) Louisville Cardinals football team defeats the Wake Forest Demon Deacons in the Orange Bowl.
- January 3
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- January 4
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- January 5
- (2003) Jerry E. Abramson began his first term as the first mayor of Metro Louisville.
(2003) Louisville and Jefferson County, Kentucky merge governments to form the Louisville Metro Government.
- January 7
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- January 8
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- January 9
- (1922) Jeffersonville Quartermaster Depot closed its shirt making plant.
- January 10
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- January 11
- (2004) A fire destroys a city block in the historical district of Jeffersonville, Indiana; the largest fire in the history of the city.
- January 12
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- January 13
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- January 14
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- January 15
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- January 16
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- January 17
- (1942) Muhammed Ali was born in Louisville
- January 18
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- January 19
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- January 20
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- January 21
- (1839) First militia named the Louisville Legion constituted.
- January 22
- (1948) Anne Northup born in Louisville.
- January 23
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- January 24
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- January 25
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- January 26
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- January 27
- (1937) Ohio River flood of 1937 reached water levels of 57 feet in Louisville.
- (1955) Louisville Cardinals Quarterback Johnny Unitas was drafted 102nd overall by the Pittsburgh Steelers in the 1955 NFL Draft.
- January 28
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- January 29
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- January 30
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- January 31
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[edit] February
- February 1
- (1944) Leo Burmester born in Louisville
- February 2
- (1876) The National League, of which the Louisville Grays were a charter member, is formed.
- February 3
- (1801) Clark County, Indiana was formed.
- (1818) George Rogers Clark died at Locust Grove from a stroke.
- February 4
- (1864) Ulysses S. Grant heads major consultation of war plans with several other Union officers at the Galt House.
- February 5
- (1937) Ohio River flood of 1937 water levels falls below flood stage levels.
- (1970) Tennessee Williams Cat on a Hot Tin Roof begins three week run at Actors Theatre of Louisville.
- (2008) Jeffersonville, Indiana annexs 5,500 acres of land out of a planned 7,800 acre annexation.
- February 6
- (2007) Captain Mark Doty becomes new captain of the Belle of Louisville
- February 7
- (1953) WHAS-TV changes to its permanent channel, Channel 11.
- February 8
- (1808) First inland diocese in the United States, which will become the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Louisville, established.
- (2006) Matt Cappotelli vacates OVW championship, due to a diagnosed brain tumor.
- February 9
- (1931) Louisville Municipal College, an educational institution from blacks, opens.
- (2008) Portal:Louisville attains featured portal status.
(1832) A flood devastates Louisville, lasts 12 days.
(2008) Bicentennial of Abraham Lincoln's birthday begins with events in Louisville and Hodgenville, Kentucky.
(1901) United States attorneys in Kentucky divided into two districts, with the Western district based in Louisville.
- February 13
- (1981) Sewer explosions destroy two miles of road
- February 14
- (1867) James S. Lithgow resigns mayorship to Philip Tomppert
- (1987) The Louisville Times ends publication
- February 15
- (1962) Kurt McKinney is born in Louisville
- (2008) World's largest White Castle opens in Downtown Louisville
- February 16
- (1948) Mayor E. Leland Taylor dies in office
- February 17
- (1981) Norris Embry dies in Louisville, and eventually buried in Cave Hill Cemetery
- (1993) First Texas Roadhouse opens at the Green Tree Mall.
- February 18
- (1870) First train across the Fourteenth Street Bridge.
- (1957) Adath Israel Congregation's long-time Rabbi, Joseph Rauch, dies.
- February 19
- (1985) Artificial heart recipient William J. Schroeder allowed to leave Louisville's Humana Hospital for fifteen minutes; the first time that occurred by such a patient.
- February 20
- (1912) George Devol born in Louisville.
- (1942) Mitch McConnell born in Tuscumbia, Alabama. (pictured)
- (2005) Louisville born Journalist Hunter S. Thompson committed suicide in Woody Creek, Colorado.
- February 21
- (1864) Jefferson General Hospital opened in Port Fulton, Indiana.
- February 22
- (2005) Jerry Abramson announces $20 million improvements to Louisville's park system.
- February 23
- (1906) Marvin Hart loses World Heavyweight Boxing Championship to Tommy Burns
- February 24
- (1888) Louisville becomes first American government to use the Australian ballot
- (1940) Jimmy Ellis was born in Louisville.
- February 25
- (1964) Cassius Clay defeats Sonny Liston
- (2008) Jeffersonville, Indiana gets court cases dismissed and annexes the remaining land including Oak Park, Indiana in its largest annexation in history.
- February 26
- (1964) Cassius Clay changes name to Muhammad Ali.
- February 27
- (2001) Rico Constantino wins third OVW Heavyweight Championship in Louisville
- February 28
- (1971) WDRB, Channel 41, begins televising
- (1975) Kentucky State Board of Education orders the merger of the Louisville Schools system and Jefferson County Schools.
(1872) National Weather Service in Louisville moves to corner of Main and Bullitt.
[edit] March
- March 1
(1972) Three wise men see a star directly over Louisville
- March 2
- (1904) New Albany's Carnegie Library opens.
- March 3
- (1828) John Bucklin became the first mayor of Louisville.
- March 4
- (1849) Zachary Taylor becomes President of the United States.
- March 5
- (1844) First mayor of Louisville, John Bucklin, dies.
- March 6
- (1890) Famous opera singer Adelina Patti performs at the Amphitheatre Auditorium.
- (1967) American Basketball Association awards what would become the Kentucky Colonels.
- March 7
- (1873) Madame Sul-Te-Wan born in Louisville.
- March 8
- (1878) The Louisville Grays, unable to assemble a competitive team after a devastating gambling scandal, withdraw from the National League.
- (2007) John Yarmuth defends shredding kittens in woodchippers on The Colbert Report.
- March 9
- (1999) Tom Jurich signs unprecedented 13-year contract extension to be University of Louisville Director of Athletics.
- March 10
- (2006) Kentucky Governor Ernie Fletcher announced that the location of the new Louisville arena would be along the riverfront to maximize profits.
- March 11
- (1812) James Speed is born in Jefferson County, Kentucky
- March 12
- (1987) Desmond Tutu visits Louisville.
- March 13
- (1865) Jefferson C. Davis becomes a brevet Brigadier General for the Regular Army.
- March 14
- (1999) WCW holds Uncensored PPV at Freedom Hall
- March 15
- (1865) Marcellus Jerome Clarke, a.k.a. Sue Mundy, hanged just west of the corner of 18th and Broadway in Louisville.
- March 16
- (1934) Howard Schnellenberger born in Louisville.
- March 17
- (1971) A fire shuts down the Howard Steamboat Museum for a year
- March 18
- (1869) Jefferson C. Davis becomes first Department of Alaska commander.
- March 19
- (1864) Ulysses S. Grant and William Sherman plan the Atlanta Campaign at Galt House.
- (2008) Caesars Indiana temporarily closes due to flood waters.
- March 20
- (1969) James Graham Brown dies.
- March 21
- (1959) Louisville hosts final game of the 1959 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament
- (2001) Rick Pitino hired to coach the Louisville Cardinals basketball team.
- March 22
- (1974) West Main District placed on the National Register of Historic Places.
- March 23
- (2007) Chris Redman signed by Atlanta Falcons.
- March 24
- (1980) Louisville Cardinals men's basketball defeated UCLA in the 1980 NCAA Basketball Championship.
- March 25
- (1920) A fire destroys much of the Kentucky Confederate Home.
- March 26
- (1983) Mideast Regional final renews rivalry between University of Louisville and University of Kentucky.
- March 27
- (1890) The Mid-Mississippi Valley Tornado Outbreak of March 1890 had a major tornado measuring F4 on the Fujita scale, a "whirling tiger of the air", carve a path through Parkland.
- (1950) WHAS-TV first broadcasts
- March 28
- (1859) A meteorite fall in Harrison County causes a panic.
- (1907) Louisville's warmest March low temperature recorded (70 degrees).
- March 31
- (1986) Louisville Cardinals men's basketball defeated Duke University in the 1986 NCAA Basketball Championship.
[edit] April
- April 1
- (1975) Louisville and Jefferson County Schools merge.
- April 2
- (1919) Henry Watterson retires from the The Courier-Journal.
- April 3
- (1974) Super outbreak of tornadoes strikes Louisville
- April 4
- (1960) Sylvester Weaver dies in Louisville.
- April 5
- (2002) Louisville Extreme Park opens.
- April 6
- (2007) JCPS hires Dr. Sheldon Berman to be its superintendent.
- April 7
- (1801) Springville becomes first county seat of Clark County.
- April 8
- (1808) Benedict Joseph Flaget appointed bishop of Diocese of Bardstown.
- April 9
- (1989) Grateful Dead plays at Freedom Hall.
- April 10
- (1972) Belle of Louisville and Jefferson County Courthouse both placed on the National Register of Historic Places.
- (2000) Editor of the Kentucky Irish American, Mike Barry, placed on the Kentucky Journalism Hall of Fame.
- April 11
- (1980) Mary T. Meagher sets women's 100 meter butterfly record.
- April 12
- (2000) Louisville Slugger Field opens.
- April 13
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- April 15
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- April 16
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- April 17
- (1990) First Thunder Over Louisville held at Cardinal Stadium.
- April 18
- (1848) Martin John Spalding becomes Coadjutor Bishop of Louisville.
- (2008) 5.4 earthquake felt in Louisville and the surrounding area.
- April 19
- (1976) Scott Padgett born in Louisville.
- April 20
- (1971) Former NBA player Allan Houston was born in Louisville.
- April 21
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- April 22
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- April 23
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- April 24
- (1885) Buffalo Bill and Annie Oakley perform in Louisville.
- (1998) First Lanwar held.
- April 25
- (1876) Chicago Cubs defeat the Louisville Grays in the first ever National League baseball game
- April 26
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- April 27
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- April 28
- (1967) Muhammad Ali stripped of heavyweight title and suspended from boxing.
- April 29
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- April 30
- (1904) The Amphitheatre Auditorium held its last event.
- (1963) first Great Steamboat Race between Belle of Louisville and Delta Queen
- (1986) The United States Supreme Court made their ruling in Batson v. Kentucky
[edit] May
- May 1
- (1780) Virginia governor Thomas Jefferson approves charter for the creation of Louisville
- May 2
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- May 3
- (1952) First televised Kentucky Derby
- May 4
- (1969) Racial unrest at Fontaine Ferry Park
- May 5
- (1905) The Amphitheatre Auditorium was razed.
- (1973) Secretariat sets all-time record time for the Kentucky Derby of 1:59.4
- May 6
- (1895) Confederate Monument in Louisville dedicated
- May 7
- (2008) Big Four Bridge on fire.
- May 8
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- May 9
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- May 10
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- May 11
- (1825) Marquis de Lafayette visits Louisville
- (1958) Walt Terrell a former Major League Baseball player is born in Jeffersonville, Indiana.
- May 12
- (1825) Marquis de Lafayette visits Jeffersonville
- May 13
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- May 14
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- May 15
- (1865) Louisville became a mustering out center for troops from Midwestern and Western states
- May 16
- (1925) First radio broadcast of the Kentucky Derby on WHAS (AM)
- (2007) Portal:Louisville debuts
- May 17
- (1875) First Kentucky Derby
- May 18
- (1955) Michael W. McConnell born in Louisville.
- (1958) Howard Steamboat Museum first opens to the public.
- May 19
- (1875) First running of the Kentucky Oaks
- May 20
- (1784) Daniel Boone visits Louisville
- May 21
- (2000) WWE Judgment Day held at Freedom Hall
- May 22
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- May 23
- (1987) Kentucky Kingdom opens for the first time
- May 24
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- May 25
- (1876) First tie in major league baseball history, as the Louisville Grays and the Athletics are tied 2-2 after 14 innings.
- May 26
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- May 27
- (1778) George Rogers Clark arrives at the Falls of the Ohio and establishes Corn Island settlement;
- (1968) Louisville riots of 1968
- May 28
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- May 29
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- May 30
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- May 31
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[edit] June
- June 1
- (1916) Louis Brandeis confirmed to the United States Supreme Court.
- June 2
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- June 3
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- June 4
- (1865) military authorities established the headquarters of the Union Armies of the West in Louisville
- June 5
- (1916) Louis Brandeis was appointed as a Supreme Court Justice.
- June 6
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- June 7
- (1889) Pete Browning of the Louisville Colonels hits for the cycle for the second and last time.
- June 8
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- June 9
- (1802) Jeffersonville becomes county seat of Clark County for the first time.
- June 10
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- June 11
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- June 13
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- June 14
- (1805) American Civil War Major Robert Anderson was born in Louisville.
- June 15
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- June 16
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- June 17
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- June 18
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- June 19
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- June 20
- (1954) Bellarmine University graduates its first class.
- June 21
- (1998) Kentucky Kingdom is renamed to Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom
- (2007) A 13-year-old girl's legs were amputated at Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom
- June 22
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- June 23
- (1819) President James Monroe visits Louisville.
- June 24
- (1979) Six Mile Island was dedicated as a nature preserve.
- June 25
- (1887) James Speed died in Louisville.
- (1952) 34th PGA Championship held in Louisville
- (1997) Derek Anderson was drafted 13th overall by the Cleveland Cavaliers during the NBA Draft
- June 26
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- June 27
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- June 28
- (1971) Clay v. United States decided in Muhammad Ali's favor.
- (2007) The Supreme Court of the United States ruled as unconstitutional in the case of Meredith v. Jefferson County Board of Education the Jefferson County Public Schools desegregation policy.
- June 30
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[edit] July
- July 1
- (1861) Louisville Legion of the American Civil War formed.
- July 2
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- July 3
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- July 4
- (1898) First publishing of the Kentucky Irish American.
- July 5
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- July 6
- (1937) Actor Ned Beatty was born in Louisville.
- July 7
- (1977) Chris Redman born in Louisville.
- (1979) Mary T. Meagher sets women's 200-meter butterfly record.
- July 8
- (1927) Louisville sculptor Barney Bright was born.
- July 9
- (1863) Battle of Corydon
- July 10
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- July 11
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- July 12
- (1880) Tod Browning was born in Louisville.
- July 13
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- July 14
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- July 15
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- July 16
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- July 17
- (1789) The Chenoweth Massacre occurred.
- (1967) Presentation of King Louis XVI statue at Jefferson County Courthouse.
- July 18
- (1922) First broadcast of WHAS (AM)
- (1937) Writer Hunter S. Thompson was born in Louisville.
- (1974) Professional basketball player Derek Anderson was born in Louisville.
- July 19
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- July 20
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- July 21
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- July 22
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- July 23
- (1997) Louisville sculptor Barney Bright died.
- July 24
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- July 25
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- July 26
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- July 27
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- July 28
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- July 29
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- July 30
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- July 31
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[edit] August
- August 1
- (1867) Work on the Fourteenth Street Bridge begins.
- (1883) U.S. President Chester A. Arthur opened the first annual Southern Exposition
- August 2
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- August 4
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- August 5
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- August 6
- (1855) The Bloody Monday Riots break out in Louisville
- (1986) William J. Schroeder, the second person to receive an artificial heart, dies after 620 days in Louisville.
- August 7
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- August 8
- (1886) Pete Browning of the Louisville Colonels hits for the cycle for the first time.
- (1918) Robert Worth Bingham purchases 2/3 of The Courier-Journal.
- August 9
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- August 10
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- August 11
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- August 12
- (1890) Farmer Weaver of the Louisville Colonels hits for the cycle.
- August 13
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- August 14
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- August 15
- (1982) Don Rosa's comic Captain Kentucky ended after 150 episodes in The Louisville Times.
- August 16
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- August 17
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- August 18
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- August 19
- (1988) Louisville Falls Fountain dedicated
- August 20
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- August 21
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- August 22
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- August 23
- (1985) Paul Hornung wins $1,160,000 from NCAA, due to it barring him for being a football analyst after betting on a game.
- August 24
- (1997) Belle of Louisville sabotaged
- August 25
- (1983) Louisville Redbirds sees its one-millionth fan in a single season
- August 26
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[edit] September
- September 1
- (2007) Largest ever naturalization service in Kentucky took place at the Kentucky Center.
- September 2
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- September 3
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- September 4
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- September 5
- (1958) WKPC begins broadcasting
- September 6
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- September 7
- (1891) Louisville's Union Station opens as is largest train station in the Southern United States.
- (1997) WWF Ground Zero PPV at Louisville Gardens
- September 8
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- September 9
- (1890) Harland Sanders better known as Colonel Sanders was born in Henryville, Indiana.
- September 10
- (1956) Schools in Louisville integrate
- September 11
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- September 12
- (1905) First interurban across the Big Four Bridge.
- September 13
- (1803) First post office in Jeffersonville.
- September 14
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- September 15
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- September 16
- (1961) WLKY begins broadcasting
- September 17
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- September 18
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- September 19
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- September 20
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- September 21
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- September 22
- (1862) William "Bull" Nelson orders evacuation of Louisville after Confederate forces capture Frankfort.
- September 23
- (1889) The Louisville Amphitheatre Auditorium opened.
- September 24
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- September 25
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- September 26
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- September 27
- (1862) Skirmish between Union and Confederate troops at Middletown.
- September 28
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- September 29
- (1862) Jefferson C. Davis shoots William "Bull" Nelson at Galt House.
- September 30
- (1862) Confederate and Union pickets skirmish at St. Matthews.
[edit] October
- October 1
- (1941) Naval Ordnance Station Louisville officially commissioned
- (1995) Farm Aid '95: 10th Anniversary takes place in Louisville.
- October 2
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- October 3
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- October 4
- (1982) Diana Sawyer begins anchoring CBS Morning News.
- October 5
(1949) Flag of Louisville adopted; lasts until city-county merger
- October 6
- (1979) Don Rosa's comic Captain Kentucky began in the The Louisville Times
- October 7
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- October 8
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- October 9
(1950) Bellarmine University held its first classes.
- October 10
- (1888) Construction of the Big Four Bridge begins.
- (1996) Independent Wrestling Association Mid-South debuts.
- October 11
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- October 13
- (1803) William Clark and Meriwether Lewis meet to start the Lewis & Clark Expedition in Clarksville, Indiana.
- October 14
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- October 15
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- October 16
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- October 17
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- October 18
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- October 19
- (1998) Margaret Thatcher visits Louisville.
- October 20
- (2007) Louisville Museum Plaza held its ground breaking ceremony.
- October 21
- (1997) Tom Jurich becomes athletics director at University of Louisville.
- October 22
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- October 24
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- October 25
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- October 26
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- October 27
- (1964) Mary T. Meagher born in Louisville.
- October 28
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- October 29
- (1960) Cassius Clay wins his first professional fight, in Louisville.
- October 30
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- October 31
- (1929) Louisville Municipal Bridge opens
- (1976) Last passenger train departs from Louisville's Union Station
[edit] November
- November 1
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- November 2
- (1937) Louisville Orchestra plays its first concert
- November 3
- (1955) Phil Simms born in Lebanon, Kentucky.
- November 4
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- November 5
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- November 6
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- November 7
- (2007) First female elected to Clarksville Town Council.
- November 8
- (1868) First publication of The Courier-Journal.
- November 9
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- November 10
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- November 11
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- November 12
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- November 13
- (1856) Louis Brandeis was born in Louisville.
- November 14
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- November 15
- (1947) Standiford Field opens to commercial traffic
- November 16
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- November 17
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- November 18
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- November 19
- (1983) Kentucky Center dedicated
- (2005) Ali Center opened
- November 20
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- November 21
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- November 22
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- November 23
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- November 24
- (1948) Kentucky's first television station, Louisville's WAVE (TV), premieres.
- November 25
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- November 29
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- November 30
- (1968) Last issue of the Kentucky Irish American published.
[edit] December
- December 1
Portal:Louisville/On this day.../December 1
- December 2
Portal:Louisville/On this day.../December 2
- December 3
- (1976) The Louisville Clock was dedicated.
- December 4
Portal:Louisville/On this day.../December 4
- December 5
Portal:Louisville/On this day.../December 5
- December 6
Portal:Louisville/On this day.../December 6
- December 7
Portal:Louisville/On this day.../December 7
- December 8
Portal:Louisville/On this day.../December 8
- December 9
Portal:Louisville/On this day.../December 9
- December 10
Portal:Louisville/On this day.../December 10
- December 11
Portal:Louisville/On this day.../December 11
- December 12
Portal:Louisville/On this day.../December 12
- December 13
- (1958) The first and only Bluegrass Bowl was played at Cardinal Stadium.
- December 14
Portal:Louisville/On this day.../December 14
- December 15
- (1823) Oldham County, Kentucky was created.
- (1893) Big Four Bridge construction accident kills 21 workers..
- December 16
- (1980) Colonel Sanders died in Louisville from Leukemia.
- December 17
Portal:Louisville/On this day.../December 17
- December 18
Portal:Louisville/On this day.../December 18
- December 19
Portal:Louisville/On this day.../December 19
- December 20
Portal:Louisville/On this day.../December 20
- December 21
Portal:Louisville/On this day.../December 21
- December 22
Portal:Louisville/On this day.../December 22
- December 23
Portal:Louisville/On this day.../December 23
- December 24
Portal:Louisville/On this day.../December 24
- December 25
Portal:Louisville/On this day.../December 25
- December 26
Portal:Louisville/On this day.../December 26
- December 27
Portal:Louisville/On this day.../December 27
- December 28
Portal:Louisville/On this day.../December 28
- December 29
Portal:Louisville/On this day.../December 29
- December 30
Portal:Louisville/On this day.../December 30
- December 31
- (1929) Local ferry service across the Ohio River ends.
- (2004) Louisville Cardinals football team defeats the Boise State Broncos in the Liberty Bowl.
