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Louisville - Historical Events
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
1808-04-08 |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Baltimore was promoted to an archdiocese, with the founding of the dioceses of New York, Philadelphia, Boston, and Bardstown (now Louisville) by Pope Pius VII. |
1849-06-12 |
Gas mask patented by Lewis Haslett (Louisville Ky) |
1871-05-12 |
Segregated street cars integrated in Louisville, Ky |
1876-02-02 |
Baseball's National League forms with teams in Boston, Chicago, Cincinnati, Hartford, Louisville, New York, Philadelphia, St Louis |
1876-04-25 |
Chicago Cubs 1st NL game, beats Louisville 4-0 (1st NL shutout) |
1876-05-25 |
1st tie in NL history (Athletics & Louisville, 2-2 in 14) |
1882-07-18 |
Louisville Tony Mullane is 1st to pitch righty then lefty |
1883-09-24 |
National black convention meets in Louisville, Kentucky |
1888-02-24 |
Louisville, Ky becomes 1st government in US to adopt Australian ballot |
1889-06-22 |
Louisville Colonels set ML baseball record with 26th consecutive loss |
1890-03-27 |
A tornado strikes Louisville, Kentucky, killing 76 and injuring 200. |
1890-10-28 |
Last NL-AA World Series game Bkln ties Louisville 3 games & 1 tie |
1894-08-17 |
Phils get 36 hits, Sam Thompson hits for cycle beating Louisville 29-4 |
1897-06-29 |
Chicago beats Louisville 36-7 (baseball) |
1899-08-15 |
Louisville's Henry Dowling struck out 5 times in a game |
1900-03-08 |
NL decides to go with 8 teams They exclude Baltimore, Cleveland, Louisville & Washington (in 1953 Boston Braves move to Milwaukee) |
1948-11-24 |
WAVE TV channel 3 in Louisville, KY (NBC) begins broadcasting |
1950-03-27 |
WHAS TV channel 11 in Louisville, KY (CBS) begins broadcasting |
1952-06-25 |
34th PGA Championship: Jim Turnesa at Big Spring CC Louisville |
1952-07-24 |
112°F (44°C), Louisville, Georgia (state record) |
1956-09-10 |
Louisville Ky public schools integrates |
1958-09-05 |
WKPC TV channel 15 in Louisville, KY (PBS) begins broadcasting |
1961-09-16 |
WLKY TV channel 32 in Louisville, KY (ABC) begins broadcasting |
1964-01-06 |
Charlie Finlay announces he wants to move KC A's to Louisville |
1964-01-16 |
AL owners vote 9-1 against Charlie Finley moving KC A's to Louisville |
1967-01-12 |
Louisville, Ky, draft board refuses exemption for boxer Muhammad Ali |
1968-09-09 |
WGIQ TV channel 43 in Louisville, AL (PBS) begins broadcasting |
1969-01-28 |
2nd ABA All-Star Game: West 133 beats East 127 at Louisville |
1970-08-31 |
WKMJ TV channel 68 in Louisville, KY (PBS) begins broadcasting |
1971-02-28 |
WDRB TV channel 41 in Louisville, KY (IND) begins broadcasting |
1972-01-29 |
5th ABA All-Star Game: East 142 beats West 115 at Louisville |
1980-03-24 |
42nd NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Louisville beats UCLA 59-54 |
1981-02-13 |
A series of sewer explosions destroys more than two miles of streets in Louisville, Kentucky. |
1983-08-25 |
Triple A baseball's Louisville Redbirds breaks 1 million fan mark |
1985-02-19 |
William Schroeder is 1st artificial heart patient to leave hospital He spent 15 minutes outside Humana Hospital in Louisville, Ky |
1985-08-23 |
Paul Hornung awarded $1,160,000 by a Louisville court against NCAA who barred him as a college football analyst for betting on games |
1986-03-31 |
48th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Louisville beats Duke 72-69 |
1997-09-04 |
Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Louisville KY on WTFX 100.5 FM |
2016-12-11 |
Louisville QB Lamar Jackson wins Heisman Trophy |
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Louisville - Notable Birthdays
Louisville - Birthdays
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
1890-10-03 |
Henry Hull, Louisville KY, actor (Tobacco Rd, Boys Town, High Sierra) |
1894-09-12 |
Billy Gilbert, Louisville KY, actor (Great Dictator, His Gal Friday) |
1898-12-20 |
Irene [Marie] Dunne, Louisville, actress (Show Boat, I Remember Mama) |
1900-07-03 |
John Mason Brown, Louisville Ky, critic (Tonight on Broadway) |
1902-02-19 |
John Bubbles, Louisville Ky, rhythm tap dancer (No Maps on My Taps) |
1903-07-28 |
Catherine Dale Owen, actress (Behind Office Doors), Louisville KY |
1912-05-11 |
Foster Brooks, Louisville Ky, comedian/actor (Miles-Mork & Mindy) |
1913-01-29 |
Victor Mature, Louisville KY, actor (1 Million BC, Samson & Delilah) (d. 1999) |
1914-09-19 |
Rogers Morton, Louisville Ky, US Secretary of Interior (1968-75) |
1920-09-27 |
William Conrad, Louisville Ky, actor (Bullwinkle Show, Cannon) |
1922-11-13 |
Jack Narz, Louisville Ky, TV gameshow host (Dotto, Video Village) |
1923-07-13 |
Sudie Bond, Louisville Ky, actress (Flo, Temperature Rising) |
1927-02-26 |
Tom Kennedy, Louisville KY, quiz host (You Don't Say, Name That Tune) |
1935-04-10 |
Jorge Mester, Mexico City Mexico, conductor (Louisville Orch 1967-79) |
1936-04-14 |
Robert Herman Nichols, Louisville KY, PGA golfer (1986 Showdown) |
1936-11-09 |
Mary Travers, Louisville Ky, folk singer (Peter Paul & Mary) |
1941-12-10 |
Tim Considine, Louisville Ky, actor (Mike-My 3 Sons) |
1942-01-17 |
Muhammad Ali [Cassius Clay], Louisville Kentucky, heavyweight boxing champion (1964-7 74-8) |
1944-02-01 |
Leo Burmester, Louisville Ky, actor (Flo, Chiefs, Abbys, Odd Jobs) |
1947-07-04 |
Morganna Roberts, Louisville Ky, (Baseball's kissing bandit) |
1948-10-28 |
Telma Hopkins, Louisville, singer (Tony Orlando, Family Matters) |
1953-03-31 |
Greg Martin, Louisville Ky, singer (Ky Headhunters-Davy Crockett) |
1954-12-14 |
James Horan, Louisville, Kentucky, American actor (General Hospital, Transformers Prime) |
1955-11-30 |
Brad Fabel, Louisville KY, Nike golfer (1994 NIKE Gateway Classic) |
1958-02-06 |
Mark Hamilton, Louisville KY, sprint kayak Olympics-96) |
1959-11-20 |
Sean Young, Louisville Ky, actress (Dune, Young Doctor in Love) |
1960-04-23 |
Joseph Martin Mudd, Louisville KY, PGA golfer (1988 Federal Express) |
1964-07-01 |
Theresa Lynn, Louisville KY, actress (Orgasm Girl-Private Parts) |
1968-02-15 |
Kurt Robin McKinney, Louisville Ky, actor (Ned-General Hospital) |
1970-12-03 |
Paul Byrd, Louisville KY, pitcher (NY Mets) |
1972-10-19 |
Otto Steffers, Louisville KY, field hockey defender (Olympics-96) |
1975-07-14 |
Matthew Kessinger, Louisville Ky, fig skater (1995 Gt Lakes Jr champ) |
1990-08-15 |
Jennifer Lawrence, Louisville, Kentucky, American actress (Winter's Bone, Silver Linings Playbook ) |
Louisville - Notable Weddings
Louisville - Weddings
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
1810-06-21 |
US President Zachary Taylor (25) weds Margaret Smith near Louisville, Kentucky |
1835-06-17 |
Soldier and politician Jefferson Davis (27) weds Sarah Knox Taylor (21) in Louisville, Kentucky |
Louisville - Deaths
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
1986-06-19 |
Murray P Haydon, artificial heart recipient, dies in Louisville at 59 |
