We have a couple of birthdays and some interesting Kentucky firsts as our Toby Gibbs looks back at this week in Kentucky history.

Kentucky's sixth governor, George Madison, died in office on October 14th, 1816.

He was the first Kentucky governor to die in office.

He'd only been governor for 40 days.

He was succeeded by Gabriel Slaughter, who was sworn in the same day.

George Madison, by the way, was a second cousin to President James Madison.

Happy birthday to Richard Johnson, Born October 17, 1780, near Louisville.

Johnson served in various offices before becoming vice president of the United States in 1837 under President Martin Van Buren.

Georgia Davis Powers was born October 19th, 1923, in Jim Town in Washington County.

In 1967, she became the first woman and the first person of color elected to serve in the Kentucky State Senate, where she served for 21 years.

Country music legend Loretta Lynn made her first appearance on the Grand Ole Opry on October 15th, 1960.

Lawrence Welk and his orchestra performed in Rupp Arena on October 17th, 1976.

The first band to perform there, former U.K. basketball coach Adolph for Up was in the crowd.

A crowd so big, Rupp Arena ran out of popcorn.

The Kentucky Cardinals, the Louisville based team and the American Basketball Association played their first game on October 14th, 1967.

They lost to the Indiana Pacers 117 to 95.

And that's a look back at this week in Kentucky history.

I'm Toby Gibbs.