We have details tonight about America's first hand transplant, the opening of an iconic Kentucky hotel and the world's largest baseball bat.

Our Toby Gibbs has more.

And this look at this week in Kentucky history.

Union and Confederate troops clashed in the battle of Camp Wildcat in Laurel County on October 21st, 1861.

It was the first union victory of the war as the boys in blue pushed rebel forces back into Tennessee.

Louisville's Brown hotel opened October 25th, 1923.

The hotel would eventually welcome several presidents and such stars as Al Jolson, Elizabeth Taylor, Gene Autry and Joan Crawford.

And it would be the birthplace of the Kentucky Hot brown.

In 1926, surgeons performed the first successful hand transplant in the U.S., a Jewish hospital in Louisville.

On October 25th, 1999, a man received a new left hand during an operation that took 15 hours.

On October 21st, 1995, the world's largest bat at 120 feet and 34 tons, arrived in Louisville for its placement outside the Louisville Slugger Museum.

The Hilltoppers, a musical group from Western Kentucky University, appeared on CBS's The Ed Sullivan Show, then called Toast of the Town on October 26th, 1952.

Speaking of TV, happy birthday, Jonathan Wolff.

The TV and movie music composer was born in Louisville on October 23rd, 1958.

He might be best known as creator of the memorable Seinfeld theme.

And that's a look back at This Week in Kentucky History.

I'm Toby Gibbs.