Armies, Presidents and a queen have passed through Kentucky and America passed over the state.

Our Toby Gibbs has all of that in this.

Look back at this week in Kentucky history.

Union and Confederate forces clashed in the Civil War battle of Perryville on October 8th, 1862.

The union side lost more men, but won a strategic victory that left the union in control of Kentucky for the rest of the war.

Kentucky State University opened on October 11th, 1887, with three teachers, 55 students, and President John H. Jackson at the helm.

Governor AB Happy Chandler resigned as governor of Kentucky on October 9th, 1939.

His successor, King Johnson, then appointed Chandler to a U.S. Senate seat vacant because of the death of Senator M m Logan.

Queen Elizabeth.

The second began her first Kentucky visit on October 7th, 1984, with her arrival at Lexington's Bluegrass Airport.

She left four lanes and farm at four sails and would stay in Kentucky six days.

That same day, Louisville hosted a presidential debate between Ronald Reagan and Walter Mondale.

Danville Center College hosted a vice presidential debate on October 11th, 2012, between Joe Biden and Paul Ryan.

Center had also hosted a VP debate in the year 2000.

Candidate John F Kennedy visited Lexington on October eight, 1960, as he campaigned for president.

Kennedy, rode down Main Street and visited the UK campus.

He would lose the state but win the national election.

The Peekskill meteor passed over Kentucky, West Virginia and Pennsylvania as it crashed to Earth on October 9th, 1992.

It landed on a parked 1980 Chevy Malibu in Peekskill, New York.

And those are the highlights from This Week in Kentucky History.

I'm Toby Gibbs.