Legendary sports broadcaster Haywood Ledford made history 70 years ago.

And why did Frankfort become Kentucky's capital city?

Our Toby Gibbs has that answer and more.

And tonight's look at this week in Kentucky history.

A commission chosen by the Kentucky General Assembly chose Frankfort to be Kentucky's capital city On December 5th, 1792, after Frankfort offered building materials and $3,000 cash to steamboats, the United States and the America collided on the Ohio River in Gallatin County on December 4th, 1868.

The United States was carrying kerosene, and the resulting fire killed 168 people, making it one of the deadliest steamboat accidents in American history.

Jefferson Davis died December 6th, 1889, in New Orleans.

The only president of the Confederate States of America was born in present day Todd County in 1808.

Legendary sports broadcaster Caywood Ledford called his first University of Kentucky basketball game on December 5th, 1953, as UK beat Temple 86 to 59.

He would call Kentucky Games for 39 years, ending in 1992 when he was golden Boy.

Happy birthday to coach Roy Kidd, Born December 4th, 1931, the longtime EKU football coach won 314 games and 16 Ohio Valley Conference titles.

Coach Kidd died earlier this year, and Martha Lane Collins, Kentucky's only woman governor, was born December 7th, 1936, in Shelby County.

And those are some of the big events from this week in Kentucky history.

I'm Toby Gibbs.