Thomas Edison, Charles Lindbergh and Duncan Hines are among the interesting people with Kentucky connections.

Our Toby Gibbs has more.

And this look at this week in Kentucky history.

America's best known inventor, Thomas Edison, lived in Kentucky for a time.

The 19 year old Edison moved to Louisville on March 25th, 1866.

He was a telegraph operator for the Associated Press but was fired for spilling sulfuric acid on his boss's desk.

He then returned to New Jersey and appropriate Happy birthday to Patti Smith Hill.

Born in Anchorage in Jefferson County on March 27th, 1868, Patti and her sister Mildred, wrote a song called Good Morning to all that would eventually morph into the song Happy Birthday to You.

Duncan Hines was born March 26th, 1880, in Bowling Green.

Hines became a food critic and newspaper columnist who lent his name to a line of popular food products, most notably cake mixes.

One last birthday, legendary racehorse Man of War.

Born March 29th, 1917, at Nursery Stud near Lexington.

Aviator Charles Lindbergh landed in Lexington on March 28, 19, 28, ten months after his famed solo flight across the Atlantic.

3000 people gathered to watch him take off.

The next day, Tevye in Louisville signed on the air.

On March 27th, 1950, the Kentucky Wildcats won their second NCAA tournament title.

On March 26, 1949, their third on March 27th, 1951, and their fifth on March 27th, 1978.

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

I'm Toby Gibbs.