
This Week in Kentucky History (4/8/2024)
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This Week in Kentucky History (4/8/2024).
We look back at the creation of the capitol's Floral Clock, the birth of a Triple Crown winner, and a football game with an unusual final score.
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This Week in Kentucky History (4/8/2024)
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We look back at the creation of the capitol's Floral Clock, the birth of a Triple Crown winner, and a football game with an unusual final score.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorshipToday we look back at the creation of the capital's floral clock, the birth of a Triple Crown winner and a football game with an unusual final score.
Our Toby Gibbs has all that.
And this week in Kentucky history.
Henry Clay made history twice this week.
The congressman, senator, secretary of state and presidential candidate was born April 12th, 1777, in Virginia, and he took part in a duel with John Randolph of Virginia on April 8th, 1826.
After Randolph insulted him in a speech on the Senate floor, both men fired, shots missed, then shook hands.
Kentuckians coined the phrase Remember the Alamo during the war for Texas independence?
An outfit called the Kentucky Rifles used the phrase during the Battle of San Jacinto on April 8th, 1836, about a month after the siege at the Alamo in San Antonio.
April 9th, 1880.
Kentucky University, now called Transylvania eight Center College in what's believed to be the first organized football game in Kentucky history.
The game was played in a cow pasture.
The final score was 13 and three fourths to nothing.
Thanks to a scoring system diffe Happy Birthday Citation.
The 1948 Triple Crown winner was born April 11th, 1945, at Calumet Farm in Lexington.
Citation was the first racehorse whose winnings topped $1,000,000.
On April 10th, 1961.
Governor Bert Combs okayed $50,000 to build the floral clock at the state capital.
Some made fun of the clock, but it eventually became a popular tourist attraction and remains so to this day.
And that's a look back at this week in Kentucky history.
I'm Toby Gibbs.
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