How long has the Kentucky State Fair been around?

You're about to find out.

And if you think it's been hot this summer.

Wait until you hear about 19th.

Our Toby Gibbs takes a look back at this week in Kentucky history.

On July 25th, 1816, the first Kentucky State Fair open just north of Lexington.

It's one of the oldest state fairs in the U.S.. Kentuckians were asked to bring their sheep, hogs, goats and cattle and silver cups were given as prizes to the animals, judged as the finest.

John J. Crittendon died on July 26th, 1863, in Frankfort.

He'd been Kentucky's secretary of state, governor, a U.S. senator and attorney general of the United States.

Twice.

On July 28, 1920.

Governor Edwin Morrow of Kentucky captured a thief while staying at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York.

Morrow saw a thief leaving a room and helped in stopping him.

Fred Vinson, a Louisa native and former congressman, became U.S. Secretary of the Treasury on July 23rd, 1945, under President Harry Astrue.

Truman would later appoint Vinson to be chief justice of the Supreme Court.

The Korean War ended on July 27, 1953.

866 Kentuckians were killed during the three years of fighting.

The mercury hit 114 degrees in Greensburg in GREENE County on July 28, 1930, a record.

It was part of a hot spell that lasted throughout the summer.

And those are the highlights of this week in Kentucky history.

I'm Toby Gibbs.